As has been posted before, there is this
video of a straight razor shave at the Waldorf. I ask that you pay attention to the top shelf inside the left cabinet at 0:16 into the video. There is a chrome or perhaps nickel plated container in the centre of that shelf. My father, in his barbershop of days gone by, had such a container... two actually, one had a rosebud shaped top with a single hole to dispense either aftershave or hair tonic. The other one had an atomiser top with a red rubber hose and bulb. Unfortunately, the ones my father had, have been lost... I actually don't have anything but an old Linotype on a wooden block with a picture of my dad that was probably used in some newspaper advertisement.
I have looked time and again for these refillable containers, but I do not know the exact name used for them, and all my searches have been fruitless. I cannot imagine they are that rare, only that I do not know what to look for. I would dearly love to have one exactly like the one at the Waldorf, to be refilled with good old Booster aftershave... probably Polar Ice as that scent is awfully familiar and I spent many an hour in dads barbershop reading comics while waiting to go home for supper. I suppose I could fill it with hair tonic.... but as some have said "Too little, too late" in my case.
So, if anyone can help with the name, or better yet, a source, it would be much appreciated.
Regards
Christian
Previously lost, on the way to the pasture. Now pasteurized.
