Shave of the day 8th December and a microreview

Razor: Schick E2

Blade: Schick Injector

Brush: Semogue TSN LE 2012

Lather: Taylor of Old Bond Street’s Peppermint Shaving Cream

Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara

Additional Care: Alum Block

SOTD 2021-12-07

The Peppermint Shaving Cream – which I got as yesterday’s surprise in the Solidarity Advent Calendar from Gifts & Care – was a pleasant surprise. With the help of a brush if created thick, abundant, creamy, and very pepperminty lather. Left my face feeling a little greasy, but not overly so. Not a bad choice, I feel, if you want a seasonal lather.

For years of shaving pleasure…

…give him Gillette.

At least that held true seventy years ago. The plastic monstrosities they sell these days? They will likely break in twenty five years or less, and I can’t see Gillette continuing to make the carts much beyond the lifespan of their patents. The razors they sold in ’53 on the other hand?

Continue reading