What are you unpacking/ opening today, show pics or video, we love pics

[Sukeroku]

Early this month, I won a Captain's Choice contest for Overseas Members.
This arrived the other day. The prize included free shipping...to Japan!
Thank you @Captain Pre-Capsize

 

[Slock]

I also received the Henson Aluminum aggressive +++. Super fast shipping. Received in two days. Henson is using new packaging for their razors. It came with a Tuck of the made for Henson RK blades.

 

[gpjoe]

I told my wife that if I found an injector at the antique store today, I was going to buy it. I found one, and as she was trying to drag me to the register, I saw another, closed box. I opened it to find the Gillette Milord (1947?).

The Schick looks near new, sadly the blade injector is empty. The Milord is missing some plating, mainly on the handle but is straight and functions perfectly. Total: $19

 

[gpjoe]

Early this month, I won a Captain's Choice contest for Overseas Members.
This arrived the other day. The prize included free shipping...to Japan!
Thank you @Captain Pre-Capsize

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The Captain is a heck of a nice guy.

 

[Dominic]

I told my wife that if I found an injector at the antique store today, I was going to buy it. I found one, and as she was trying to drag me to the register, I saw another, closed box. I opened it to find the Gillette Milord (1947?).

The Schick looks near new, sadly the blade injector is empty. The Milord is missing some plating, mainly on the handle but is straight and functions perfectly. Total: $19

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With injector razors, if the injector is empty, do you refill it with new blades, or just use a new injector? Is the Milord a British-made Super Speed?

 

[Tomo]

The Sandpiper has landed.

My first Sterling Soap.

 

[GR5233]

The Sandpiper has landed.

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My first Sterling Soap.

One of my favorites from Stirling

 

[gpjoe]

With injector razors, if the injector is empty, do you refill it with new blades, or just use a new injector? Is the Milord a British-made Super Speed?

I'll just buy some new Schick injector blades, they are still available in some stores and on -line.

I think my razor was made in 1947, in the USA

 

[edw]

 

[godlike]

This amazing PIF from @awk_m4 !! It's the mild, I'm hoping to start Shaving my head more frequently so this will definitely help!

 

[linty1]

A box arrived today from Connaught:

A Merkur 38c, another pack of the Kai milds that are working so well for me, and decided to try a pack of Schick prolines, they seem to be well regarded as far as ac blades go, and I wanted to try ac blades without the training wheels. The Merkur, well I remember really liking the barberpole handle on the slant version, but was way too aggressive. So got the 38c. Almost got the Parker 99 variant, but Connaught had it for a good price and I was familiar with the vendor.

 

[kingfisher]

I spent almost $5k on an entire collection to get a bottom dial in it, and it all came today.
Then, I found a local collection on Facebook, and spent hundreds on 53 razors and 27 brushes. My wife is not thrilled, but trusts me.
Not going to be posting a large bst thread, but started an LLC and will be launching a a vendor shortly, hopefully!
Here's some pics...

Umm......wow! This is jaw-dropping!

Congrats on finding the Bottom Dial. It looks pretty nice. I hope it is in perfect working order, but if it is not, there are people who can tune it up for you.

 

[awk_m4]

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This amazing PIF from @awk_m4 !! It's the mild, I'm hoping to start Shaving my head more frequently so this will definitely help!

You're very welcome! You might find that you'll be shaving daily because this razor is so much fun to use!!

 

[awk_m4]

Southern Witchcrafts are my favorites!

 

[ShortRound131]

Some Stirling samples

 

[Billhanna]

 

[Phoenixkh]

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That was worth seeing twice... so nice.

 

[Tomo]

Lothur Calm. This one is a fail right out of the box. The scent is horrendous. And strong! I can’t bring myself to even use it.

 

[Ron R]

Bought a small 1/2 inch NPT shower valve for throttling water for my shower, great for shower shaving(I do not shave in the shower.). I bought it for better lathering of my soap when washing, the old way just washes the soap off to quick, this way I get a nice small trickle to lather from, works great!

Have some great showers!

 

[Dominic]

Lothur Calm. This one is a fail right out of the box. The scent is horrendous. And strong! I can’t bring myself to even use it.

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I haven't used it, but my experience with other products is that strong scents, even bad ones, usually attenuate after a couple of uses.