Hi all!
I finally had one of those dear B&B days. I recently went into one of my local vintage stores and they had a tray of razors marked $4 each. All user grade, but many of them mechanically sound and just in need of cleaning. I spent some time picking it over pretty thoroughly and went away with 8 new toys. I've spent the last several days cleaning them up and getting them ready for their test drives.
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Across the top, SC New, LC New, New Deluxe, New improved head matched to a ball end handle, Canadian Patent Tech, and an Apollo that seems to be aluminium Apollo. IT may be a frankenrazor, but the handle on the New improved head has no cracks at all and the balance of this combo feels superb.
Below the six DE's are two Gems I picked up too. First is a Heavy Flat Top aka G-bar and the second is a Bullet Tip Micromatic. Those are my first SE's and I'm kind of excited about them.
I did pass on a number of other razors. I could have picked up one of several OCMM's, but they all looked more beat up and the TTO felt pretty rough. At that price, I probably should have grabbed one anyway. I also passed on an ever-ready shovel head that had a broken blade stop and was in fairly rough shape otherwise too. There were also a number of other Techs and 20's style Olds and a few of them would have cleaned up nicely, but I decided not to be too greedy.
In one day, I went from 5 razors in my rotation to 13 so that's going to take a little getting used to. My plan is to give each one a week of daily shaves to evaluate and form an opinion. That's going to keep me busy for a while. Of my 13 razors, 12 are vintage gillettes found in the wild. It's a fun way to go as long as you're willing to keep your eyes open and strike out a lot.
Finally had a "Dear B&B" day. 8 razors 32 bucks.
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