Looking for a good shaving box? What about antique, Indian-made Barber Boxes!

Folks stumbled accross this while looking for what's out there in a decent-sized shaving box (room for Str8s, brush, mug, etc.) with classic fold-out shaving mirror and found these:

Wooden Barber's Boxes

Unfortunately, seems they don't ship outside the UK. Maybe some of our co-conspirators in the Isles would consider picking them up & shipping them across the pond? ;)

I know that TI offers something new for about $200 or more, but I was hoping to find one for around $100 or so - looks like most of these run about that (around 30 GBP).

Opinions? Other ideas?

That's a great deal & a good find. They've got real character too!

Nice find!

Ben - would it be hard for you or others in UK to take money (via Paypal) for folks in U.S. side of SRP & pick some out for us? maybe we could contribute to a Shaving Box fund or something... Don't want to make it a chore for you guys, though.

Could do mate, if it helps out. You want me to check on postage costs?

Ok. Just made an enquiry on weight for postage & asked about a discount if a few were purchased. I think postage costs would be a killer though, so no problems if you decide it's just too rich. Doesnt hurt to find out though!

Thanks, Ben - aside from shipping costs, what's your imagination of how the actual mechanics would work? Would you go down there to the shop and take a few snaps (pictures for my fellow Americsans) for people to choose from (with your observations/reccomendations) or would we take a look on line, purchase them & then reimburse you for the pick-up/delivery?

If you had time, maybe you could call the folks at Scaramanga (cool shop name) too - they might have some ideas. Thanks for looking into this, Martin

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Originally Posted by Czechmart

Thanks, Ben - aside from shipping costs, what's your imagination of how the actual mechanics would work? Would you go down there to the shop and take a few snaps (pictures for my fellow Americsans) for people to choose from (with your observations/reccomendations) or would we take a look on line, purchase them & then reimburse you for the pick-up/delivery?

If you had time, maybe you could call the folks at Scaramanga (cool shop name) too - they might have some ideas. Thanks for looking into this, Martin

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Well, according to routplanner, if i'm lucky it's a 15 hour round trip taking in nearly 900 glorious miles of congested british roads!:eek:
I think you may have to admire the photo's on the website & make your choices from there. Then i reckon they're gonna have to send them to me.
I'm very happy to send them on though.:D

I'll let you know when i hear back from them. It's just gone 8pm here, so hopefully they respond tomorrow.

The total cost by the time they get to you may make them unviable, but i'd like to help, if i can.

Their 2Kg limit for international orders seems to be a Royal Mail limit.
I went through FedEx's website to get a shipping price and it said £75 for a 4 pound item!!!:eek: Maybe I did something wrong but there has to be a cheaper alternative.

Those are beauties! Ya might design your own and have it made, wouldn't be vintage but you would have one that would be perfect for you. Just a thought.

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Originally Posted by Bronco

Those are beauties! Ya might design your own and have it made, wouldn't be vintage but you would have one that would be perfect for you. Just a thought.

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True - I saw that Tim (aka Oldblades at SRP) makes shave boxes too, so asked him to look at this thread. Thanks guys for looking into the possibilities.

Ben - that would be just too much to ask of anyone, but you've been kind to look into it.

Raj - you're right, those rates would be high - with int'l shipping (costing more than the box) then we're looking at closer to a $200 price tag - about the cost of the new TI shaving boxes here. Hmmm... :(

Hi fella's.
This is what i got back:

Thanks for your enquiry.
Each shaving box / barber's box is different and so its weight will vary.

We usually send a box by Royal Mail Airmail.
As you can see from our delivery section we charge a single price of £10 / $14.50. However, if you are looking to send several we will pass only the costs from the Post Office / courier.

Small boxes priced at around £20 weigh around 600 - 700g, boxes priced at £26 weigh 700 - 800g and those priced around £30 weigh 1000 - 1200g.
A little extra weight - 150g will need to be added for the packing (lots of bubble wrap)

Postage to the US using Royal Mail International Airmail is approximately £1.10 for each 100g.

Here's a very handy calculator - the maximum weight is 2kg in one parcel.

Sending by a courier such as FedEx or DHL is expensive.
A parcel measuring 40cm x 40cm x 50cm would cost around £35.

These are only indicative measurements and the courier prices assume that all the boxes are going to one destination.

We would offer a discount dependent on the number ordered.
Order 3 and we'll offer a 15% discount, over 5, 20%. We would include free solid brass padlocks with any collective order placed.

Ben - thanks again for looking into this. I know Tim has posted a pic of his prototype version of these, which will hopefully work into another viable alterative for those of us on this side of the pond...

Doesn't mean we couldn't also continue to explore this option if enough people were interested; that's a generous offer from the store.

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Originally Posted by ben.mid

Hi fella's.
This is what i got back:

Thanks for your enquiry.
Each shaving box / barber's box is different and so its weight will vary.

We usually send a box by Royal Mail Airmail.
As you can see from our delivery section we charge a single price of £10 / $14.50. However, if you are looking to send several we will pass only the costs from the Post Office / courier.

Small boxes priced at around £20 weigh around 600 - 700g, boxes priced at £26 weigh 700 - 800g and those priced around £30 weigh 1000 - 1200g.
A little extra weight - 150g will need to be added for the packing (lots of bubble wrap)

Postage to the US using Royal Mail International Airmail is approximately £1.10 for each 100g.

Here's a very handy calculator - the maximum weight is 2kg in one parcel.

Sending by a courier such as FedEx or DHL is expensive.
A parcel measuring 40cm x 40cm x 50cm would cost around £35.

These are only indicative measurements and the courier prices assume that all the boxes are going to one destination.

We would offer a discount dependent on the number ordered.
Order 3 and we'll offer a 15% discount, over 5, 20%. We would include free solid brass padlocks with any collective order placed.

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