How it is made: Razor blades

I mean, I knew all of that, but it is still a neat video.

Shave of the day 16th August 2021

Razor: Yuma

Blade: Treet Platinum

Brush: Brush Experimental Alpha

Lather: Prairie Creations Walter

Aftershave: BullDog Original Aftershave Balm

A cheap shave

Shave of the day 13th August 2021

Razor: GEM Micromatic Clug Pruf

Blade: GEM Single Edge Stainless

Brush: Omega #10048

Lather: Palmolive Sensitive w/ aloe vera

Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara

Additional Care: Alum Block

Aero Shaving Cream

Keeps on softening, and softening, and softening…

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Shave of the day 11th August 2011

Razor: GEM Micromatic Clug Pruf

Blade: GEM Single Edge Stainless

Brush: Semogue TSN LE 2012

Lather: Dr Selby Lavender

Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara

Additional Care: Alum Block

A quite Normal razor

A completely Normal razor in fact. For those of you who are not from around here; Normal is a retail chain which sells absolutely normal products at abnormal prices. They manage by buying excess stock from other retailers and wholesalers, so it varies a bit what they have and don’t have in stock. So while I was there to pick up something else, I decided to have a look at what they had in the way of shaving accoutrements. After all, I picked up some Proraso from the store not that long ago. And guess what I found?

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Shave of the day 9th August 2021

Razor: GEM Micromatic Clug Pruf

Blade: GEM Single Edge Stainless

Brush: Artesania Romera Manchurian Badger, imitation horn

Lather: Pereira Sample

Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara

Additional Care: Alum Block

SOTD 2021-08-09
PIFed razor, gifted brush, free soap sample…

Shave of the day 6th August 2021

Razor: GEM Heavy Flat Top

Blade: GEM Single Edge Stainless

Brush: Brush Experimental Alpha

Lather: Proraso Menthol & Eucalyptus

Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara

Additional Care: Alum Block

Vintage razor, decent soap, home made brush

The most adaptable of all razors

Note the angle stroke.

An advertisement from the November 26, 1910 issue of The Saturday Evening Post (Palm Coast, Florida, USA), showing the “Gillette Slide”.

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Shave of the day 4th August 2021

Razor: GEM Heavy Flat Top

Blade: GEM Single Edge Stainless

Brush: Vie-Long #12705B

Lather: Williams Mug shaving soap

Aftershave: Body Shop Macau Root Energetic Face Protection

Additional Care: Alum Block

Vintage razor and one of the oldest shaving soap brands
Vintage razor and one of the oldest shaving soap brands