well, we made it back from the US with our lives, our luggage, and our sanity (mostly) intact. I got some goodies, too, and had some nice times with my brother introducing him to the madness of straight shaving...
He did take me to a nice little shop where I picked up this beauty:
That's a Wade and Butcher "The Celebrated Hollow Ground For Barber's Use"...huge, 9/8 blade, hollow ground with a barber's notch. Horn scales, bullseye pins and a lovely patina. not bad for a razor that is AT LEAST 130 years old (1880 was the last year the company produced razors).
Then there's this faux frameback from Sheffield, a nice bit of history with a groovy shape.
I also picked up a coticule from Bart at Coticule.be. It's apparently from a stone he picked up, rather than from something at the min,e but it is a nice hard, green stone and I look forward to giving it a try.
I also got some new soaps, creams and stuff, and I'm having ALL KINDS of fun trying them out.
Unfortunately, though, my mom's house has super hard water so I couldn't make a decent lather to save my life...making the shaves with all my new toys much less than pleasant. It makes me glad the water at home is so nice...I got a FANTASTIC shave today with some Vintage Old Spice soap (Thanks Greg!), and a coticule honed Eskiltuna...feels good to be home, indeed.
So how was your holiday?
2 comments:
Welcome back!
Have you tried the Irisch Moos yet?
Thanks Lanolite!
I've tried it before, this was just an opportunity to stock up. It really is exciting...
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