Razor: Schick G4
Blade: Schick Injector
Brush: Brush Experimental Alpha
Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Lather: Pereira Shavery Baron’s Choice
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
Shave of the night 15th July 2022
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Monthly Archives: July 2022
Brushless shaving cream spreader cap for collapsible tubes
A little while ago1 I mentioned Nicholas Testi’s dispensing tube patent. Turns out he wasn’t the first to patent a shaving cream spreader cap. Charles W Brynan beat Testi to the punch, and with a simpler idea too. No roller or other moving parts. Just a simple shaving cream spreader cap to put on your tube of shaving cream.
Continue readingShave of the night 13th July 2022
Razor: Schick G4
Blade: Schick Injector
Brush: Vie-Long #12705B
Pre-Shave: Prep Original
Lather: Proraso Menthol & Eucalyptus
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
Another shocking shave
Shaving. A relaxing daily ritual involving water, soap, sharp blades, and – if Sampson W Moon had gotten his way – a risk of a shocking shave. Hot towels, scented lather, and then a casual electrocution. Sounds wonderful.
We’ve looked at a few electric razors before, both battery powered and ones you would plug into the grid. And one that could double as a wood planer… quite terrific stuff. At least Sampson’s invention is not the most scary of the bunch.
Continue readingShave of the night 11th July 2022
Razor: Schick G4
Blade: Schick Injector
Brush: Vie-Long #14033
Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Lather: Taylor of Old Bond Street Peppermint
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
Shave at work 8th July 2022
Razor: TGR Flying Tiger Copenhagen
Blade: Treet Platinum
Brush: Body Shop Synthetic
Lather: Derby shave stick
Aftershave: Krampert’s Finest Prototype Menthol
Eugene G Mergenthaler and his band razors
Eugene G Mergenthaler was the son of an inventor,1 and it was perhaps naturally that he tried his hand on inventing himself. While Eugene died young,2 he never the less had three patents to his name. One patented in 1910, when he was just 25 years old, and two more in patented in 1919.
Common to all three patents is the fact that they are band razors. This is a kind of razor that was dreamt up early and then refused to die. Well, at least until cartridges made their debut. The last band razors I’m aware of were the Schick Auto-Band Razor and the Gillette TechMatic.4
Continue readingShave of the day 6th 2022
Razor: Schick “Lady Eversharp”
Blade: Schick Injector
Brush: Wilkinson Sword Badger
Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Lather: Williams Mug shaving soap
Aftershave: Myrsol Formula K
Additional Care: Alum Block
The Untamable Whiskers
Something a bit on the side of what I usually do, but I found it interesting. And tangentially related to beards and moustaces.
Georges Méliès1 was a French illusionist, actor, and one of the first film directors. He led many technical and narrative developments in the earliest days of cinema. He is, perhaps, best known today for his epic science fiction movies Le Voyage dans la Lune and Le Voyage à travers l’impossible. Those were just two of many, many movies he made, some of which served little purpose other than to amaze and intrigue the audience.
Continue readingShave of the day 4th July 2022
Razor: Schick “Lady Eversharp”
Blade: Schick Injector
Brush: Vie-Long #13051M
Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Lather: Pereira Sample – mint/menthol
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
Reminder: the countdown sale of both my books are ongoing – still sitting at 0.99$ each!