Acquisitions, 1st October to 31st October 2015

[NotTheStig]

50 vintage schick ultra platinum blades. no idea what these are going to be like, just took a punt on them.

£3 synthetic chinese brush mentioned on another thread somewhere, nice weighty metal handle on it, ill see how it performs later.

You bugger - I wanted those! They're sharp, very smooth and good for five or more shaves (I usually get two to three form most blades). But if you don't like them sell them to me!

 

[isaiah53]

You bugger - I wanted those! They're sharp, very smooth and good for five or more shaves (I usually get two to three form most blades). But if you don't like them sell them to me!

sorry im glad to hear theyre gooduns though, and if i dont like them theyre yours

 

[Dr Terror]

Needed a good bit of cleaning,but heres where it is at ATM,after a go in the ultrasonic,and some hand polishing...

Been after one of these for years,so really pleased to finally get one!.

 

[Dr Terror]

And not forgetting this...

Thanks for the heads up @Tall_Paul !.

 

[fancontroller]

Postman's just delivered my butterscotch 24mm synthetic from Larry of Whipped Dog. Took just 11 days from US to UK.

Although it's almost the same size as my L'Occitane Plisson brush, it feels like there much more backbone in the WD due to being less splayed and more densely packed.

It's better shown below looking down onto the knots.

 

[Darkbulb]

Received this really, really neat silver plated Pairpoint shaving mug.
It's in amazing condition for being about 100 years old - I doubt that it was ever used....

And, as a nice 'bonus' for me I think it goes rather well with my recently acquired razor shown here w/ the mug:

 

[UKRob]

DB - I count that's three you have now. I scoured Ebay searching under silver, silver plated, metal shaving mug etc.etc. and came up with nothing. This is most unfair so I insist on a trade - I have a daughter who is getting on my nerves at the moment - how does that sound?

 

[Darkbulb]

DB - I count that's three you have now. I scoured Ebay searching under silver, silver plated, metal shaving mug etc.etc. and came up with nothing. This is most unfair so I insist on a trade - I have a daughter who is getting on my nerves at the moment - how does that sound?

Haha.
Btw, that's odd I see 4-5 silver plated antique shaving mugs at any given point....

 

[dodgy]

DB - I count that's three you have now. I scoured Ebay searching under silver, silver plated, metal shaving mug etc.etc. and came up with nothing. This is most unfair so I insist on a trade - I have a daughter who is getting on my nerves at the moment - how does that sound?

Hang on there Rob,

Far as DB doing the trade/daughter thing.....good luck with that. Reminds me somehow of Ransom of Red Chief by O Henry.

Anyway, you saw his other posts and yeah he has three now. You wanna be sure to get this latest one NOT used as the other two have been. Helper monkey spittoons, if you remember. Although, I think he mentioned other options without going into detail.

Hah, I keep expecting to see an adorable monkey peeing inna silver mug pic any time!

Marty

 

[NOTSHARP]

Steve.

 

[Geechy]

Postman's just delivered my butterscotch 24mm synthetic from Larry of Whipped Dog. Took just 11 days from US to UK.

Although it's almost the same size as my L'Occitane Plisson brush, it feels like there much more backbone in the WD due to being less splayed and more densely packed.

It's better shown below looking down onto the knots.

Well described there fan.

 

[Geechy]

And not forgetting this...

Thanks for the heads up @Tall_Paul !.

looks Good enough to drink.

 

[pjgh]

Ever Ready 1914 Khaki Set
Mitchell's Wool Fat & Ceramic Dish ... thanks mbnu54
Attars
More attars
Yet more attars

 

[Darkbulb]

@dodgy @UKRob
I'm thinking this brush that I just picked up will "complete" the set rather nicely.

Hoping that it'll look nice with these:

 

[Darkbulb]

The mailman also brought some other stuff this past week:

1) An unopened Schick repeating razor blade magazine

2) Burma shave razor with a bunch of cartrides

 

[Darkbulb]

A week ago there was a barber that was selling off some surplus brushes that he had custom ordered from Geo F Trumper.
They were all brand new in their boxes and at $22 I thought it would be fun to pick one up and try it out.

Well, it arrived this week and was, indeed, very much NIB:

I think it's a really neat looking brush and I like the shape of the handle a lot.

What I didn't realize until I got it was that it was a pretty small brush. I guess the travel tube should have given that away
Lucky for me I like smaller brushes as well...

Shown here next to an SOC boar brush for scale: