one of my new lc has a ball end handle. the newer (mid 30s)ones in a case called the red and black set had the common bar handles . also had 3 pat # on the plate.some handles don t work on the ball end handled base plate due to a smaller indent/contact point.

Thank you, John!

i am down to 20 ish full time rotation razors not including duplicates. at 3-4 shaves a week i wouldn t last long...

A boring shave is often a good shave!

I'm trying to calculate in my head how far I could go. Being that I shave daily and if I start on New Year's Day, I'm guessing I could make it to January 7th.

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Thank you Jim.


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Thank you John. I really like the APS Flat Top knot. The handle you bought from them looks fantastic.


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Wonderful shave report John. My Delta Echo New SC has a thin common bar handle. I wish it were regular common bar handle.


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I've recently seen an article that said the generation of mattress buyers who will walk into a store at all are dying off. Millennials are used to buying everything online and are ordering the mattress in a box thing. Same reason all the local mom and pop places are folding under the boot of Amazon. I'm as guilty as anyone of ordering online, but I try to limit it to those things I can't find locally.

I don't think I could even buy something like a mattress online. if I'm making a big purchase I have to be able to see and feel before I buy. one thing I wont go elcheapo on for sure is where I sleep every night. hmmmm might be why I don't want to get out of bed lol!

i still go to mom and pop shops for most items.i shop online for items unavailable locally..

Young people today seem to have a different mindset. The fewer people they have to deal with the better they like it. That's why they even have things like Carvana, where you buy a car online and they deliver it right to your driveway. Just slip the invoice under the door and they'll sign it and slide it back. Lol.

Bought a custom made mattress online. (Weird european size) We love it.

Using photos from a microscope to justify our sickness. Science!

i would replate in rhodium if i like the razor enough. not correct but not a buy,store ,and show /resell collector either..

Nope not for me either granted some people I wish I didn't have to deal with but I still wouldnt want to cut out the interaction. I see other kids with cell phones that are 8 years old (My daughters age) and she wants one. first answer no lol. But I do see both sides for it I just don't want her to become like the rest of the world yet and always on it.

i think todays world makes us adults longer..or less sheltered...

And yet unwilling or unable until a much greater age to shoulder adult responsibility - including that of taking responsibility for our actions and their consequences....

Might not be"correct" but Rhodium can be a very striking razor plating. It's as bright as silver but doesn't tarnish and is much harder and more durable than silverplating. And since silverplate is perfectly "correct" for a vintage Gillette (witness my newly polished Single Ring and Ball End Old Type), rhodium isn't that far off the mark either in appearance. Certainly not in a world that now contains Cerakoted Gillettes and Gems...