Thread: finally a antique store find !!

i hit up a flea market and about 6 antique stores today , saw probably 30+ straights and zero DE razors , all in terrible shape but 3 , kinda disheartening seeing all those fine vintage blades in such condition that even i didnt buy more then 1 , most had such bad half a dime sized chips , or been honed so bad the toe was half the size of thee heel or didnt even have a spine left .. saw 2 okay Bokers but when i asked for a price she pulled her phone out and said there selling in the $100's on ebay and i could have them on a special deal at $100 a piece so i said thank you but ill pass ... anyway i managed a DD brush and a Joseph Smith & Sons razor for a grand total of $15 at another little store

a great find for you!! congrats. I love when lady luck comes along

Cool finds. Now you got a horse brush it looks like. Which end does it smell like. I got a red one like that and the horse must of just had a bath. :<0) Nice blade... How Fat is it 7/8 ?

Originally Posted by 10Pups

Cool finds. Now you got a horse brush it looks like. Which end does it smell like. I got a red one like that and the horse must of just had a bath. :<0) Nice blade... How Fat is it 7/8 ?

i havent even put it on a tape but i say its 7/8 , i just now cleaned it up a bit , got 2 pit spots both in the middle of the blade and some smaller pits in the spine ..... i just washed the brush b4 i used it in some highly sented body wash .. it still smells like the back end ..lol.. i will say the brush is super soft once wet with some soap on it , it made a good lather for tonight's shave when i used it i think ill have a night of sanding and then hit the hones 2morrow and put the wedge to the test .. if anything i got nice scales if i need them for another English piece of steel ... on the brush i was thinking it was horse but wasnt sure , i do like the length of it and way it feels , there wasnt a hair out of place on it when i grabbed it ...

I got an M5 that color and it is a lot bigger than the M3. Soft ain't the word for it. I used hiar shampoo to remove the poo with conditioner. I used to wash my horses with dish soap and a pineoline rinse. Pineoline's pine scent will cover the smell of a skunk almost.
I got an M3 but the middle was gone out of it. e-Bay pic didn't show that. rackus fracus, smakin frackin seller.....

Originally Posted by 10Pups

I got an M5 that color and it is a lot bigger than the M3. Soft ain't the word for it. I used hiar shampoo to remove the poo with conditioner. I used to wash my horses with dish soap and a pineoline rinse. Pineoline's pine scent will cover the smell of a skunk almost.
I got an M3 but the middle was gone out of it. e-Bay pic didn't show that. rackus fracus, smakin frackin seller.....

i almost bid on one a couple weeks ago that had a big dent in it , glad i dint now .. if only there was a Reaper next to it when i picked it up ...lol

Those are some great finds! Love the old Dubl Duck Brush. Is that a stainless or aluminium handle?

Those are alumiinium handles. I still have my dads old brush. That horse hair is soooooft!