Someone at the "other" forum site is selling 14.5 ml samples of MI and GT. You might want to ask him if he knows of sources (if you go to that site).

The Godrej are gone. The Axe and DIY are withdrawn due to lack of interest. I guess no one wants cheap creams.

PM me if you want to inquire.

To me that sounds like a great price when these sets retail for $315 and up. If I hadn't already decided to invest in brushes rather than razors, I'd be sorely tempted.

Thanks to everybody for the great suggestions. I think I'll keep looking for an antique British traveling shaving bowl from 1880-1900, which I'm sure I've seen somewhere....

Becker scuttle
Plisson #10 Ebony HMW
T&H 1805 Cream
1970 Gillette Super Adjustable with Trig
T&H 1805 Balm
T&H 1805 EDT

I'd like to pass along a few tubes of shaving cream that I'll probably never use. There are two lots of two tubes, all boxed and apparently unused, and I'd just ask for $4 for each lot to cover the shipping materials and postage. If the postage turns out to be less, I'll refund the difference. *Gone...

I prefer number 1 because of its ridge. I like the "unevennesses" that give a good grip. Plus I'm partial to the upper lip on the handle.

Hopeful PM sent re Plisson on the end.

Great thread, and interesting pics. What are the blue "cupholders" on the work bench in front her?

Actually, I already have a Robert Becker (Feats of Clay) scuttle that I use to lather up my creams and keep them warm. Can I just use that for soaps? Do I just plop the whole cake of soap into the scuttle? And then what do I do with it after I've shaved? Or do I get some soap onto the brush first fr...

I'm going to switch from shaving creams to soaps and rather than just buy one of the available wooden, stainless steel, pottery, or ceramic bowls, I thought I'd look for an antique (maybe an old English traveling bowl, which I think I may have seen once on the auction site) or something hand-made an...

Oh boy, I'm such a troublemaker. Now that I've shown you this brush, I'm going to trade it back to Lee for one with a lighter colored horn handle, since that's really what I wanted in the first place. I figure, a razor is just a tool, while a great brush is a work of art forever, so that's where I'm...

Actually, now that I've shown you all the brush, I'm trading it back to Lee for a different one, with lighter color horn handle, because that's what I really wanted in the first place, and I guess because I'm just a troublemaker. But I figure, a razor is just a piece of machinery, a tool, whereas a ...

fisherc wrote:John:

Is this genuine horn or faux horn (resin)? And what is the size of the knot? And what did you pay for it if I may ask?

regards,
Chris

Chris, it's genuine horn, which feels heavier and more solid than the faux horn of my Rooney Finest. The knot is 27mm. PM sent re price.

Lee is a true gentleman, as I've had the pleasure of talking with him one time. He took from his time to have a long conversation with me and he was very informative, very helpful and he is a true wetshaving aficionado. He knows his brushes very well as well as brushes from other makers. Like Peter...

Ravi, it's a 27mm knot. Thanks for the note.

I just got a nice real horn-handled Morris & Forndran Blonde Badger brush from Lee Sabini (see image). I've heard that horn is not really very durable, and I read on a thread here about people using Renaissance Wax to help preserve the horn. I've written to Lee asking his advice, but I also wanted t...

I'm curious. I've seen a couple Plissons on the auction site that have had their handles restored, with new Plisson stickers affixed, and have been reknotted in Silvertip or 2-Band Super, which have sold for over $60 each. Do any of you collect Plissons handles that have been reknotted? Are the hand...

Hi, everyone. I'd like to buy someone's shaver grade Fat Boy to use in my small rotation. Cosmetic quality doesn't matter, but function (TTO and adjustment) needs to be great. I'm not looking to spend a lot. Please PM me if you have a working beater FB you want to get rid of. Thanks.

OK, I got an Emillion (Thanks, Chris), but I'm still looking for a Stubby XL and a Polo, as well as a black horn brush.