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MVD

About Me

I teach, I read, I shave. I live for good wine, beer, and cheese. I wouldn't want to live anywhere but home on the west coast of British Columbia, Canada.

I am enjoying building up my vintage razor collection. It is satisfying to take the time to make these razors shine again...though I have been know to procrastinate and have a bunch lying around "in process" of restoration.

Now that, as of 2017, I have a bunch of vintage razors, I'm going to try improving my collection by having a few replated and searching for rare razors. I'd also like to start brush restoration--though once I decided this, the ones I always saw in the wild disappeared (Ha! It's always the way).

My Shave Den

Hardware

Razors

◆ Merkur 23c ◆ Gillette Super Slim Twist ◆ Gillette British Flare Tip Rocket ◆ Gillette Red Tip ◆ Gillette Psycho Tech ◆ Gillette Aristocrat Jr ◆ Gillette '34 Aristocrat ◆ Gillette Milord ◆ Gillette 66 Aristocrat ◆ Gillette Super Speed ◆ Gillette Ball-end Tech ◆ Gillette Canadian PAT 1932 Fat Handle Tech ◆ Grand Shave King Self-lubricating Razor ◆Gillette Super Adjustable ◆ Gillette Slim Adjustable ◆ Gillette Fat Boy Adjustable ◆ Gillette Single Ring ◆ Gillette 47-48 Aristocrat ◆ Schick Krona ◆ Blue Tip SS ◆ some sort of NEW ◆ Gillette Gold Slim Aristocrat

Brushes

  • Omega Pro 49
  • Semogue 620
  • Shoppers Drug Mart Omega Boar #10005

Software

Soaps

  • 28/10/2016 I bought my first soap! Midnight & Two "The Cabin"
  • Soapy Bathman Crisp Bay Rum
  • Soapy Bathman Cigar Lounge
  • B&M Bay Rum & Taiga
  • Tallow & Steel Grog
  • Henri et Victoria Chestnut L'Orange
  • First Canadian Barbershop Taper Fade

Creams

  • TOBS Sandlewood
  • TOBS Jermyn
  • Proraso Green & Red
  • TOBS St. James
  • Body Shop Maca Root

Wanted

Razors

  • Anything I can find in the wild. I really enjoy hitting shops and markets when I have a chance--I always meet some great people. NEW or Old types would be a good addition to my collection. 1977 x4 Black Handle Flare Tip would be awesome. I'm now on the lookout for ABC Razors with Cases, though in the wild, I don't have high hopes (but I'm not willing to give up the search!).

Brushes

  • A good badger brush. My first one was expensive and not great so I went boar. I'd like to try badger again. There is apparently a local company that "hand tools" badger brushes, so I might give that a try. The bases look good online.

Honourable Mentions

PIF! Boom! Zowie! Pow!

  • While I haven't been able to enter a PIF yet, I have really enjoyed giving away some of the items I acquired. Sometimes, they came in lots, other times, I couldn't resist buying them. In all cases, it has been a pleasure to see how my PIFs have made others happy.

Charity Auction


  • I feel honoured to have been be a part of the 2016 Sue Moore Charity auction. A friend recently lost his mother to breast cancer, and I wasn't sure what to do. At least my small donation is a step in the right direction for supporting folks through these sorts of trials.

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