May 2021 Acquisitions

We pay for the cheap Chinese shipping in a round about way:

Stop subsidising Chinese Retailers post via United Nations Universal Postal Union (UPU) terminal dues. - Vatfraud.org

Chinese Retailer are being offered hugely subsidised postal services known as “Terminal Dues” by the United Nation’s Universal Postal Union (UPU) allowing them to sell goods including postage from China to the UK for less than the stamp would cost a UK retailer to send the same item from the UK...
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Blade alignment is fine on mine too.
It would be nice if the blade seating tabs were a little better machined, but I suspect that the plating could have some bearing here (QC doesn't seem to take precision and aesthetics into account)
I'm only one shave in with it, and it shaved well.

Mine was advertised as an Excalibur.
Are there any visual differences between V1 (Excalibur) & V2 (Raster)? @mpf9ret
 
Not significant apart from the finish inside blade lugs more even, and lug recess not pittred
 
mpf9ret said:
Not significant apart from the finish inside blade lugs more even, and lug recess not pittred
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Thanks Mike

It looks like mine & Paul's are V1 (Excalibur) then
Either way, they seem to shave just fine.

I'm considering using a fine file on the lugs/recesses to see if it makes any difference, as the bade doesn't 'slot' onto the lug as I would expect it to
 

I don't normally post in here, however, the Emporium has given great service this week for brushes and soap (soap came earlier with the Zenith), also i have been after an ATT CR1 for a while so the Copper brush was the push to pull the trigger on BST across the street.
The fountain pens are something i want to try, the service from Cult-pens was fantastic.
 
Always love Lamy's, basically bomb proof and write very well. Always a fan of Diamine as well!
 
culcreuch said:
I have been looking at those pens and trying to resist
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FWIW Brian,
They are nice, and as a novice a good price with the discount.
They came earlier today, pushed in the fitted cartridge and they both started writing, no issues, they are quite smooth when writing and I found I immediately had a smile on my face taking me back to school.
I am having to re-learn how to write neatly.
My college days sort of killed my handwriting as I sort of created my own scrawly shorthand, jotting through lessons (I found it sank in easier to write as I listened).

T
 
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My Tatara Masamune arrived yesterday from Portugal. Read lots of reviews, looked at pictures and watched videos but nothing does it justice. Only when you hold it you can trully appreciate the craftsmanship and build quality. I am impressed.
Now I'll start my blade trials to see which will be the best match............I welcome any suggestions.
 
Hadn’t realised that but it certainly doesn’t surprise me..to be honest though I don’t really order anything from China normally but it seemed to only option for buying one of these, there didn’t seem to be any UK sellers or I would have ordered from them for a quicker service
 
The UK retailer would use the same low postal rates to ship the stock in , so if you changed the rates from China it would effect them too , unless of course a comparable product is made in the UK.
 
RussellR5555 said:
The UK retailer would use the same low postal rates to ship the stock in , so if you changed the rates from China it would effect them too , unless of course a comparable product is made in the UK.
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That’s very true it’s all manufactured over there so still has to be imported one way or the other, that must also be why spurious items like this aren’t found in the shops here it’s likely not worth competing
 
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