Vintage razor advertisements can be almost as much fun as old shaving patents. And advertisements from American Safety Razor Company – the result of the 1906 merger between Gem Cutlery Company and Ever-Ready – tends to be good ones. The grinning, shaving, mad-eyed man they used as their logo / mascot makes sure of that.
Continue readingRazor: Schick “Lady Eversharp”
Blade: Schick Injector
Brush: Vie-Long #13051M
Lather: Arko Shavestick
Aftershave: BullDog Original Aftershave Balm
Additional Care: Alum Block
The internet archive has a lot of odd stuff. One of the things I’ve found is a copy of Hobbies Weekly from 20th March 1934. And as I was idly flipping through, I spotted this:
The design is simple, as benefits a tool made from odds and ends. Some pieces of wood, some spare leather – as we all have laying around – and a fe hours of tinkering. No gears, the two rollers were close enough to drive eachother by friction.
I’m half tempted to make this at some point.. not for using, but for the tinkering.
Razor: Schick “Lady Eversharp”
Blade: Schick Injector
Brush: Omega #10048
Lather: Goldex Nova Fórmula
Aftershave: BullDog Oil Control Moisturiser
Additional Care: Alum Block
Razor: Schick “Lady Eversharp”
Blade: Schick Injector
Brush: Semogue TSN LE 2012
Lather: Pereira Shavery Baron’s Choice
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
No, not that NRA. The other NRA, the one more properly refered to as the National Recovery Administration. Tasked by the goverment to help the population and industry to recover after the Great Depresion, NRA set out to eliminate “cut throat competition” by bringing industry, labor, and government together to create codes of “fair practices” and set prices.
In 1934 the turn had come to the cut throat industry of, well, avoiding cut throats. and while the Code is somewhat dry to read, it does include gems such as this:
The term ” safety razor and safety razor blade manufacturing industry “, hereinaiter referred to as the ” industry “, means the manufacture of safety razor blade holders and/or safety razor blades for sale.
From the Code of fair competition for the safety razor and safety razor blade manufacturing industry
The code set quotas on how much each manufacturer could manufacture, as well as stating a minemum wage, forbidding children to work in the Industry, and setting penalites for unfair trading practices.
The full Code can be found at archive.org, and downloaded in several formats.
Razor: Schick “Lady Eversharp”
Blade: Schick Injector
Brush: Artesania Romera Manchurian Badger, imitation horn
Lather: Mike’s Natural Soaps Pine & Cedarwood
Aftershave: BullDog Original Aftershave Balm
Additional Care: Alum Block
Wrapping up the old commercials for now, a pair of old Burma Shave spots that highlight how wet their shaving cream was. I still think I’ll opt for brush and a hard soap, thank you.
Continue readingRazor: Schick “Lady Eversharp”
Blade: Schick Injector
Brush: Vie-Long #12705B
Lather: Pereira Shavery Shaving Cream w/ Activated Charcoal
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block