Vintage Week 5/7 - 5/13

Discussion in 'Shower or Shave of the Day' started by swarden43, May 6, 2012.

  1. swarden43

    swarden43 "It's your shave. Enjoy it your way."©

    It's Vintage Week!

    I know many of us have, use and love our vintage razors. But what about those soaps, creams and aftershaves that are no longer in production? This week will pay tribute to those vintage items that are, unfortunately, discontinued and no longer available at the local drugstore. The good news is that many can still be found at flea markets, antique shops, yard sales, and auction sites.

    Let's see what ya got! Inspire the rest of us to be on the hunt for those fabulous shave items we do so dearly miss.
     
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  2. swarden43

    swarden43 "It's your shave. Enjoy it your way."©

    Monday

    Tunes: Lightnin' Hopkins ~ The Essence of Lightnin' Hopkins He's become one of my favorite blues artists.
    Cream: Tom's of Maine - I'm just glad I was able to get a tube of this. Picked it up at Wegman's. Went back a few weeks later - NONE to be had. Yep. Discontinued.
    Brush: Kriss Kross - still has the original boar knot. Not one of my favorite brushes, but I really like the handle. May have to re-knot it sometime down the road.
    Razor: '61 Fatboy - this was given to me by a co-worker. I don't have to tell many of you that this is one great razor. I leave it locked @ 6. Works for me.
    Blade: '59 Gillette Thin - E3 date code. Not a bad shave from an old blade. They were in with a razor I picked up at an antique mall.
    AS: Pinaud Clubman - still in production after 200+ years. The product in the bottle may not be vintage, but the brand sure is!
     
  3. Zilla

    Zilla Well-Known Member

    Vintage Week, Monday:

    Hot Towel
    Burt's Bees SC as pre-shave
    Hot towel again
    Vintage Old Spice Shaving soap
    Every-Ready 100T Boar brush
    54' Gillette SS Flair Tip w/ Voskhod blade 2nd shave
    Hot water / Cold water rinse
    Alum block
    Clubman AS
    Clubman talc

    No Menthol Monday. Decided to go with the vintage week. It was nice to get the Vintage Old Spice shaving soap out. It still lathers great with the ol' Every-Ready brush. What a delightful shave this morning:D
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  4. Zilla

    Zilla Well-Known Member

    Steve, I have seen in some of your post that you hand strop your blades. How do you do that? Do you see a big benefit from it?
     
  5. Zilla

    Zilla Well-Known Member

    Tuesday shave:

    Folgers coffee black:eatdrink013:
    Hot towel
    Every Man Jack SC as pre-shave
    Hot towel again
    Vintage Williams Mug SS
    Burma-Shave bristle brush
    Gem 1912 SE w/ Personna Gem blade 1st shave
    Hot water / Cold water rinse
    Dickinson's Witch hazel
    Old Spice Classic AS
    Clubman talc
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  6. swarden43

    swarden43 "It's your shave. Enjoy it your way."©

    Piece o' cake.



    There are three schools of thought...
    1 - It doesn't do a thing. Why bother?
    2 - Even if it does work, blades are so cheep. Why bother?
    3 - It works. It smoothes out the blade and give me a couple of extra shaves that are more comfortable than if I hadn't hand stropped.

    I'm in the 3rd school. I figure if it works for a straight edge razor , why wouldn't it work on a DE or SE blade? They have straight edges, too, ya know!
     
  7. Zilla

    Zilla Well-Known Member

    Thanks, I believe I'm in the third school. I'm going to give it a try!
     
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  8. macaronus

    macaronus Sir Nice-a-Lot

    Tuesday weapons of choice:
    vintage DVH boar
    Gillette Old Style OC
    vintage Williams soap
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  9. swarden43

    swarden43 "It's your shave. Enjoy it your way."©

    Tuesday

    Soap: Vintage Colgate Barber Soap + 2 drops Em's Woodstock EO - nice soap, just very lacking in the scent department
    Brush: Ever Read 250PB - still has the original badger knot. Nice little brush. I like it.
    Razor: Grafco OC - a rebranded Merkur 3-piece (Merkur logo on base of handle). Not bad. I'll keep it.
    Blade: '59 Thin Gillette - E3 date code. Day 2, 3+ passes. Neat to use an old blade, but I do prefer the modern

    A fun week so far. Hope the rest of you are enjoying it!
     
