So today I took my fiance and a close friend of ours down to our local antique mall for a bit of cheap fun. As it so happens in the rummage we found all sorts of brick-brack and knick-knackery. However the razor gods laughed at me. Oh yes, cackled in my ear. two Rolls razor kits, a smattering of injectors and a couple rather odd DEs (one made fully of bakelite, and another with a spring clip type blade holder), all highly unusual for this store. Generally through all of the vendors there will be around a dozen rather rough straights at the most. However this time that dozen consisted almost entirely of Bokers! All in well loved condition, but with great scales. alas, I'm not in a position to be picking up these little gems, even if all that is left of the blades is a frowny 3/8ths.

I did come away with a couple nice little finds, and I'll attach pics a bit later, one being a nice little Gilette DE. Not sure which model but it is marked Patents 1920- 1926- 1929- 1931, and very faintly made in Canada. That's pretty cool in my books. The other piece to weasel its way home with me is what I believe is a 1909 printing (so possibly first run) of Ballads of a Cheechako, by Robert Service, although it is a gift for my Dad. I wouldn't have even seen it, were it not for my fiance looking at some other books, and pointing it out.

All in all a good day, and I really hope I get the job I applied for, I'm gonna need it!