I mean, I knew all of that, but it is still a neat video.
Monthly Archives: August 2021
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
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…
Continue readingShave 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?
Continue readingShave 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
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
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”.
Continue readingShave 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