January 2019 Aquisitions

TobyC

TobyC

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Electrif said:
What a great end to 2018 / beginning of 2019. I won the 2018 Christmas PIF over at TOST. Two parcels arrived yesterday from across the water.
In one package, a cased 1907 GEM Junior, a NOS Burma Shave 'Holiday Gift Pack' containing soap, mug and brush. and a pack of Treet Super CS blades.
The other package, a GEM Contour (foreground) and Contour II, a second pack of Treet Super CS blades and a cake of Williams Mug.
I am overwhelmed and so lucky, what generosity. My grateful thanks to those concerned.
Look out for my upcoming shaves

Oh, the Burma (will he, won't he) will be revealed soon.
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Killer stuff!!!

I've got a barless '07 junior, but just the razor, no case, great shaver!

I don't know if you've used the Treets before, but they shave great, and rust is NOT a problem.
 
Electrif

Electrif

SE la vie
TobyC said:
How does that boar feel right out of the box?
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I think this quote from @Wayne hits the nail on the head.
Wayne said:
New Boars are stiffer than a Teenager with a belly full of Viagra
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It was pretty stiff out of the box, but after a couple of cold water soaks and towel rubs the tips are splitting and becoming much softer. However the knot does have a strong scent, which I hope, will fade.
 
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A couple brushes are on the way from the US:

Top left: Wildwest Brushworks "Bronze Bay" Tuxedo
Top right: Custom Turn-N-Shave Silvertip
Bottom left: Custom Turn-N-Shave (with pic of my kids in handle) Silvertip
Bottom right: Wildwest Brushworks "Mantle" Tuxedo

Then, not pictured, a Lowborn Supply handle with a Declaration B7 knot, and a Blackbird Black Oxide 101.
 
les24preludes

les24preludes

Forum GOD!
I'm totally sold on larger titanium handles. My first one, and probably last for a while since I like it a lot, is from Evgeny Koshelev who is rusdrunkbear on eBay. Made near Omsk on the Kazakhstan border. We exchanged niceties in Russian (I used an online translator) and he gave me a good discount. It's 85 x 16mm and weighs 53g. Pretty perfect and balances well. I'm now finding 12.8mm handles a bit thin. I'm using it with a Yintal Bronze top cap and a variety of 2 stud baseplates, like R41, Fatip OC, Gillette OT, and Yintal and Rockwell if I ever get round to those two. Liking OCs ATM. Evgeny does a range of styles and can make any design to order if you give him pictures and designs. Well satisfied with this purchase.

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