November Acquisitions

Rob998 said:
My father in law uses a crappy old Boots boar brush that is literally falling apart,so I decided to buy him a new brush for Christmas.

As it’s a present I decided to get something a bit more flashy, but he’s old so didn’t want to spend too much in case he dies soon ;) (or didn’t like it), so thought a Yaqi Sagrada Familia would fit the bill nicely.

Logged into Aliexpress for the first time in ages and with all the discounts that applied I ended up paying the grand total, delivered, of £0.48. Nuts. How is that even possible?
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It’s one of my favourite synthetic brushes.
Think i paid £5
 
Mike Smart said:
It’s one of my favourite synthetic brushes.
Think i paid £5
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It’s crazy, I know China Post is massively subsidised, but even if the postage from China is effectively free, how on Earth can they (Yaqi) be even breaking even selling something that I know is of reasonable quality for less than 50p? Or a fiver come to that. I know there’s economies of scale and shit wages and all that, but I can’t understand the rationale behind it.
 
Rob998 said:
It’s crazy, I know China Post is massively subsidised, but even if the postage from China is effectively free, how on Earth can they (Yaqi) be even breaking even selling something that I know is of reasonable quality for less than 50p? Or a fiver come to that. I know there’s economies of scale and shit wages and all that, but I can’t understand the rationale behind it.
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I think most of the Yaqi’s on aliexpress are seconds i’ve got a few and can’t see a thing wrong with them but yes it’s difficult to explain the pricing
 
Anyone recognise this?
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Don’t worry, after reading others experiences I’ve no intention of actually shaving with it. But I fancied a heavier handle to try on my aluminium Gillette Tech and Lord L6 and when I looked at the prices of handles, nice as they were I didn’t want to pay that much just to try one - then I read all the posts about this EXJ razor and reckoned that £5 was more like it. Seems ok, will try it out soon.

As for Yaqi brushes commented on above, I have a couple, one was £2 and the other 49p and I can’t explain why either - unless they contain tiny cameras, microphones and transmitters and we are all being monitored by the Chinese Ministry of Shaving!!! :oops::cool::unsure:
 
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Canadian Tech from the 1950s with lozenge drain holes. I do have a 1930s model with the triangular guard already.

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Mike Smart said:
is that a dare code that’s visible???
Looks class
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Cheers! The "1932" is not the actual date of the actual razor but refers to the date of the patent in Canada. The earliest Techs had triangular drain holes and post-1945 (ish) became lozenge shaped. I've dated this razor into the 1950s given the etch (not shown), although Mr Razor does show an example of this very design from 1949.
 
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