I Bought My Son His First Razor - 1918 Khaki Set 

Thanks for sharing that story of your Father! What a great man he was. Do you still have his shaving stuff?

No unfortunately he got rid of it all later in life apart from the small mirror which he never got rid of. I remember him letting me as a young child pretend shave with an older DE razor with no blade! He did late in life give me his army papers, which included a 100 rupee note given by his commanding officer at the end of the war in the east. This still looks in amazing condition to this day!

Thank you for the story and thank you for your father.

Not bad at all.

Welcome back!

Fantastic! I wish that I had this razor’s history.

@@SinatraLennon I was lucky I found it the army surplus store that I found it at was just about to put it to auction

I almost mentioned that!

@@SinatraLennon well done on thinking of it. I thought that only my mind would go there, into that strange place🤭🤭🥴🥴

You just might be right!

I just need the blade box!

@@SinatraLennon One will turn up at a reasonable price. Gillette made a bajillion of them. Patience, grasshopper.

Just give it a good cleaning and shave away! Let me know how it goes b

I’ll let him know! We came across three A-10 Warthogs on the tarmac in Kansas City and he flipped out!

It was as clean as you see here when I got it! I just scrubbed it with a toothbrush and some hand soap.

That is remarkable! 118 years old, clean as a whistle and shaves like a dream!

Nathaniel, the black beauty has an aluminum handle, otherwise I would suggest soaking it in warm water with Dawn detergent, and then running it through the dishwasher. I would not run an AL adjustable razor through the dishwasher. I would not use vinegar or baking soda on any razor. Vinegar can etch metal, and baking soda is an abrasive. After the basic cleaning with warm soapy water and toothbrush, rinsing and drying, I would try a jewelers cloth (Razor Emporium sells them), or a mild polishing compound such as flitz or simichrome or Nevr Dull wadding. All of these materials are intended for polishing jewelry. The head of this razor is nickel plated brass. Do not use Brasso! It is far too abrasive... The wadding is a chemical approach. It works wonders, but it's smelly, and you will need to wash again after using it.

I’ve never heard of Let’s Game It Out! Do they say that in a similar way?

@SinatraLennon Let's Game It Out is a RU-vid channel where a guy named Josh plays video games kind of...wrong. But in like a good way? Just as a general example, he'll play a farming sim and discover some kind of exploit to generate extra cash or whatever, and then go TOTALLY overboard with it. When he does, he'll say something like "I think you can see where this is going. Hold, please." And then a card will flash on the screen that says something like "17 hours later" and he'll come back and show/describe how he's amassed this absurd amount of something in a thoroughly ridiculous way that's both hilarious and disturbing. It's gotten to the point where the devs of a game called Hydroneer have included him as a Wanted poster in the game for doing the things he does. Even if you're not all that into gaming, he's a ton of fun to watch.