Shave of the day 16 July 2021

Razor: Schick “Lady Eversharp”

Blade: Personna Injector

Brush: Brush Experimental Alpha

Lather: Goldex Nova Fórmula

Aftershave: Krampert’s Finest 80 Below

Additional Care:Alum Block

Legs, legs, legs – Lady Gillette Shaving Care, 1965

Legs, legs, legs

Another commercial that wouldn’t fly today – canned goo for the ladies.

Shave of the afternoon 14th July 2021

Razor: Schick “Lady Eversharp”

Blade: Personna Injector

Brush: Brush Experimental Alpha

Lather: Proraso Menthol & Eucalyptus

Aftershave: Krampert’s Finest 80 Below

Additional Care: Alum Block

Fresh, clean, Gillette

The fresh, clean, Gillette look – every time you shave. Yours for 25 shilling, after you invented and built a time machine off course.

Shave of the day 12th July 2021

Razor: Schick “Lady Eversharp”

Blade: Personna Injector

Brush: Vie-Long #12705B

Lather: Arko Shavestick

Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara

Additional Care: Alum Block

Shave of the day 9th July 2021

Razor: Schick “Lady Eversharp”

Blade: Personna Injector

Brush: Vie-Long #14033

Lather: Proraso Menthol & Eucalyptus

Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara

Additional Care: Alum Block

Improved method of making flexible safety-razor blades with bright letters or signs

A long title for a shortish post. Sometimes when I am digging trough patents online, I find one that is only tangentially related to shaving, but still interesting enough to post about. This, from a fellow Scandinavian, is one of those. Touted as an improved way to adorn a razor blade with bright letters or signs, the described method should work just as well on any steel item.

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Shave of the day 7th July 2021

Razor: Schick “Lady Eversharp”

Blade: Personna Injector

Brush: Wilkinson Sword Badger

Lather: Proraso Menthol & Eucalyptus

Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara

Additional Care: Alum Block

Brush Plus – an old idea, repackaged

Today I learned that Gillette sold something called a Brush Plus in the eighties… maybe before and after that time too. It worked by lettings the shaver turn a knob to push shaving cream into the knot. And it’s not exactly a new idea, but before we look at older patents let us look at what it actually is.

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Shave of the day 5th July 2021

Razor: Schick “Lady Eversharp”

Blade: Personna Injector

Brush: Vie-Long #13051M

Lather: Proraso Menthol & Eucalyptus

Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara

Additional Care: Alum Block