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Gillette New Improved head 1921 Big Fellow before and after cleaning.
ThanksSweet catch, that!
The postman brought a few things for me today.
First of all, a brush from Yaqi, which they advertised as 'a defective handle'.
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Advertised as 20mm knot, but it measures 21.5mm at the base, it has a 54mm loft and a 10mm glue bump, which I'm happy about. I can't see any problem with the handle either. But there is one problem with the brush...
IT IS NOT THE ONE I ORDERED! I ordered one with a different handle! Nonetheless, I'm reasonably pleased with the brush itself, the knot seems to be a good one and I will soon find out how it performs during today's shave. Everytime I order a synth brush, I feel like I have let down @TobyC, I'm sorry fella. I think you might like my next purchase though....
I also took delivery of this...
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Which contained the following items
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A Bakelite Gillette box and what looks like an unused Culmak brush, is it a horse hair knot? In the box, there is a very nice Flat Bottom Tech, in great condition, it doesn't look like it was used much in the last 80 years.
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And another picture with my other Fat Handle Tech (but with the triangular slots) that I've owned for a few years and it is one of the most used razors.
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Looks like horse, but I see no triangle slots.
The one I was delivered today is a Flat Bottom. The last photo of the two Fat Handle Techs, one of them is the one delivered today, the other one is one I have had for a while, that one has triangular slots and I didn't photograph the underside of that razor.
The postman brought a few things for me today.
First of all, a brush from Yaqi, which they advertised as 'a defective handle'.
View attachment 95780
Advertised as 20mm knot, but it measures 21.5mm at the base, it has a 54mm loft and a 10mm glue bump, which I'm happy about. I can't see any problem with the handle either. But there is one problem with the brush...
IT IS NOT THE ONE I ORDERED! I ordered one with a different handle! Nonetheless, I'm reasonably pleased with the brush itself, the knot seems to be a good one and I will soon find out how it performs during today's shave. Everytime I order a synth brush, I feel like I have let down @TobyC, I'm sorry fella. I think you might like my next purchase though....
I also took delivery of this...
View attachment 95781
Which contained the following items
View attachment 95782
A Bakelite Gillette box and what looks like an unused Culmak brush, is it a horse hair knot? In the box, there is a very nice Flat Bottom Tech, in great condition, it doesn't look like it was used much in the last 80 years.
View attachment 95783 View attachment 95784
And another picture with my other Fat Handle Tech (but with the triangular slots) that I've owned for a few years and it is one of the most used razors.
View attachment 95785