Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s Liquid Peppermint
Lather: Delan d’Men Enegenic
Brush: Semogue TSN 2012 LE mixed badger/boar
Razor: Cadet TP-01 Open Comb with a Astra Green Blade
Post-shave: Cool water rinse, alum, and Proraso Liquid Cream After Shave
Monthly Archives: October 2014
Glass hone for razors
Shave of the day 29th October
Ouch!
When most men wants to remove unsightly hair, they reach for a razor and some foamy stuff… …women on the other hand seem to do horrible things to themselves, such as:
- Rubbing thioglycolic acid over their skin to dissolve the keratin in the hair…
- Pouring hot wax or warmed sugar on their skin, letting it cool… before ripping the hairs (and skin) off…
- Using what appers to be a torture device to rip hairs out…
Honestly, I rather suffer shave bumps and cuts from using a cartridge than doing any of those things…
Ladies? Keep your hairy legs if you like – or get your Significant Other to whip up some lather and shave them for you – because those things you do to keep them smooth sounds horrifying!
Shave of the day 27th October
Shave of the day 24th October
Another early safety razor
John Monk’s “pig scraper” – ergonomics was apparently not invented in 1874…
I do like the simple design though – this razor can be made from a simple piece of bent sheet metal. For someone with access to a sheet metal hand brake, some stainless steel and time, it should be pretty straight forward to construct a modern, cheap, simple razor for a modern SE blade.
Shave of the day 22nd October
The first safety razor?
Pulling a dragnet across the web brings up some interesting titbits now and then, and the 1762 Perrett’s safety razor is one of them.
By placing a wooden guard around an ordinary straight razor, in such a manner that only a sliver of the edge protruded, you were at least sure not to slice your ear or nose off while shaving. Still a far cry from the more modern DE and SE razors, but from what I can tell it was the very first baby step towards the razors we know and love. The basic idea was copied and expanded upon for the next hundred or so years.
Shave of the day 20th October
Pre-shave: GzD shave stick (shave sticks works for pre-shave too)
Lather: GzD shave stick
Brush: Semogue TSN 2012 LE mixed badger/boar
Razor: Cadet TTO-11 Twist To Open / Open Comb with a Feather Blade
Post-shave: Cool water rinse and BodyShop Maca Root Face Protector