Like many of you, I like vintage. The old saying "they don't make 'em like they used to" I believe to be very true. In fact, in the beginning, the whole reason I got into wet shaving was not because I thought the shave would be better, (in fact, until I started researching and checking out forums like this, I actually thought it must be worse 
) but because I get a kick out of using "old school" equipment whenever I get a chance.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to post a pic and a bit of info about any vintage, non shaving related items you still like to use regularly. Now I'm not talking about the cool antique you have sitting on the shelf or in a draw, only taken out and shown your mates, then put away, nice and safe. I'm talking about the stuff that you still use the same way as when it was new.
I'll start the ball rolling with this.
It's a old pocket knife, made around the turn of the century by A.J Jordan Cutlery Co. It has ivory scales and carbon blades that have been so heavily sharpened over the last hundred years that they are pretty much just a stub now. To a knife collector it is probably the ugliest example of a knife you could find but I love the feeling of history behind it. To know that this knife has been carried, travelled and used for so long that it could get to this state, and yet it still works.
This knife came from a time where a man didn't have a collection of toys or a "rotation" of equipment he chose from each morning. He had "his knife". He got dressed and put it in his pocket. He used it every day until it was broken or completely worn out and only then would he think about buying another one. I love that. I always end up with fifty of something of which I only need one. And when I replace something it is usually because I am bored with it, rather than it is worn out. When I use this knife it gives me an appreciation of a simpler time.
) but because I get a kick out of using "old school" equipment whenever I get a chance.Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to post a pic and a bit of info about any vintage, non shaving related items you still like to use regularly. Now I'm not talking about the cool antique you have sitting on the shelf or in a draw, only taken out and shown your mates, then put away, nice and safe. I'm talking about the stuff that you still use the same way as when it was new.
I'll start the ball rolling with this.
It's a old pocket knife, made around the turn of the century by A.J Jordan Cutlery Co. It has ivory scales and carbon blades that have been so heavily sharpened over the last hundred years that they are pretty much just a stub now. To a knife collector it is probably the ugliest example of a knife you could find but I love the feeling of history behind it. To know that this knife has been carried, travelled and used for so long that it could get to this state, and yet it still works.
This knife came from a time where a man didn't have a collection of toys or a "rotation" of equipment he chose from each morning. He had "his knife". He got dressed and put it in his pocket. He used it every day until it was broken or completely worn out and only then would he think about buying another one. I love that. I always end up with fifty of something of which I only need one. And when I replace something it is usually because I am bored with it, rather than it is worn out. When I use this knife it gives me an appreciation of a simpler time.
