Pre-shave: Derby Shave Stick
Lather: Derby Shave Stick
Brush: Vie Long 14033 mixed horse/badger
Razor: Parker 22R TTO with a Perma-Sharp blade
Post-shave: Cool water rinse, alum, and Krampert’s Finest Prototype Menthol
Monthly Archives: August 2014
Four score and some years ago
84 years, 3 months, and 2 days ago Jacob Schick patented the first electric dry razor – paving the way for countless razor burns and bad shaves… well, maybe not. Some people do claim to get a good shave from the electrics, but I’m not one of them. Still, the electric shaving machine is older than many people might realise – and the first model was quite a bit simpler than the modern devices.
Shave of the day 13th August
All That Newfangled Shaving Gear Can’t Compare to the Old-Fashioned Stuff
Found an interesting article over at WIRED that states what is obvious to me; disposables can’t hold a candle to traditional safety razors.
Also, I liked this comment on disposables:
Some of the pricier varieties are miracles of engineering, with more blades than a flotilla of sea pirates.
Shave of the day 11th August
Shave of the day 8th August
Shaving in the trenches
Trench foot, trench fever and trench mouth be dammed – the gallant fighting men needs to be clean shaven (so the respirators won’t leak, one has to presume). The implied horrors of the first world war notwithstanding, it is a rather nice period photograph I stumbled over on Wikipedia while looking for something unrelated.
Shave of the day 6th August
Review of soap sample from Wet Shaving Products
A while back Lee from Wet Shaving Products offered up some samples of a soap he’s been working on. I jumped on, and he sent a very large sample indeed. This is my assessments after a couple of weeks of using it for shaving:
Value: N/A
Quality: 5/5
Packaging: 4/5
Scent: 5/5
Lather: 5/5
Skin care: 4/5
Moisturising: 4/5
Slickness: 4/5
Cushion: 4/5
Overall impression: 4.5/5