Phil, of BullGoose Shaving, releases his new Asylum Injector razor this coming Friday!
It looks like a slightly smaller version of his well known Asylum Rx, and initial reports indicates that it is a great little stainless shaver.
Continue readingPhil, of BullGoose Shaving, releases his new Asylum Injector razor this coming Friday!
It looks like a slightly smaller version of his well known Asylum Rx, and initial reports indicates that it is a great little stainless shaver.
Continue readingRazor: Schick “Lady Eversharp”
Blade: Schick Injector
Brush: Artesania Romera Manchurian Badger, imitation horn
Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Lather: Pereira Shavery Shaving Cream w/ Activated Charcoal
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
Razor: Asylum Shave Works Evolution
Blade: Shark Super Chrome
Brush: Brush Experimental Alpha
Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Lather: Arko Shavestick
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
It can be interesting to follow the trail of which patent cites which other patent. The patent for the pen style shavette, for instance, is cited by several other patents. Including by one for a folding safety razor.
Patented by Valentinus M Zeles, the folding safety razor shares similarities with other razors we’ve looked at lately. The handle contains a lathering agent, like Bowlin’s shaving kit. The razor can use a double edged blade, like the combination writing instrument and shaver’s kit. And it has spare blades, like the rather neat razor we looked at on Tuesday.
Where it differs is, naturally, in the details and execution. And the choice of lather, but more about that later.
Continue readingRazor: Asylum Shave Works Evolution
Blade: Shark Super Chrome
Brush: Brush Experimental Alpha
Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Lather: B&M Latha Oceana
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
During my prodding into the weird and wonderful world of pen-shaped razors,1 I found a rather neat single edge razor. Nelson H Fairweather and Leroy H Crosby filed for the patent in 1922, and it was granted two years later. What originally drew my eye was what they choose to store in the handle.
Not a brush, nor soap, nor a styptic pencil.2 Not even a pair of tweezers.3
Continue readingRazor: Asylum Shave Works Evolution
Blade: Shark Super Chrome
Brush: Vie-Long #12705B
Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Lather: Asylum Shave Works Colonia
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
Razor: Mergress “Bling”
Blade: Shark Super Chrome
Brush: Vie-Long #14033
Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Lather: Taylor of Old Bond Street Peppermint
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
A little while ago we looked at a razor with a shaving aid – specifically a styptic pencil – in the handle. Turns out the basic idea was patented almost a decade before. Marcellin Eyraud Jr filed a patent in 1922 for a razor with a styptic pencil mounted in the handle in such a way that it would stay secure and dry.
Continue readingRazor: Mergress “Bling”
Blade: Shark Super Chrome
Brush: Wilkinson Sword Badger
Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Lather: Asylum Shave Works Frankincense & Myrrh
Aftershave: Asylum Shave Works Frankincense & Myrrh
Additional Care: Alum Block