Christmas Shaving Score! My first straight razor !

WHOOOOOOOO!!!!!

As far as shaving related gifts go this year, I scored me some Versace Aftershave Balm (Thanks Josh!), a straight (thanks Paul and Harry!) and a balsa strop kit (Thanks Larry!)

Paul (richmondesi) and Harry (Mr. Scruffy) worked together to PIF me a…

J.R. Torrey 4/8 Shoulderless w/ celluloid scales

I needa take a better picture, but thats just a heads up

My First Gear Purchase

Hey everyone!

Between www.ShavingEssentials.net www.WestCoastShaving.com and ssilcox on the Badger and Blade forums, I finally got all my beginning gear.

From Shaving Essentials, I purchased:

a Taylor of Old Bond Street cream sampler! it came with all 11 scents in a .5oz plastic jar for $20
a Merkur HD 34C which is raved as one of the best beginner double edge safety razors. This ran me $27.98.
SE also threw me in a few samples of Speick and Valobra

From West Coast Shaving, I got:

A $5.50 blade sampler pack which included 5 Derbys, 10 Dorcos, 10 Israeli, and 5 Israelis. They also threw me in a pack of Personnas for free.

Shavemac 21mm Finest Badger Brush Model: 25-62-211-2 This was on sale for $63, great value.

WCS also threw me in a sample of some proraso pre/post cream, and creamo cream.

Lastly, from ssilcox, I bought a 2 DE / 2 Brush stand.

Looking forward to doing a review of the stand with some more pictures soon.