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So.... I've been pretty good and been focusing on technique (so much still to learn)...
I've already treated myself to a Tech (but resisted using it until I reckoned I've deserved it) but shown restraint since...
However, yesterday I spotted a scuttle in a local BHF charity shop and bought it for a possibly steep £3 (my first attempt at using it wasn't good, and I don't think my brush appreciated it).
I've been musing over trying my hand at restoration (I'm one of those moderately cash poor theoretically time rich people) and late in the evening I spotted what was advertised on eBay as a "GILLETTE ARISTOCRAT IN ORIGINAL CHROME CASE" but I rather suspected was a #68 Super Speed with a misread patent number (which resolves to an improvement in ovens) alongside a 1948 Aristocrat #16 case. Both in condition fit for purpose. I shamefully used a snipe to purchase it at my ceiling price. I confessed to SHMBO who told me not to let this new hobby get out of control... Impossible, I said, and showed her pictures from @Bechet 's posts in the scary Shave den show-off (AKA: Bring out your stash!) It will be interesting to see what happens next (and what it is I've bought)
So.... I've been pretty good and been focusing on technique (so much still to learn)...
I've already treated myself to a Tech (but resisted using it until I reckoned I've deserved it) but shown restraint since...
However, yesterday I spotted a scuttle in a local BHF charity shop and bought it for a possibly steep £3 (my first attempt at using it wasn't good, and I don't think my brush appreciated it).
I've been musing over trying my hand at restoration (I'm one of those moderately cash poor theoretically time rich people) and late in the evening I spotted what was advertised on eBay as a "GILLETTE ARISTOCRAT IN ORIGINAL CHROME CASE" but I rather suspected was a #68 Super Speed with a misread patent number (which resolves to an improvement in ovens) alongside a 1948 Aristocrat #16 case. Both in condition fit for purpose. I shamefully used a snipe to purchase it at my ceiling price. I confessed to SHMBO who told me not to let this new hobby get out of control... Impossible, I said, and showed her pictures from @Bechet 's posts in the scary Shave den show-off (AKA: Bring out your stash!) It will be interesting to see what happens next (and what it is I've bought)