Thread: Goodwill, Thrift Stores, Estate Sales and Garage Sales Finds

You certainly get about eh? Glastonbury, up country to Tavistock, then over to N Ireland which unless you flew, probably meant Hollyhead in Wales too, for the boat.

Originally Posted by PaulFLUS

Dude, I gotta start shopping with you.

Haha... it's not normally like this I assure you, especially not in Aus. What was weird about the last few weeks was that I wasn't looking particularly hard, or having to trawl through a load of old SiC stones - each place we went just had one or two grubby old stones on the cheap, and they all tuned out to be gems. Frankly I have quite enough Washitas already, but you can't pass up an 8x2 for £3 can you! I should probably get round to selling a few at some point, to fund some more atoma sheets, and keep the wife happy .

Originally Posted by STF

You certainly get about eh? Glastonbury, up country to Tavistock, then over to N Ireland which uless you flew probably meant Hollyhead in Wales too, for the boat.

Yeah I'm over from Australia visiting friends and family atm, so it's been a packed schedule - I was staying with my sister in Exeter for a week and then we flew over to see a friend in Belfast. I have done the ferry a few times though when I lived in Dublin, Holyhead's a weird place eh!

You surely picked up some nice ones. And a razor with Ivory scales that is not cracked is a major bonus.

That was one of the things that threw me off actually - they were in such good condition that I initially assumed they must be celluloid. It was only after someone on B&B pointed it out to me that I had a proper look when I got home, and realised they are indeed ivory. They also have a little more flex than I expected from ivory, but then they are very thin. As I say - the first time I'd seen ivory scales in person, so didn't really know what they felt like before.

Plus I'd quite fancied a GB Shakespeare for a little while, and most of the worst pitting is up on the spine, so hopefully I should be able to make nice .

Ivory is normally very thin and pinned collarless. I have a couple of cracks in my set but they sure are special to me ...

Originally Posted by Gasman

Ivory is normally very thin and pinned collarless. I have a couple of cracks in my set but they sure are special to me ...

Oh Jerry, I wish we still had the give aways cos I just know they'll be first prize and I just have to win.
Don't wory about postage, I'll slide over and collect em

Be a bit careful with ivory scales. They are thin and flex easily but can be on the brittle side.

Bob

Very nice! Are those all different razors? Or a seven day set of the same? (Can’t really tell on my crappy phone screen!)

Originally Posted by cotedupy

Very nice! Are those all different razors? Or a seven day set of the same? (Can’t really tell on my crappy phone screen!)

It is a 7 day set by Mappin & Webb.

For the right amount of money, you can have them, Steve. But be ready to dive deep into your wallet.

I've never found anything like this out there. But that's okay. I wouldn't know what they were anyway!