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DougW

DougW

Loves a nice razor or two
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Aug 18, 2021
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Adelaide
Hi all, I'm Doug and I live in Adelaide. I have been collecting vintage razors (mainly Gillette) and razor blades for the past 20 months and have built up a very nice collection.....of yeah, brushes as well - oh and shave soaps lol :)
I have only recently re-emerged from the wombat burrow........I spent about the past 12 months, lost down there, endlessly searching for vintage Gillette's.
I'm at a stage now with my collecting that the only Gillette's I need/want are either incredibly rare or incredibly expensive.
My fave razor would be any Aristocrat - my fave blade is vintage Schick Krona's and Gillette Aristocrat blades.
Not sure what else to say - I didn't know about this group until Rod-Aussietanker gave me a heads up after buying some razors from me.
I am on B&B but not active but I do hang around the Vintage Gillette fb page.
I have a proxy address in America with a friend of mine.....she has saved me a packet. I am also a member of a very small international group that collect razors that also offer proxy addresses to it's members.
Cheers for now.
 
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I’m dead drunk :happy: … welcome to P&C
 
Welcome @DougW !

So you no doubt know the joys of postage costs from the US then ... [sigh]

Time for another drink!
 
Welcome to P&C @DougW - great to have you here (y)
 
Welcome aboard. I too have a collection of old Gillette razors but mainly for their historic perspective. I find that they don’t shave as well as modern razors. YMMV of course.
 
Rhinehoth said:
Welcome aboard. I too have a collection of old Gillette razors but mainly for their historic perspective. I find that they don’t shave as well as modern razors. YMMV of course.
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DougW said:
Hi all, I'm Doug and I live in Adelaide. I have been collecting vintage razors (mainly Gillette) and razor blades for the past 20 months and have built up a very nice collection.....of yeah, brushes as well - oh and shave soaps lol :)
I have only recently re-emerged from the wombat burrow........I spent about the past 12 months, lost down there, endlessly searching for vintage Gillette's.
I'm at a stage now with my collecting that the only Gillette's I need/want are either incredibly rare or incredibly expensive.
My fave razor would be any Aristocrat - my fave blade is vintage Schick Krona's and Gillette Aristocrat blades.
Not sure what else to say - I didn't know about this group until Rod-Aussietanker gave me a heads up after buying some razors from me.
I am on B&B but not active but I do hang around the Vintage Gillette fb page.
I have a proxy address in America with a friend of mine.....she has saved me a packet. I am also a member of a very small international group that collect razors that also offer proxy addresses to it's members.
Cheers for now.
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That's the way to shave and collect..

Soon you will be at the op shop and see all these old Wolfman and Birch bark razors for $5. Whilst we shave with museum piece vintage Gillette knowing we shave in a superior way.

Welcome mate.

Got a spare gold blade bank for a gold Richwood? 🤔😁
 
EJ_DE98 said:
Welcome @DougW, would love to see some pictures of your collection.
@Mark1966 is our resident Gillette aficionado, with quite the collection himself. You should get on swimmingly.
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I will do sometime soon. I have an older video but it is missing some choice cuts and I've got two boxes of goodies slowly making their way to me from America.
 
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