Hi,
Maybe I picked a poor day to start a new Club Thread, seeing as how it is April's Fools Day. However, I am being serious here.
I keep seeing posts referencing how folks found Dad's or Granddad's or an Uncle's or even Mom's old razor. Or brush, or whatever else pops up. So, we have posts sprinkled all over the place for each occurrence, and even some within some of the other B&B Club Threads. But, I do not see any Club devoted to the concept of using anything Heirloom.
If such already exists, someone kindly point it out and I will wander over there.
I did look around for a few days now, and did not find such.
Now, there is something *very* special about using anything that has been passed down. It is even more special when someone in the family pulls out something, and tells you this was from 'insert relative here' and they spotted it while looking for something else, and thought you would like to have it.
So, here is a Club, the HUC as it will probably wind up known in sig lines. All one needs to do to join up is tell us what it is you use that has been passed down to you. And, add HUC to your sig line, of course!
I will start us off. I started shaving at age 15 in 1976. Dad handed me an Early Tech, the pre-war variety with the triangular slots:
My Grandfather (my mom's dad) passed on in 1979. Shortly after, my grandmother handed me a 3 pc Gillette Old Type, model 102 with the thinner cap and ball handle. She mentioned that he had bought that not long after getting out of the Army after WWI. He had used it ever since. Now, it was silver plated, and most of the silver is gone, but a good amount remains on the bottom side of the bottom plate. Until recently, you couldn't even see that. I cleaned it with the baking soda and aluminum foil trick. Some days I think of having it replated in silver, but I probably never will. I rather like it in the condition it is in. There is more to the history that way.
So, these are my two Heirlooms that I use on a regular basis. I shave WTG then ATG with either the Fasan or the Old Type, then pull a third touch-up pass with the Tech XTG. On some days, when I use the Fasan, I touch up with the Old Type. When I travel (not by air obviously, for that I have a *shudder* Mach 3) it is with the Tech alone.
I have other heirlooms, such as another tech, a couple brushes, and the other Grandfather's straight razor. But, I do not use them much at all. So, I will save those for another day.
Now, how about every one else? What do *you* shave with which has been passed down to you??
Stan
ps, off to add HUC to my Sig!
Maybe I picked a poor day to start a new Club Thread, seeing as how it is April's Fools Day. However, I am being serious here.
I keep seeing posts referencing how folks found Dad's or Granddad's or an Uncle's or even Mom's old razor. Or brush, or whatever else pops up. So, we have posts sprinkled all over the place for each occurrence, and even some within some of the other B&B Club Threads. But, I do not see any Club devoted to the concept of using anything Heirloom.
If such already exists, someone kindly point it out and I will wander over there.
I did look around for a few days now, and did not find such.Now, there is something *very* special about using anything that has been passed down. It is even more special when someone in the family pulls out something, and tells you this was from 'insert relative here' and they spotted it while looking for something else, and thought you would like to have it.
So, here is a Club, the HUC as it will probably wind up known in sig lines. All one needs to do to join up is tell us what it is you use that has been passed down to you. And, add HUC to your sig line, of course!
I will start us off. I started shaving at age 15 in 1976. Dad handed me an Early Tech, the pre-war variety with the triangular slots:
My Grandfather (my mom's dad) passed on in 1979. Shortly after, my grandmother handed me a 3 pc Gillette Old Type, model 102 with the thinner cap and ball handle. She mentioned that he had bought that not long after getting out of the Army after WWI. He had used it ever since. Now, it was silver plated, and most of the silver is gone, but a good amount remains on the bottom side of the bottom plate. Until recently, you couldn't even see that. I cleaned it with the baking soda and aluminum foil trick. Some days I think of having it replated in silver, but I probably never will. I rather like it in the condition it is in. There is more to the history that way.
So, these are my two Heirlooms that I use on a regular basis. I shave WTG then ATG with either the Fasan or the Old Type, then pull a third touch-up pass with the Tech XTG. On some days, when I use the Fasan, I touch up with the Old Type. When I travel (not by air obviously, for that I have a *shudder* Mach 3) it is with the Tech alone.
I have other heirlooms, such as another tech, a couple brushes, and the other Grandfather's straight razor. But, I do not use them much at all. So, I will save those for another day.
Now, how about every one else? What do *you* shave with which has been passed down to you??
Stan
ps, off to add HUC to my Sig!
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