I'm also waiting for my Tuckaway set to arrive by the end of the month, but mine is gold plated. Yours look really good. I wish I could have found one in nick though.
Safety Razor Acquisition Thread.
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I'm also waiting for my Tuckaway set to arrive by the end of the month, but mine is gold plated. Yours look really good. I wish I could have found one in nick though.
It's been a few weeks now, but my latest acquisition is the Yates 921-M and I've subsequently purchased the H-plate, as well...
All I can say is "wow".... OK.. I can also say "congrats".It's another early Christmas for me today, yippee!
I purchased yet another Gillette Flat Bottom Tech and sent it off to Chris at Back Roads Gold for palladium plating, along with an antique Gillette blade bank. I also sent him three NEW/Tech caps for replating. One (also in palladium) for my 1939 RFB (whose original cap aligns blades skew), and two in mirror nickel (one for another FBT and one for my 7 0'clock FBOC).
Chris said palladium was just a tad lighter/brighter than mirror nickel. I thought my eyesight was pretty good... but they look exactly the same to me.
There's no way I can compete with Chris's pics, so here they are:
I can only say that I'm MORE THAN PLEASED.
USPS First Class International normally takes a week (give or take a couple of days) to get from the US to me in the UK. This time it was 14 very long days.
Naturally, I planned to shave with my new palladium plated Fat Handled Flat Bottom Tech on its day of arrival. So, after admiring all of Chris's work and playing around with my new toys... off for a shave!
Thank you.
Picked this up on the BST forum. Nice little razor. Shaves pretty good.
New Maggard's handle on Edwin Jagger head. The new handle really transforms the EJ head into a better razor
Yes, the iconic Svampen (mushroom) water tower. It will soon be shut down and replaced with a new one.
I think the view from my apartment is beautiful.
Just arrived in today's mail, a Blackbird Ti. The seller was kind enough to include a tuck of London Bridge blades.
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I Can See Better Than Bigfoot.
Get busy, lad!
If only it was that easy! My shave has to wait until later this evening.
Tatara just announced the Titanium Muramasa €699 = $750 (26may22).
The first batch of 20 immediately sold out.
The SS version (105g) feels great in the hand, but since it doesn't shave as close as a BB or Timeless Slim it's hard for me to justify upgrading. The BB Ti is still next on my acquisition list.
The first batch of 20 immediately sold out.
The SS version (105g) feels great in the hand, but since it doesn't shave as close as a BB or Timeless Slim it's hard for me to justify upgrading. The BB Ti is still next on my acquisition list.
Yaqi Chrome Mercury safety razor head. $ 9.66 shipped. 17 days to arrive from China to Brazil.
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1906 and 1929 (let us say the last version) Single rings to fill empty cases.
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I think these are the triple gold plated razors advertised around 1906-07. Most have the British patent, so could be a "British" special made by Boston, but one or two carry the US patent. The serial is numbers only, so this one is from 1906.
Thank you very much. Do you think that the case is the original case? Not sure because of the logo..
It has no "Gillette" or something else on the razor indicating to Gillette as the manufacturer. But it has a patent info that can also be found on other Gillette razors:
BR. PAT. No. 28763 OF '02
Sami
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Could be later, so the G stands for A, but I can not recall gold sets after the 460 was introduced.
It's another early Christmas for me today, yippee!
I purchased yet another Gillette Flat Bottom Tech and sent it off to Chris at Back Roads Gold for palladium plating, along with an antique Gillette blade bank. I also sent him three NEW/Tech caps for replating. One (also in palladium) for my 1939 RFB (whose original cap aligns blades skew), and two in mirror nickel (one for another FBT and one for my 7 0'clock FBOC).
Chris said palladium was just a tad lighter/brighter than mirror nickel. I thought my eyesight was pretty good... but they look exactly the same to me.
There's no way I can compete with Chris's pics, so here they are:
I can only say that I'm MORE THAN PLEASED.
USPS First Class International normally takes a week (give or take a couple of days) to get from the US to me in the UK. This time it was 14 very long days.
Naturally, I planned to shave with my new palladium plated Fat Handled Flat Bottom Tech on its day of arrival. So, after admiring all of Chris's work and playing around with my new toys... off for a shave!
SWEET JESUS
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