Before the thin Gillette blade, and the thin-ish GEMs and EverReady blade, there were many attempts to create safety razors. Most used what we today call wedge blades. These were – when you come down to it – short segments of straight razor blade. The Seabrook was one of these razors.
Continue readingRazor: Phillips Philite
Blade: Treet Platinum
Brush: Vie-Long #13051M
Lather: Palmolive Sensitive w/ aloe vera
Aftershave: Proraso Liquid Cream After Shave
Additional Care: Alum Block
When you think about the old wedge razors, adjustability is not the first thing you think about. But in 1890 Mr J E Fuller was granted a patent for a adjustable wedge razor. Additionally it had a novel way to hold the blade, one that would make taking the blade out for honing a lot less fiddly than some wedge razors out there.
Continue readingRazor: Phillips Philite
Blade: Treet Platinum
Brush: Omega #10048
Lather: Mike’s Natural Soaps Pine & Cedarwood
Aftershave: Body Shop Macau Root Energetic Face Protection
Additional Care: Alum Block
Razor: GEM 1912
Blade: GEM Single Edge Stainless
Brush: Semogue TSN LE 2012
Lather: Williams Mug shaving soap
Aftershave: BullDog Sensitive Aftershave Balm
Additional Care: Alum Block
Back in 1965 Mr Bernard S Hansom filed a patent. It was not a unique event, Mr Hansom filed a dozen or so patents in the 60’s. But what caught my eye was the title; Shaving units and dispensers therefor.
And judging by the drawings it is an absolute unit too; broad and thick. But what exactly is a shaving unit, and why would it need dispensers?
Continue readingRazor: GEM 1912
Blade: GEM Single Edge Stainless
Brush: Artesania Romera Manchurian Badger, imitation horn
Lather: Pereira Shavery Orange Blossom w/ activated charcoal
Aftershave: Myrsol Aqua De Limón
Additional Care: Alum Block
In 1954 Allen Phillip Algier and Ford M Radenbaugh filed a patent for a disposable safety razor. And while the patent wasn’t granted until 1957, it is an interesting little razor that gives the term “lather catcher” a new face. It was meant to be complete with either soap or cream carried in the razor itself.
Continue readingRazor: GEM 1912
Blade: GEM Single Edge Stainless
Brush: Vie-Long #12705B
Lather: Mike’s Natural Soaps Hungarian Lavender
Aftershave: BullDog Original Aftershave Balm
Razor: Ever Ready 1914
Blade: GEM Single Edge Stainless
Brush: Vie-Long #14033
Lather: Pereira Shavery Baron’s Choice
Aftershave: BullDog Original Aftershave Balm
Additional Care: Alum Block