Acquisitions - October 2021

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This scent is beautiful to my nose and I believe performance should be right up there as well. Hopefully this one's a home run.
I tried Moon Soaps for the first time the other day - it was the Sorrento scent.

My thoughts in SOTD that evening: "The scent came alive upon lathering and on the face (face lathered), the tallow really came through in a way that I more readily associate with vintage soaps; the scent remained well under control and a real compliment to the high-quality tallow." ... so I expect, you're in for a good one!
 
My brother's 50th is early next year, so in preparation, I found a reasonable condition S1 Superspeed. [See pic 1 with a bit of crud on it]
I used the methods as described in the restoration pages, but even though I did that and I gave it a bit of Peek polish action after it arrived, I couldn't quite get into some of the nooks and crannies. So I got the Goddard's foaming silver polish, It's come up a right treat; even the bits I couldn't quite get to with cotton buds, etc. I'm happy with the results.

Now to find a 1972 case!!! That, or buy a decent leather one, or use one of the Gillette cases I have for one of the rockets I have - still unsure as that would then be a bit off with a 1960ish case.
 

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Good work! While this razor generally came in a blister pack, they were packed into plastic cases until the end of the 1960s.

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By the 1970s, they were in simple blister packs:

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HTH
 
got my first ever stainless steel razor ikon slant x3, it's more just the handle that's stainless steel, feels really nice quality

Also grabbed this little oc travel razor for a few quid delivered, anyone know anything about it by any chance?

No names or markings or numbers on it

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