Acquisitions 1 June - 30 June 2016

halvor · Sunday June 19, 2016

Number Six said:
This is the 55, though it measures close to 52mm when bloomed.

Same as I have, in other words (with individual variance of course). Haven't measured mine since I received it.

Sylviansghost · Sunday June 19, 2016

Ferrum said:
That's good stuff. It seems to be becoming a little hard to find in England.

M&S 30% off

captain_hx · Sunday June 19, 2016

Two vintage aftershaves which were forgotten for years in a cabinet at my parents house

Northam Saint · Sunday June 19, 2016

captain_hx said:
Two vintage aftershaves which were forgotten for years in a cabinet at my parents house

That 900 is nice stuff, even better than the newer version. I was a big Aramis fan back in the day and recently revised all of them and even now 900 is a favourite. I know that 900 and Havanna have everyone split.

pugh-the-special-one · Monday June 20, 2016

A Curios mug.

pjgh · Monday June 20, 2016

Semogue 1305 from Portugal, lightening fast delivery! Super brush! Test lathered. Yeah, I'm going to enjoy it

fancontroller · Monday June 20, 2016

A good thing about Tenerife is that it's Spanish and a good thing about Spain is Floid AS.

While at the supermarket, picked up a Floid Black to backup the one I've already got and a new one, for me, Floid smooth menthol (Sauve). Smells fab!

Ole!

markdig · Monday June 20, 2016

Simpson Captain 2 Manchurian

Mrchick · Tuesday June 21, 2016

My wife ordered this strop for me for Father's Day. It comes with four stropping surfaces and diamond spray. There is also some CrOx. I'm looking forward to trying it out.

Darkbulb · Tuesday June 21, 2016

markdig said:
Simpson Captain 2 Manchurian

That is one great looking brush...

Darkbulb · Tuesday June 21, 2016

Received an unexpected gift in the mail - various shaving goodies

- Three Soap Commander tester soaps - yellow, green, pink
- One Bey Shave Aftershave and Vigorating skin tonic
- One Brewtastic "Milk Stout Beer & Oatmeal" shave soap
- One Mickey Lee Soapworks "Ruby's Green"
- One OSP shaving soap "Bay Rum scented"
- One BIG tub of Catie's Bubbles Citrus/Cypress/Amyris shaving soap - that smells amazing

Darkbulb · Tuesday June 21, 2016

Received a rather rare razor model in the mail today.

The Wilkinson Ultra Glide Mk2 is rare to begin with and I've been lucky to acquire one or two of them in the past.
But - a GOLD Mk2 is something I've never seen before.
Nice weight to it and will be great fun to try out!

N_Architect · Tuesday June 21, 2016

The goodies from Plisson in France are here:

- The brush brings mixed feelings. Size 12 in the Plisson scale, I suppose that if I spend a week searching on the net for 6 hrs/day I may find how the frog scale relates to the more-or-less common standards the rest of the civilised world has. Without doubt these people are terrific engineers whether we talk about trains, cars, I.C. engines, you name it. But it's stuff like that (i.e. "shave brush size 12") which confirms the virtue of being odd as being a specialty.

- The Joris has a specially mild, sea-breeze powdery scent.

- The Plisson soap (in the beautiful porcelain bowl) is like putting your nose in a container full of mild citrus/lemon.

- The Plisson balm is again very mild in scent and similar to the soap by Joris.

- I expected this "Ferrari red" brush to be just like my RazoRock Plissoft Barber's (24mm knot). No. It's much less dense and offers considerably weaker backbone. Should be a wonderful brush for its own merits but for a much smaller knot dia. (should be 22mm or 23mm at most) and at â‚¬92 retail I'm sorry, they can keep their French elegance to themselves. I got it for 20% off on their Father's Day offer but still...

- The whole package and presentation is exquisite, but it's the balm, the two soaps with the porcelain soap and also the Ferrari red brush that stay. The boxes are just boxes, luxury or not.

- The "Toulouse Olympics 2088" or whatnot futuristic brush stand is chromed brass.

- Both soaps fit well into the truly wonderful porcelain bowl.

Uncle Bertie · Tuesday June 21, 2016

Another! Twin de blade razor to try. Imperial Trevor and a sample of Super Smooth V2 from @Fox

Smiler · Tuesday June 21, 2016

3 tubes of cream - La Toja, Proraso White and Proraso Green

Darkbulb · Tuesday June 21, 2016

N_Architect said:
The goodies from Plisson in France are here:

- The brush brings mixed feelings. Size 12 in the Plisson scale, I suppose that if I spend a week searching on the net for 6 hrs/day I may find how the frog scale relates to the more-or-less common standards the rest of the civilised world has. Without doubt these people are terrific engineers whether we talk about trains, cars, I.C. engines, you name it. But it's stuff like that (i.e. "shave brush size 12") which confirms the virtue of being odd as being a specialty.

- The Joris has a specially mild, sea-breeze powdery scent.

- The Plisson soap (in the beautiful porcelain bowl) is like putting your nose in a container full of mild citrus/lemon.

- The Plisson balm is again very mild in scent and similar to the soap by Joris.

- I expected this "Ferrari red" brush to be just like my RazoRock Plissoft Barber's (24mm knot). No. It's much less dense and offers considerably weaker backbone. Should be a wonderful brush for its own merits but for a much smaller knot dia. (should be 22mm or 23mm at most) and at â‚¬92 retail I'm sorry, they can keep their French elegance to themselves. I got it for 20% off on their Father's Day offer but still...

- The whole package and presentation is exquisite, but it's the balm, the two soaps with the porcelain soap and also the Ferrari red brush that stay. The boxes are just boxes, luxury or not.

- The "Toulouse Olympics 2088" or whatnot futuristic brush stand is chromed brass.

- Both soaps fit well into the truly wonderful porcelain bowl.

That's some haul.
Love the look of the porcelain bowl and sounds like the soap smells pretty good as well.

Acquisitions 1 June - 30 June 2016

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