It's been a while hasn't it? First, let me take a moment to say Happy Father's Day to all of the dads and step dads out there. Hope you have a blessed day and get a chance to relax and enjoy your day. Today, I visited a local antique store and found a ton of wet shaving goodies. Unfortunately, I did NOT buy anything because the amount of money they wanted was ridiculous. In the first photo below I found a twist to open Gillette and it was not in good condition at all. The finish was pretty much gone and it could barely open. There's no way I would pay what they wanted for it because by the time I sent it out to Razor Emporium for a restoration which would cost a lot due to its condition in addition to postage, I could buy at least 2 brand new DE safety razors. That's why "getting lucky" in antique stores matters:
They also had a few antique brushes which were also over priced beyond belief. Once again, not worth restoring due to their condition:
This Valet Auto Strop was the only thing priced correctly in the condition that it was in which was $18 U.S. Dollars. It was in some what better condition and would clean up really nice:
This was really sad to see these vintage leather strops in this condition and the price tag would bring tears to your eyes too:
I also found a puck of Vintage soap:
I also found a few single edges which were decent:
The straight razors was way over priced for the shape that they were in:
They had stuff scattered everywhere:
They had a ton of twist to open style razors:
And here's a few more SE razors:
I would have found a gold mine if they wasn't over priced and in much better condition than what they were. This was one of those times I wish I had a bigger budget. So new guys be aware of antique stores but do not rule them out because you never know what you will find.
