August 2017 Acquisition Thread

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littleaussiebleeder said:
Had to come down to the smoke yesterday for a couple of days for a specialist medical appointment today. While driving past an antique shop in a Newcastle suburb in the early arvo, I decided to stop and have a look. Got myself a great British-made Valet Autostrop Safety Razor Co. Ltd beauty in lovely condition for $25 no box. Shiny chrome and in great working condition. If only you could get blades! A beautiful little piece of machinery! Yes... you mongrel... you have got me sold now! I shaved again before I left home yesterday morning with one of the Gem 1912's... no nicks, weepers of burns. Not the best shave I've ever had, but certainly the noisiest! Think there is something seriously wrong with my SE slant OC shaving technique! That Gem blade literally sings!
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Feather still make blades to fit the Autostrops. The same blades that come with the One Blade. No modifications needed, the cut outs on the Feather are identical to the original Autostrop blades.
 


Yay. More Travelling Box inspired purchases. The black Razor Master is Toivo (pine tar!!) and Juha has that wonderful woody B&M Roam thang happening. So which one... or the Valobra?? Decisions...

To save people some time, here is how I got them...

- Razor Master is via English Shaving Company with 99p Worldwide Shipping
- The Valobra Cologne soap (would have got Fougere like in the box but there was bugger all scent so I thought I'd try something else) was organised here.
- The Pitralon Classic AS I bought last time was organised here. Lots of people have asked me about it. Same guy/girl has 2 left. I also purchased the Original via this but it hasn't arrived yet.
- The Pinaud Special Reserve AS was organised here.
 
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L&L 2017 Summer LE seasonal :)
 
Ferret619 said:
Dispite being sent all over Australia and the US is finally here.

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It was brand new and state of the art when first put into AusPost's hands - now is it a knocked about old razor! :)
 
Mark1966 said:
It was brand new and state of the art when first put into AusPost's hands - now is it a knocked about old razor! :)
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It was amazing, FedEx got it within 2 streets of me and then aus post takes it back to Sydney.
 
The first package to arrive:

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Squadron Soap - The Warden.

First impressions - very robust, unique, scent. The soap in the container smells almost as strongly as the aftershave and I really like it.

Edit: I don't think the image worked. I've tried it via Imgur - was this a bad plan?

2nd edit: Tinypic appears to work where Imgur doesn't.
 
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