The Haul: March 2013

You could soap the railing of your deck and be Skeeter free for years!

 

Found Aqua Velva Ice Sport last night at a local grocery store, picked up a bottle for about $4.00 and used it last night. Smells great.

 

A sweet haul today. I got a box of 100 Gem SE blades from Connaught Shaving, and today was the start of a big antique show. I got a Red Tip (A3), 2 Patent Pending Rockets, and a flair tip rocket! Pretty sweet haul! And I got the blades for good measure!

 

Got the mild head for my Titan razor. The other razor is a rhodium plated (NDC, notched) Super Speed from the late forties, early fifties.

Cheers, Lyndon

 

Thanks FedEx and WCS

 

This is new as well.

 

Here are the two Frank brushes I just got. The one one the left is a "faux" ivory brush which has some faint brown lines mixed into the white handle material to make it look more authentic. The brush on the right is a fan shaped silvertip. Neither brush was very expensive.

Lyndon

 

My beautiful new WD Silver Tip from my good buddy JRod22, thanks Brother, and a Hydro-Magic! Tomorrows shave is gonna be saaweeet!

 

Well not shaving related, but a huge purchase for the business today. Well huge to me. Pick it up in the morning.

 

Lift with your legs!

 

Not really shaving related either but I bought a Leatherman MUT and a Spyderco Native Knife (Plain edge) this afternoon. I was expecting the wife to punch me in the head with that bill but she ended up saying "At least it's work stuff and not more razors!"

 

Bought a vintage beauty dish at the antique store today and milled my Tabac sample down into it. Lid says John Robert Powers.

 

A bit of literature on one of my favourite topics:

 

Your Papa Arko line up makes my inner Detective Monk sing. La la la la

I don't even know what that does, but I want one

 

Very cool home for ol' Tabacky . It's a John Roberts Powers Modeling School face powder jar (late 1950s-1960s)

John Robert Powers was an actor & entrepreneur who founded a modeling agency that was very prestigious in the early-mid 20th century. (The name is now associated with a franchise that's nothing like its distinguished forerunner). JRP represented many models who went on to become Hollywood starlets. Former First Lady Betty Ford was a "Powers Girl" before her marriage... A fun bit of history surrounds your Tabac!

 

Here are a couple of photos of the restores I finished last week. Really happy with the way they turned out. I love trolling through this thread and the Sotd threads....it really fires up my RAD.

 

You really do beautiful work.

 

Thx buddy, really appreciate that.

 

I'll have to post a picture on the brush I bought from him. Another beauty.

 

I hope I like this stuff.