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A group portrait of my synthetic coticules. I have been acquiring these hones for years and have been playing them them on and off the the past year. They run the boards of there fineness and what they can do. The bottom two are the coarsest. The Jegs is similar to a fine Carborundum and it’s...

It has been a while since my last SR restro, time to give it a go. I scored this 8/8 Wosty near wedge with freakishly large home made scales last month. I was going to reshape the scales. It was not until I broke down and started cleaning that I discovered it was a I.X.L. A 8/8 I.X.L...

This came to me from one of my local pickers last weekend. He got into a estate of a barber and offered me a few things in a lot including this. This is the Mother of all Barber Hones. This is the Uber Rare and Gargantuan Sized Norton razor Hone. This is the salesman sample used by the reps to...

It been a few years since my last brush reknot. My itch started when I read about the Oumo SHD knots, so the order went in. I got a 24 and 26 two band fan, and when I open the package I was not disappointed. Out if the box they felt soft, dense, nice backbone, small glue bump and no swell. I...

This is a hone you don’t see everyday. A vintage primitive translucent Arkansas stone, very handsom hunk of Novaculite. A exciting score a few weeks ago. Stone is roughly 6x3x1.25 in a true 2x4 base. Gave it a simple green bath for a few weeks to get the decades of funk removed. Luckily the...

There are a lot vintage aftershaves and colognes waiting to be rescued. Another branch of the tree, this hobby and lifestyle of shaving and grooming. Collecting and acquiring can come in many directions, flea markets, boot sales, estate sales, and our favorite auction site. What did you score...