I have some questions on some recent (over the weekend) purchases, and thought I would lump them all together here. First of Vintage Williams - I have acquired 3 cakes of vintage Williams (a glastonbury pre 60's, '75 era, and a 2002) and one puck of Old Spice. Which one would you start on first? Will the Williams pretty much be that same, they are all "tallow" first. Second I ran into a "Barbershop" brand TracII/Atra handle. I have seen Barbershop soap and mugs but never a razor. I picked it up for 5 bucks and was just wanting some information. At the same place I got a Lee's favorite hone for the same price as the razor. I don't use straights but was wondering if a Barbers hone could be bad and unusable? My dad was with me and when I picked it up he said he had 2 in his garage from his dad that I could have. One more is about vintage brushes. I won this lot on the bay. the straight looks unusable but really wanted the vintage/modern williams and brush. Is there a way to tell if the brush is usable or should I just look into re-knotting it? Thanks for any help.
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