Help me choose a 50th b-day gift for myself!

Man that is so cool! I have one piece of ivory in the from of an OLD Simpson shave brush and treasure it! 1911 grip panels? Legend status! Possibility of a pic so I can live vicariously?
Idk if you’re interested, you can get new badger knots and put that brush back to work. I kinda like the idea of bringing old used up stuff back to life. Old straights and brushes. This will be part of my retired life, god willing.
 
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Idk if you’re interested, you can get new badger knots and put that brush back to work. I kinda like the idea of bringing old used up stuff back to life. Old straights and brushes. This will be part of my retired life, god willing.

Not a bad hobby my friend! Found this strait, including the beat to hell coffin (mind you it’s 170-ish years old) in an antique store for right at a $100.00. The Simpson is in fine shape and I use it often. Knots were different back then!
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And yes! It is a Wade and Butcher “The Celebrated”. I think it used to be an 8/8s but has been honed down to about 15/16s. Has a wee bit of a frown but I can fix that!
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So here is a quick update. Currently thinking a Vudoo three60 Ravage -AND- a Bison hunt. Time to count my pennies! :LOL:
UPDATE: No penny counting for me. Called my guy and told him I needed 10k. He said “Let’s make it 12K.”🤣 Okie dokie!
 
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In the interest of not ghosting everyone here is the first 50th B-Day present (2nd? I got CoVid on my birthday. The only thing that kept me going was not dying before the rifle showed up! :LOL: ) and it landed a 2 weeks ago...
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Headed to Vegas in April to meet up with the previously mentioned Colmbian to celebrate the 50th her treat! I'll figure out which of you yahoos to leave the Vudoo to if she kills me! :LOL:
 
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In the insterest of not ghosting everyone here is the first 50th B-Day present (2nd? I got CoVid on my birthday. The only thing that kept me going was not dying before the rifle showed up! :LOL: ) and it landed a week ago...
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Headed to Vegas in April to meet up with the previously mentioned Colmbian to celebrate the 50th her treat! I'll figure out which of you yahoos to leave the Vudoo to if she kills me! :LOL:
But you could have had one of these...

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well the Ukrainians if they win the war they are in the middle of will have a lot of slightly used Russian arms and if you play your cards right you might pick some up for cheap ...
you could also pick up some of those Ethiopian m1's on the market they could depending what grade you get be an excellent investment that you could play with if you get there early enough while they still have shipping crates of them maybe 6 of them one to shoot and 5 for investment purposes and one as a gift to the guy who told you about them lol :rolleyes: :love: :giggle:🤗 .
 
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