Shaving Acquisitions March

[Tony'schin]

Mail call!




I saw these on the Flea-bay and thought I would get 1 to use the stand for my Straight razors, £9.99 each.
Hold on, buy 2 for 9.98? No brainer.
Wasn't expecting much, but hey, they're not bad.
The stands are coated alloy of some sort, they take a Straight no bother. 1 razor handle is also coated alloy, the other handle is bamboo. Plus 10 blades per razor for under a Tenner.
I think a canny bargain. Will give them a run out soon.
Seller = orobiker.

 

[donnie_arko]

Mail call!

I saw these on the Flea-bay and thought I would get 1 to use the stand for my Straight razors, £9.99 each.
Hold on, buy 2 for 9.98? No brainer.
Wasn't expecting much, but hey, they're not bad.
The stands are coated alloy of some sort, they take a Straight no bother. 1 razor handle is also coated alloy, the other handle is bamboo. Plus 10 blades per razor for under a Tenner.
I think a canny bargain. Will give them a run out soon.
Seller = orobiker.

How's it going Tony? How was your trip to the dentist yesterday? I hope it was ok my friend.

Is there any chance of posting up a picture of the back of the Starke blades? I think they are Indian made right, I'd be intrigued to which factory they are made in.

 

[Tony'schin]

Hi Donnie, yes, it went really well yesterday, my mouth is healing fast and best of all no pain. Thanks for asking bud.

Looks like you are right, made under licence in India.

 

[NotTheStig]

It's nice having the hanging backing cards included

 

[donnie_arko]

Hi Donnie, yes, it went really well yesterday, my mouth is healing fast and best of all no pian. Thanks for asking bud.
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Looks like you are right, made under licence in India.

Thanks Tony!

@pjgh have you seen these blades before?

 

[pjgh]

Thanks Tony!

@pjgh have you seen these blades before?

The Stärke? Yeah, German company getting an own label from India.

The Premium is their regular stainless offering.

Some musings about their other offerings ... but Platinum Chrome is not one you see often from sub-continent blades and I think I followed some dubious breadcrumbs and came up with the idea that the Statum Platinum Chrome is (now) the same blade as the Ultra.

Some credence when you look at the yellow/black colouring of the Ultra packaging:

The different blades are not necessarily from the same Indian producer.

Since this new(er) crop of subcontinent blades seem to be meeting SuperMax as their benchmark for both Stainless and Super Platinum, I'm sure you've got a good pack there @Tony'schin and won't be disappointed.

 

[donnie_arko]

The Starke? Yeah, German company getting an own label from India. Some musings but Platinum Chrome is not one you see often from sub-continent blades and I think I followed some dubious breadcrumbs and came up with the idea that the Statum Platinum Chrome is (now) the same blade as the Ultra ... some credence when you look at the yellow/black colouring of the Ultra packaging:

Aside from Super Max and the Indian Gillettes there is a bit of a mystery to a lot of their offerings.

It's good to see new blades released though.

 

[gile]

We'll couldn't resist to snatch those two for the price they were listed. Fougere scent is too good that I now understand why it gets so much praise.

 

[Daz McG]

Mail call
Was kindly sent this for free by a Turkish artisan on instagram and he asked if I would be interested on giving him my thoughts on his soap Haylis artisan just arrived today so will probably use it at the weekend off the bat I get a nice Rose scent from it he also scent me a small 3d printed bowl which is a nice touch and would be ideal for travelling

 

[Sylviansghost]

 

[Ferrum]

In these uncertain times, I thought that I'd better keep the stocks up.

 

[Gairdner]

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Picked one of those up in TKMax. First time I’ve ever been in. Other than this, it was full of shite.

 

[Sylviansghost]

Picked one of those up in TKMax. First time I’ve ever been in. Other than this, it was full of shite.

That’s where it’s from.There wasn’t much else

 

[donnie_arko]

Picked one of those up in TKMax. First time I’ve ever been in. Other than this, it was full of shite.

That's the finest summary of TKMax I have come across.

It's basically a shop of aisles full of random shite. I can't imagine anyone would want to buy a bar of lavender soap, Italian pasta and a Ben Sherman shirt all at the same time.

 

[hotmetal]

Yes it's a very random store. Although I do go in looking for Ben Sherman shirts and the like, and might browse the soaps and splashes while I'm in, so it does kinda work. Got a pair of Serengeti sunglasses in there once for half what they are on the web generally, although probably a discontinued model, they're my favourite sunnies. But yeah, mostly random shite. Especially the weird selection of pseudo-artisanal food items.

 

[Gairdner]

200 Personna Platinum Chome, a 26mm Titanium fan knot from AP Shave, 250ml Bronnley English Fern cologne, 3 tubes of Peek polish. The aforementioned Tabac stick in ShiteeMax and 50ml Tabac AS from failbay at £6 delivered. A minor foray into Tabac which I’ll probably regret. Shortly, I’ll be closing my fleabay account in utter disgust. Where is the sense in banning razors blades whilst you sell all manner of straight razors, axes, choppers and slashers? Arseholes.