Still had some Christmas bonus burning a hole in my pocket so last weekend was my chance to run out to some antique shops out of my normal area.
Hit several in the Aurora/Naperville and after burning through half a tank of gas pretty much came up bupkis.
Not to be denied Sunday meant a trip up to the Volo area and after working through 2 of the 3 malls and finding a 45.00 "four part Gillette"(known to us as a cracked handled,brassed up Old Type) and another case with 2 Slim Adjustable,a Blue Tip and a Slim Twist all extremely user grade for 45-50 each.
Nearing the last couple of booths in the last mall I spotted a NEW Red/Black case but noticed the 20.00 razor inside was not a NEW but a Goodwill and out of the corner of my eye spotted the Williams Mug Soap for 4.50.
The razor has a very minor crack and the soap no longer smells too mentholish but considering there is a 09-1958 printed on the inner wrapper I not too surprised that the active menthol goodness has faded after just over 54 years and despite the snowy whiteness of the pic is a sort of tannish color.
Hit several in the Aurora/Naperville and after burning through half a tank of gas pretty much came up bupkis.
Not to be denied Sunday meant a trip up to the Volo area and after working through 2 of the 3 malls and finding a 45.00 "four part Gillette"(known to us as a cracked handled,brassed up Old Type) and another case with 2 Slim Adjustable,a Blue Tip and a Slim Twist all extremely user grade for 45-50 each.
Nearing the last couple of booths in the last mall I spotted a NEW Red/Black case but noticed the 20.00 razor inside was not a NEW but a Goodwill and out of the corner of my eye spotted the Williams Mug Soap for 4.50.
The razor has a very minor crack and the soap no longer smells too mentholish but considering there is a 09-1958 printed on the inner wrapper I not too surprised that the active menthol goodness has faded after just over 54 years and despite the snowy whiteness of the pic is a sort of tannish color.
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