Razor: GEM Heavy Flat Top
Blade: GEM Single Edge Stainless
Brush: Artesania Romera Manchurian Badger, imitation horn
Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Lather: Asylum Shave Works Colonia
Aftershave: Epsilon for Men Scottish Spirit
Additional Care: Alum Block
Razor: Schick E2
Blade: Schick Injector
Brush: Brush Experimental Alpha
Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Lather: Pereira Shaving Soap Stick w/ activated charcoal
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
Be it known that I, FRANK H. ANDERSON, residing at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Razor- Strop Hangers, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are a part of this specification
From US patent 721,654
There is more to a shave than a razor. And before cheap, replaceable razor blades were a thing, you needed a razor strop and a way to hang it. And it is the way to hang it that Frank H Anderson1 filed a patent for in 1902.
Continue readingRazor: Schick E2
Blade: Schick Injector
Brush: Vie-Long #12705B
Pre-Shave: Prep Original
Lather: Mike’s Natural Soaps Lemongrass & Eucalyptus
Aftershave: Myrsol Aqua De Limón
Additional Care: Alum Block
We all know what we mean when we say “safety razor”. It is a razor with a a protective device positioned between the edge of the blade and the skin. On the traditional hoe razors we all know and love, this can be a comb, a bar, or a scalloped bar. But back in 1890’s the standard for razors were the straight. And of course someone tried to invent a straight edge safety razor.
The earliest one I am aware of Perret, in 1762. But after that there were several attempts, including Zammet in 1881. But in 1897 Richard Sherman Bradley came up with something slightly new – a straight razor that could either be used as a safety razor or as a regular striaght.
Continue readingRazor: Schick E2
Blade: Schick Injector
Brush: Vie-Long #14033
Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Lather: Asylum Shave Works Flying Mango
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
Because still on vacation, and I want to see how long it gets before Monday…
Razors and blades are precision instruments and needs to be taken care of. Let us see what the Gillette Company had to say about it in the early 1940’s – in the form of some animated blades and razors.
Interestingly it talks about both Gillette’s double edged Aristocrat and the Valet AutoStrop.
Continue readingBecause vacation messes up my routine, that is why.
Remember Nicolas Testi and his shaving cream dispensing tube? Turns out that was not his first rodeo patent. He also – on behalf of Gillette – patented a safety razor blade receptacle.1
The patent is classified by the US patent office as B65D83/10. Or, in layman’s terms, as pertaining2 to containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing thin flat articles in succession for dispensing razor-blades
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