Shave of the Day - 10/31

Cold Water Wash

Williams Mug Shaving Soap

Jayaruh #292 HMW

Hoffritz OC Travel Razor

Gillette Super Blue Blade

CWR

Vintage English Leather

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The Williams Mug Shaving Soap face lathered well with the Jayaruh #292 HMW brush. I did two passes with the Hoffritz OC Travel Razor with a Gillette Super Blue Blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Vintage English Leather AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Today's Haul

I got forewarning that I was getting a gift. Then I found out that the gentleman on TSD was cleaning out razors and gear that he did not use. He told me I could do with it whatever I desired. I did not know what to expect. Then today, the wife told me there was a package on the front porch left by UPS.

This is the box.

Inside was a Coffee Mate container filled with unknowns.

In the bag was a strop and a container of old blades.

It was filled to the brim with stuff.

Here is all the stuff unpacked.

An AutoStrop A1.

Eleven AutoStrops, four strops, AutoStrop blades, Feather blades, Gem 1924, Star 1912, Gem 1912, SE blades, three Christies, one Schick, five cases, an Edison, and an unknown SE razor.

Shave of the Day - 10/30

Cold Water Wash

Tabac

Jayaruh #292 HMW

Hoffritz OC Travel Razor

Gillette Super Blue Blade

CWR

Tabac

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The Tabac Shaving Soap face lathered well with the Jayaruh #292 HMW brush. I did two passes with the Hoffritz OC Travel Razor with a Gillette Super Blue Blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Tabac AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 10/29

Cold Water Wash

Proraso Green

Jayaruh #292 HMW

Hoffritz OC Travel Razor

Gillette Super Blue Blade

CWR

Osage Rub

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The Proraso Green Shaving Soap face lathered well with the Jayaruh #292 HMW brush. I did two passes with the Hoffritz OC Travel Razor with a Gillette Super Blue Blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Osage Rub. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 10/28

Cold Water Wash

Mitchell's Wool Fat

Jayaruh #217 Synthetic

J.A. Henckels Safety Razor

J.A. Henckels

CWR

Aqua Velva Musk

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The Mitchell's Wool Fat Shaving Soap face lathered well with the Jayaruh #217 Synthetic brush. I did two passes with the J.A. Henckels Safety Razor with a J.A. Henckels Wedge blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Aqua Velva Musk AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 10/27

Cold Water Wash

Mitchell's Wool Fat

Jayaruh #217 Synthetic

Gold Dollar 7/8

CWR

Aqua Velva Musk

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The Mitchell's Wool Fat Shaving Soap face lathered well with the Jayaruh #217 Synthetic brush. I did two passes with the Gold Dollar 7/8 Straight Razor and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Aqua Velva Musk AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Today's Haul 26 Oct 18

I found this trio on eBay. The brush is well used and ready for a re-knot. The Valet razor was pretty grungy, but it cleaned up very nicely. One of the blade stops was missing, but it is still functional. The Old Spice cup was well used too. I suspect these three spent many years together and their original owner passed away. Now they are in a home that will continue to appreciate them.

The cup was still caked with soap. All of these pictures are from the eBay site.

The next pictures are before I did any cleaning.

There was still soap in the bottom.

This is after cleaning.

Here is the mug after cleaning. I have identified this mug as an Early Glass Mug 02 from the early 1950s. It has the Ship Friendship on front with a script O and S in the Old Spice. There are six ribs on the bottom inside of the mug that held the soap in place. 

On the bottom is marked "Early American Old Spice" in a top arc with "Shulton Inc., Clifton, N.J." in a bottom arc. The arcs are separated with a single star on each side.

Shave of the Day - 10/26

Cold Water Wash

Mitchell's Wool Fat

Jayaruh #217 Synthetic

MMOC

Gem Blue Star CS SE

CWR

Aqua Velva Musk

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The Mitchell's Wool Fat Shaving Soap face lathered well with the Jayaruh #217 Synthetic brush. I did two passes with the MMOC Safety Razor with a Gem Blue Star CS SE blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Aqua Velva Musk AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 10/25

Cold Water Wash

Tabac

Jayaruh #217 Synthetic

MMOC

Gem Blue Star CS SE

CWR

Tabac

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The Tabac Shaving Soap face lathered well with the Jayaruh #217 Synthetic brush. I did two passes with the MMOC Safety Razor with a Gem Blue Star CS SE blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Tabac AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 10/24

Cold Water Wash

Williams Mug Shaving Soap

Jayaruh #217 Synthetic

MMOC

Gem Blue Star CS SE

CWR

Aqua Velva Musk

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The Williams Mug Shaving Soap face lathered well with the Jayaruh #217 Synthetic brush. I did two passes with the MMOC Safety Razor with a Gem Blue Star CS SE blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Aqua Velva Musk AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Schick G5

I found this Schick G5 on eBay and jumped on it. It arrived today, and I cleaned it up.  It is going to be a good one I think.

eBay pictures

After the cleanup. All I did was spray it was Kaboom and then clean it with a toothbrush. It cleaned up very nicely