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  10. Zilla

    Zilla Well-Known Member

    I'm getting the hang of hand stropping!!! Thanks for the info!!! If I could get a couple extra shaves out of a blade it's well worth it!!!

    Yes, enjoying it this week. Good choice of theme this week!
     
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  11. swarden43

    swarden43 "It's your shave. Enjoy it your way."©

    Wednesday

    Tunes: Lightnin' Hopkins ~ The Essence of Lightnin' Hopkins, disc 2
    Soap: TSD Wild Rose - discontinued? Don't see it on the drop down menu :(
    Brush: Mohawk 3-338 with original boar knot - this brush is simply amazing. I will say it's become a favorite.
    Razor: '62 Slim Adjustable @ 6 - my birthyear. Yeah, yeah, yeah - I'm vintage!
    Blade: '59 Thin Gillette Blade, E3, day 3, 3+ passes

    Forgot to mention, as this is vintage week, that on Monday I was totin' an early/mid-40s Parker Duofold Jr. fountain pen. Today it's Parker 21, mid/late 60s. Yesterday was a modern Lamy Safari.
     
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  12. macaronus

    macaronus Sir Nice-a-Lot

    Wednesday vintage weapons of choice:
    DVH boar brush
    Williams soap
    British Gillette flare tip Rocket
    Gillette blade, rehoned & restropped in Allegro mod, L

    (brush & soap are easy choices: they're the only vintage brush & soap I have!)
     
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  13. lradke

    lradke and doggone it, people like me

    Vintage week? Well for the remainder of the week I will be using my vintage Feather Injector and vintage Feather platinum injector blades!
     
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  14. Zilla

    Zilla Well-Known Member

    Wednesday shave:

    Hot towel
    Lucky Tiger Molle SC pre-shave
    Hot towel
    Vintage Old Spice SS
    Every-Ready 100T Boar brush
    OC Gem Micromatic w/ Personna Gem blade 3rd shave
    hot / cold water rinse
    Dickinson's Witch hazel
    Old Spice Classic AS
    Clubman talc
     
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  15. Slipperyjoe

    Slipperyjoe Rusty Metal Tetanus

    Well..just had a good shave. The only other vintage thing there besides the razor was me..and maybe the bath towel I dried on...
     
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  16. Zilla

    Zilla Well-Known Member

    Thursday morning vintage shave:

    Folgers coffee, BLACK
    Creedence Clearwater Revival, Chronicle Vol. 1
    Hot shower, Yardley bar soap
    Hand Strop blade
    Lucky Tiger Molle SC pre-shave
    Hot Towel
    Vintage Williams Mug SS
    Burma-Shave bristle brush
    54' Gillette SS Flair Tip w/ Voskhod blade 4th shave
    hot / cold water rinse
    Alum block
    Lucky Tiger AS / Face tonic
    Clubman talc
    Hand strop blade
     
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  17. swarden43

    swarden43 "It's your shave. Enjoy it your way."©

    Thursday

    Tunes: Petra ~ Come and Join Us, from 1977
    Soap: Vintage Old Spice - glad I bought two pucks. Still have one in reserve!
    Brush: Ever Ready 200T with original boar knot - meh
    Razor: '73 Black Handle SS
    Blade: '59 Thin Gillette Blade, day 4, 3+ passes
    Post: Old Spice Classic, not a vintage product, but very much a vintage scent - nice!
     
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  18. Zilla

    Zilla Well-Known Member

    Steve, the hand stropping seems to be working. Last two shaves I hand stropped. I should of had some dragging with the number of shaves with the blades. But no,smooth shaves for high number of shaves on the blades. I am impressed. Like you said, blades are not expensive. However to still get a comfy shave with this many uses on my blades I'm a happy shaver. Besides it is something cool I get to add to my routine. Thanks for the advice!
     
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  19. swarden43

    swarden43 "It's your shave. Enjoy it your way."©

    Cool! Glad I could pass on something for ya!
     
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  20. macaronus

    macaronus Sir Nice-a-Lot

    Thusday's vintage weapons of choice:
    • DVH boar brush
    • Williams soap
    • Gillette Old Style OC
    • brandless German blade
    • Allegro model L honer/stropper (used that yesterday as well)
     
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