Acquisitions 1st Feb - 29th Feb 2016

[Gordy]

5 Wilkinson sticks for £6 all in off Ebay

Nice little score that. I've been trying to get one for nostalgia as I felt it was the only decent soap I tried when I still used cartridges. Must actually add it to my eBay searches, cheers.

 

[Fergiebilly]

Got my Mason Pearson Pure Badger Brush through the door..These brushes have a Simpsons Knot but I wasn't expecting it to be a hard soap latherer but I was way off the Mark..Haslinger is a Hard Tallow Soap & the Pearson Brush ate it for breakfast..The handle is an Absolute Corker size wise..Makes me wonder why they make them any smaller than this..£20.00 Posted...Cant be bad at that..

Billy

 

[Dave-the-rave]

Posting lather pics Billy? That's you fecked noo.

 

[Dave-the-rave]

PAL adjustable arrived from the States with a nice £11.95 Customs/Royal mail fee.

First shave already done but I'll use it for a bit before posting up a wee review.
Disclaimer...That's not my hairspray.

 

[Gordy]

That's a real shame about the fees Dave. I've just got one through a PIF and I'm waiting on blades arriving. They're a gorgeous bit of kit, best of luck with yours.

 

[Dave-the-rave]

Well it only cost around £30 with postage and it's in real good condition. Everything is tight with no sloppy or loose parts.
With that in mind £40 in all isn't bad considering the build quality. If this was made today they wouldn't be cheap razors.

 

[Hishg]

My postman has been busy!



Actually I've had the Rocket for a couple of weeks (my first rocket!) and shaved with it last night. Everything else arrived today. This is also my first injector, I don't even have blades for it yet! The epoxy is to fix a damaged Gillette new.

 

[pjgh]

Super haul there, @Hishg ... I took delivery of a Schick myself, a neat 'Introductory Set' from @Fergiebilly. It's an E2.

Also, a 100g tin of Le Père Lucien Cyprès Boisé from yourshaving.com in spain. It took about a week to get here.

 

[Electrif]

Disclaimer...That's not my hairspray.

Yeh, right!!

 

[SeanC]

Super haul there, @Hishg ... I took delivery of a Schick myself, a neat 'Introductory Set' from @Fergiebilly. It's an E2.

Also, a 100g tin of Le Père Lucien Cyprès Boisé from yourshaving.com in spain. It took about a week to get here.

That butterscotch handle is gorgeous. Looks almost like amber in the photo

 

[pjgh]

That butterscotch handle is gorgeous. Looks almost like amber in the photo

Cheers! Yeah, It's got a real flow to it; quite alive.

 

[Dave-the-rave]

Yeh, right!!

Sometimes I sniff it and get memories of the birds in the discos in the 80's.

 

[Ferrum]

My Dorian brush arrived this morning. Tracked end-to-end from departure in Austria on Monday, to my doorstep today, that was pretty quick.
I tapped the wrapped parcel, and thought it a bit solid for a cardboard box. Little did I realise that it would come in a Dorian pyrographed wooden case, with edition number ticket etc. Superb presentation for a rather beautiful brush, which will get a first use tomorrow.

 

[Wishbone]

Now that's a really nice brush.....

 

[Ferrum]

Now that's a really nice brush.....

Thanks.
It was a bit longer in the making than originally planned, as Michael ("Mr. Dorian") had been unwell last month, but I was amazed at the quality of presentation. I'll have to stop drooling over the other brushes in his gallery, which make me feel like a kid in a sweet shop - or perhaps I won't.
If I hadn't given up smoking them, I'd be in the market for his pipes, which are also things of beauty.

 

[Uncle Bertie]

Thanks to @Fox and @grarea I'm over the moon or should that be walking in a Wickham Wonderland?

That would be a good name for a winter soap, eh Darron.

The 1912 smells absolutely amazing, a cross between Musgo Real classic and OSP Neroli, to me it smells very Barbershop and very good.

These test tube racks just arrived from @sc0tt. They look great too, thanks mate.