Shiozawa Tadaaki Focus, 13/16 hollow ground, Yasuki steel.
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2024 Shaving Acquisitions Thread
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Just looking at that, I would guess that would have to have been made round about when I was born ('63).Looking forward to filling this beauty with vintage Gillette blades from my stash.
Ebonysw45
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Good bloke you picked it up from as well. I grabbed a number of his soaps. I was wondering when this would sell.Looking forward to filling this beauty with vintage Gillette blades from my stash.
Phil Harmonica
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NOS KROPP 13/16 Full Hollow
Post WW1 made & ground in Sheffield
Pre WW1 were made in Sheffield and ground in Hamburg
Phil Harmonica
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SOTD tomorrow. I'm guessing this razor was made in the 1930's-40's and the edge wasn't "shave ready", but in really good shape. I ran it over my Hard Black Arkansas and then diamond pasted balsa. Now it is popping hairs.
Will you strop on leather before the shave, looks a nice grind, just wondering if it will sing?
Phil Harmonica
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My standard routine is 25 laps on firehose followed by 50 laps on horsehide.
I don’t wear my hearing aids when shaving, but I will put them in before stropping and then let you know in my SOTD post.
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gthomas04
...was Drubbing's first. AKA Captain Tightarse
Not exactly an acquisition - more of a re-acquisition. Some may remember my loss of all my Spoilers, sllick Shicks and various other blades. Yesterday my wife comes out of the junk room with a box full of all the above. My cup runneth over
Phil Harmonica
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And where are you taking Mrs. @gthomas04 for dinner?
Looks like you haven't got room for much moreFirst fill - still need to reclaim some of my vintage blades from storage, but this is a decent start.
LesC
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Darn it, I've missed another!! Well done @Ebonysw45 , there's one on Flea-bay at the moment NOS but $90 mmh?
Ebonysw45
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Yeah I saw that but it’s 3 times more than I paid for the one I just grabbed. I paid less than that for the fancy made Wade UK mug and soap.
LesC
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Well done, yes some people want $$$’s, my max “to spend” criteria is 25% more than a tub of B&M Spice, as to date it’s the closest I’ve found/tried to my 60’s n 70’s Original OS, again IMHO.
Ebonysw45
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Yeah that seems a good rule of thumb. It’s nice stuff to be sure but there is a lot of good soap out there.Well done, yes some people want $$$’s, my max “to spend” criteria is 25% more than a tub of B&M Spice, as to date it’s the closest I’ve found/tried to my 60’s n 70’s Original OS, again IMHO.
LesC
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Happy for any advice if someone “knows” of a “better” clone than B&M Spice?
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