The Haul: December 2021

TSD Wheat Shaving Cream and Lanolin Shaving Soap. Both in my favorite scent!

 

Nice. I have a tub of the unscented wheat cream on the way. Looking forward to it.

 

Just got my Lime scented TSD shave soap and matching aftershave.

 

I just got back 2 of my 8 razors that were supposedly lost to the ether.. these populars look pretty good and alot better than they did when i sent them out. The gold one is not perfect.
there is a long story to it that involves theft and lying. Either way im glad to have these back. Out of the 8 razors 2 came home. I hope one day the other 6 are given back. Fyi.. Dan Varga aka Razor Refresh is a thief and a liar.


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He's been mentioned over at B&B for the same thing.

 

Today I got from Italian Barber Razorock XXX Fresco aftershave, RR Son of Zeus and Sicily soaps and aftershaves and RR Alum blocks.

 

Just received this in the mail today, decided to clean this little 22mm Yaqi Sagrada Familia 2 band badger up for tomorrows shave. Very nice brush while cleaning it up, felt good to the hand while cleaning so we will see tomorrow. I have been wanting this for some time and it came up at a good price and pulled the trigger. I have the 24mm synthetic Sagrada Familia and have really been enjoying it since I bought it 2 years ago on another sale. Yaqi Fanboy .


Have some great shaves!

 

Finally received this razor I ordered a while back. We had terrible Atmospheric rivers recently that hit our neighbouring Province of British Colombia that washed out roads and bridges so most mail service was halted until they figured how to get parcels moving again.
Any ways I bought this stainless steel head because it was new from Yaqi and found out it looks similar to the Henson razor. Will take it out for a spin tomorrow, it has mostly a machined finish and looks quit good, the handle is a Yaqi Razzo Rocket IMO.

DE SOTD, Fri, Dec17th 2021

Razor: Yaqi 316 stainless steel head with a Yaqi Razzo Rocket handle- Mfg 2021, upper mid range(this head) 1st shave, the razor did a reasonable job of shaving, the machining of the head is not the best for centering blade 6.5/10, but the rest of the machining is very acceptable. It must be a hard to machine the top cap because I use to machine parts. There is enough blade feel that compensates for inaccuracies of centering the blade for my mature technique, but final results tell me that it is still a reasonable razor to work the face regardless IMO.

Have some great shaves!

 

I received some blades from a friend, 100 Bic Chrome Platinum blades, and also a very new-looking Schick Type N razor. My injector collection is really coming along. I also like the box style of the Bic blades.

 

nice looking razor..............

 

A Single Ring in very nice condition and a tube of Musgo Real cream from the estate sale of Somnos. A few samples generously thrown in as well.

 

nice score..

 

alpha titanium tech handle.

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I continue to build up my GEM razor collection, today adding a 60s Contour. It's a mild shaver from what I understand and I'm excited to try it!

 

Yes, that’s the case (relined), but the razor has no serial #, so maybe from the 20s.

With some Mothers, it was exposed as in tremendous Mint condition. Pretty nice for 100 years:

 

I have used Chris over at Backroads Gold with much success. Straight shooter.

 

Grail Lather Bowl and decided to give the Rex Ambassador in Rhodium a try...

 

Looks in good shape your Gem Contour pushbutton, you can not go wrong with a Gem razor even if it is a little mild. I recommend the Gem Personna SS PTFE blades if you want a good shave. Enjoy!