Monthly Archives: October 2022

Confess to the crime skeleton!

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After coming across a meme on the internet, I recently spend some time tracking down the patent for what I can only think of as the Crime Skeleton. It is a perfect example that the line between genius and insanity is blurry at best. I’m not quite sure which side of that line Helene Adalaide Shelby’s invention falls under, but I am inclined to go for “genius”. And a somewhat spooky and misguided genius at that.

So let’s take a short break from weird shaving patents and look at a plain weird patent.

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Spooky shave of the forenoon 31st October 2022

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Razor: Tatara Masamune

Blade: Astra Green

Brush: Vie-Long #12705B

Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream

Lather: Mike’s Natural Soaps Pine & Cedarwood

Aftershave: Saponificio Varesino Cubebe

Additional Care: Alum Block

SOTD 2022-10-31

A spooky shave on the spookiest day of the year.

Shave of the early afternoon 28th October 2022

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Razor: “Normal”

Blade: Astra Green

Brush: Vie-Long #14033

Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream

Lather: Williams Mug shaving soap

Aftershave: Saponificio Varesino Tundra Artica

Additional Care: Alum Block

SOTD 2022-10-28

A fine Friday shave, showing once again that a traditional shave don’t have to cost an arm and a leg to be highly enjoyable!

Shaving device having multiple cutting edges

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Self protected shaving device having multiple cutting edges… Try saying that three times fast.

A couple of days ago I posted about a razor that was all edge and no point. One of the patents that cited that one is Donald J Yellon’s self protected shaving device having multiple cutting edges. So lets see what that actually is, and means.

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All edge and no point

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Most inventions have a point to them. Charles Ackerman’s patent, filed in the last days of 1950, could be said to be an exception. It is a safety razor that can being described at being all edge and no point.

And honestly, that is not a bad thing. No point means less chance of nicking oneself on the corner of a blade. So let’s have a look at how a razor can be all edge and no point.

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Shave of the day 24th October 2022

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Razor: “Normal”

Blade: Astra Green

Brush: Vie-Long #13051M

Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream

Lather: Wet Shaving Products Pre-production Sample

Aftershave: Saponificio Varesino Tundra Artica

Additional Care: Alum Block

SOTD 2022-10-24

New week, new shave, and a new aftershave too. Bought after trying it during my Sample September.

Lather applying razor

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A little while back we looked at a lather spreading attachment for your razor. Unsurprisingly, bad ideas keeps coming back – although Fredrick Schallgruber referred to his 1949 invention as a lather applying razor, rather than as an attachment. And it was single, rather than double sided. And it didn’t make it harder to change blades, so that at least was an improvement.

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