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Grandads brush
Hello everyone from a very happy littlesilverbladefromwale(s):o :D
I stated in other posts that I had broken or lost some of my grandfathers shaving gear, well, some very good news.
I have found his shaving brush and it is GOOD !!!!!
It's a medium sized CulmaK, looks to be from 50's or 60's and it's a lot silkier feeling than my men-u bristle brush and whips up a lather quicker.
I think it's a boar bristle brush same as the men-u brush but I think 40 years of use has improved it.
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Oh! it was hidding in my shoe box!!!!!!:y
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Good find mate. Nice to have something to remember him (if indeed he has passed)
I'd give anything to have the same chance.
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Yes he's dead.
His house smelled of fresh tea, palmolive shaving soap and Woodbines.......the combination was really nice, amazingly!
When we used to visit him, I remember on more then one occasion looking up the stairs to the bathroom and seeing him with a face-full of lather. He used to like to wash and shave once he was up, after a night shift, string vest n'all.
I did have his mirror and shaving mug, smashed them during a house move - gutted, but his brush is ace, I can see where he trimmed the outer stray hairs to help keep the bristles more upright and stiffer, worked too!
I don't know if he had a straight razor, I know he was into his knife sharpening. He had a foot operated grinding wheel in his shed and lots of oil stones. My step cousins husband took them all though after he died, he is a grabbing p***k, the man was NOTHING to do with him!:rant:
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Yeah all my grandfathers WWII medals were all pawned by his father bar a few he hid away (thankfully my dad has got those).
I remember he always shaved every single morning without fail. He used a brush, mug, soap and a DE but then changed to using a gilette mach 3 type razor for many years.
I think in those days, they seen the mach 3 style razors as a revelation as most could not be bothered with the lengths us guys go to i.e. honing, stropping, etc etc... but then again, it's more than a shave to me, it's a hobby.
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Did you ever notice that you will always find things in the last place you look?Its too bad that we all have family that is less than desireable.