The Haul: October 1st -- October 7th, 2007

These little beauties.

The str8 is a "Gemco". The GEM is from our very own auction haus. ::

 

Those are nice scales..what are they made of?

 

Honestly? Not sure. I'm not an expert in scale construction. Probably Bakelite, or something like it. Not mother of pearl, not iridescent enough.

 

Nice stuff, David.

 

Antique Store
Gem Junior Brass Single Edged Safety Razor. $9. Cleaned up really well.

Update on 17 Distressed Safety Razors - I cleaned the rest of the razors up to see what was under all the crap. I was able to get most of them into pretty good shape. I did however scrap a 30s Gillette Brass Tech with knob end. It had cracks all over the place, the unknown str8 has a hairline crack near the tip so this is a practice honing project and the Gem Single Edged with wood handle had just too much metal fatigue. I was able to replace the Brass Tech with a really nice one so that was cool. The British Slim Twists both have decent heads but the plastic white slip on handles have cracks at the tips where it slides onto the head. I have to either super glue the cracks if possible or find some type of replacement handles either original or after market. The heads have a small grooved stem that slides/grips into the top of the handle. If I was handy with wood this would be an interesting project. I'm not handy at anything so that's out.

 

keep us updated

 

Received a shipment from TSD today!

Orange, Blueberry and Avalanche Soap!

Hoorah for Jo!

 

Last Saturday, I bought an entry-level, no-nonsense pipe from Saint-Claude to do some practice. And my third pipe is en route.

 

Well actually I didn't notice anything until you just said it.. and I went and looked and there is some Lemongrass Cream in there too!

Double thanks!

 

Picked this up at a garage sale this weekend for $2. It will look nice displayed with the cigarette boxes.
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I used to have one that looked very similar to that one. Is there a little round clay stone in the lid?

 

The stone is missing but there's a place for it, maybe it's yours.
The one I had only held pipes, wish I had saved all that stuff!!

 

Thats pretty cool if you ask me

 

Might also be able to help out in your shave den as well.

 

Finally decided on a brush

I picked up a slightly used Kent Bk4 went up for sale on SMF. After a little haggling, I pulled the trigger on it. Should be here in about 6 days

I was going to wait and get an SR 3320 or 22 but at the price I got the Bk4, I couldn't pass it up. The SR will have to wait a couple of months.

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BK4

You will NOT be disappointed.
Great combo brush.
Great brush. Period.

 

My last straight purchase for a while, until after Christmas or I find another part time job:

Frederick Reynolds "The Old English Razor" 7/8 notch point, seen here.

 

A few things

From Barbieria Italiana:

(A chunk of these creams are for a bud up "North")

Omega 6223 Brush (will be taking pics tonight, this is a total Beauty)
Weishi Gunmetal
2x Noxzema Lather
3x Palmolive Menthol
3x Williams Menthol
2x Williams Regular
1x Gilletta Regular
Tryphon Clorofilla Shave Soap
Odol Mints
Treet Dura Sharp Carbon Blades
PREP Pre-shave Crema
Botot Toothpaste
Botot Mouthwash
Viti Mentholated Talc




From TSD Store:
Lemon Palmolive Shave Cream
Other "sampleS"