The Haul: January 5th - January 11th, 2009

A very nice 1953 SS from Bronco (Thanks!), complete with a bonus travel razor and some blades. [Pix sadly unavailable at the moment, but the razors were in really superb condition.]

 

A visit to the Antique Store

....yielded a SS, a Franz Swaty straight razor hone and five pair of cufflinks.
Everything should clean up well.

 

A couple of new additions to my razor family -- Burgundy case 1946/47 Aristocrat and cased S1 long handle Super Adjustable -- which are oddly difficult to find.

 

Ah! There are 1972 adjustables! I'm looking for a S-2! Nice catch!

 

Very nice, Steve and Rick, lots of shiny metal there!

I thought I had already posted these pics, but I guess something went wrong:

I got my new espresso machine today - a Rancilio Silvia to replace my Krups Novo 2100

 

That is nice, Klaus. And no offense, but I HATE those predominately plastic Krups espresso makers. If the portafilter can't be attached or removed without having to hold the machine down with your other hand to keep it from moving, then it's not a real espresso machine in my book.


EDIT: I just noticed the grounds tamper. That's a work of art!

 

What a nice Haul!!

Today, another lovely Haul flew in from Europe!

3x Palmolive shaving sticks
1x Dalan Eucalyptus/Menta S/C tube
1x Irisch Moos S/C tube
1x De Vergulde Hand shaving stick
1x Mama Bear Lavender/Peppermint shaving stick sample
1x St-James S/C sample
1x sample of cream that I don't even know! :ashamed001

great, great stuff!

 

Yeah, well, the Krups was mighty fine when I bought it a few years back when I still was in school, but it just didn't grow with my demands. Not having to hold the machine while attaching or detaching the portafilter is one of the things I really like about my Silvia.

The tamper? Well, it's actually one of the cheapest aluminium-tampers out there. But it works great and looks nice

 

Wow,

Great hauls out there Fellas! :drool :drool :happy005


Congrats Klaus! Miss Silvia looks sweet!


A new lighting tool arrived today.................

 

I got a shiny new room... well... half a room

 

Do I see a Macbook on that desk?

 

It looks... peachy... Nice! Nothing like your own space!

 

Yup, it's a macbook pro that I luckily got right before the new ones came out.

Thanks

 

1x Gada Cool Mint shaving cream tube
1x Gada Original shaving cream tube
1x Proraso Aloe & Green tea bowl
1x package of Al-Wazir bath soap (from Lebanon, and smells EXACTLY like Arko shaving soap!)

The Gada creams are for to ship to England, the Proraso White bowl and the bath soap are for me.

 

Blades from JustbeautySupplies. The rest from Connaught Shaving. Decided the ceramic container for MWF was too much even from Paul, but thought it deserved a special place, so I went with the wooden bowl.

 

Once again not shaving related but still cool

New tapers and plugs to bring my ears back to their former awesomeness



Right now they're 14g but when I'm done they'll be 6g again, for reference these are 6g

 

It says on the box that you can shave with it...so i got one.

 

@ChemErik: Did you get the mentholated Valobra? Both are nice but I love the mentholated version

@Jen: What do you do exactly with these plugs? Sorry, I've never really delved into the matter of earrings...

@Gisle: Be sure to videotape your attempt to shave with the stuff and put it on youtube

 

I knew it is used as an ingredient in shaving soap but I didn't know it could be used on it's own... But if the clay is fine enough I gues it could work.

 

I washed my hands with it, and though it takes a while to completely dissolve, it didn't leave any gritty stuff.
It feels like compressed ashes.
It made a low, hardly noticeable lather, but i bet it'll work just fine...