The Haul: August 2014

[Cues video]: Scene of Kevin sitting on a stool by his bench sobbing as he has broken yet another fragile set of scales… Caption reads: See what happens when you try to rush things? [fade to black]

 

I like!

 

I picked this little beauty up today. I've never seen one in this good of condition.

 

Very nice! I have a FB (f1) and it is my daily shaver. Still looks new. Enjoy!

 

I received a bar of Craftsman Unscented! Thanks to @KnockOut Shave for offering 13% for the No Buy July participants. Which is open to all Shave Den members. Use KONoBuyJuly at check out! Thanks Ralph..

 

I hope you enjoy it. Craftsman is good stuff.

 

Ill give it a try next week.

 

Can't wait to hear your thoughts on it.

 

I'll give it ago Monday. Thank you for the discount.

 

I don't know why I assumed the unscented soap would to be white =)

 

Good question

 

I envy that fatboy =P

 

A Trac II Razor which the seller claims is real horn but it feels like resin to me. However, I bought it since I like Trac IIs and I have an Atra in the same pattern from the same seller.

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As seen here:

http://theshaveden.com/forums/threads/sos-august-11-2014-august-17-2014.39701/#post-706795

 

My latest M&F brushes finally arrived:

 

Sometimes it can be difficult to recognize horn depending on how the material has been worked. Often times there a natural imperfections the eye can detect, but turned work can make this problematic. Looks nice, whatever material it is. ​

 

Catchy! Use it in good health.

 

I just grabbed a fat boy from an antique shop.
When I came home, I did a complete cleaning with bleach bath, vinegar bath and antiseptic bath. Polished it with a toothbrush with toothpaste and here are the before/after photos of my new haul.

Before Cleaning:






After Cleaning:

 

A Value Village type of day. NOS Old Spice - a glass bottle from the 90's.

 

Just gave in to a random desire to add to the den: a Wee Scot and a bottle of Floid Blue from WCS. I've been holding steady for a while, but with the recent acquisition of a Futur the bug has bitten again. I've been using a Chubby 2 and a Case pretty regularly for a while now, and from time to time I really appreciate the laser-like precision qualities of the Case, so I decided that the 'Scot was a low-cost option to scratch the itch. In other news I've been using Trumper's Coconut and TOBS Grapefruit quite happily at home, and Speick in a tube (with the Case/travel tube) while I've been on the road with great results. My next move is trying Feather blades with the Futur on 4. My "vintage" Black Beauty, Fatboy, and gold Balltip are headed for pasture, in a display case kind of display thing SWMBO has given her blessings to for the upstairs bathroom, along with a few other items still on the list.

Happy shaving!

 

It is my 40th birthday today and was lucky enough to get all of this and a gem open comb.
The pile is great. The eucris and clubman smell great. The adjustablenis a birth year razor can't wait to try it.