What are you waiting on to arrive...?

Thank you. It took a great deal of wheedling on my part to get the wife to think so as well. It's actually one of my cheaper razor acquisitions.

 

It's non-abrasive. Just a maintenance item. Probably contains tallow, lanolin, neatsfoot oil, and beeswax. As cheap as it was, I'm surprised a Dubl Duck fan didn't snag it to add to their collection.

 

Seller sent me an offer for $14.95, couldn't turn it down. I would say this is a unicorn razor for me. I've always been interested in the transitional razors, but I've never seen one in good enough shape to want, or a good enough price to buy. Though the Curley isn't a particularly hard razor to find, or expensive.

This one is simply to add to my collection.
Edit: more info here:
https://www.badgerandblade.com/foru...ty-razor-frameback-w-adjustable-guard.354801/
and here:
https://sharprazorpalace.com/razors/104862-curleys-ideal-safely-razor.html

 

It definitely has some birch tar in it too, from the odor. That explains the "Russia" in 'Russia strop dressing."

 

So nice, I did it twice.


Another Torrey 'Our 136,' this one's in rougher shape, but was far cheaper. Ought to hone up nice. Might be the start of a full 7 day set.

 

I've had this vintage French made paddle strop in my watch list for ages, and always thought it was priced a bit high, but probably worth it. Sent them a low-ball offer, and to my surprise they accepted.

Foal horsehide is tougher than regular horsehide, and the vintage Russian tanning process was nearly lost, and is extremely rare to find pieces in good condition, so this is actually kind of an unheard of thing to find nowadays.

Another piece for the collection. Seems to be my month for it.

 

Ah shucks. MWF has been reformulated.

I'm waiting on 3 pucks of (hopefully) old stock from Amazon. Connought Shaving has already switched over to the new stuff.

 

https://theshaveden.com/forums/thre...ool-fat-mwf-reformulation.67349/#post-2082537