Monthly Archives: October 2022

Wall mounted toilet kit

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There are times that I see a patent and just know, deep in my soul, that the inventor was the kind of guy I could probably get along with. Charles H Dolan, the patentee of a wall mounted toilet kit, is one of those goys. The mind that came up with this idea is a mind similar to a mind that can spend hours browsing old patents to find the odd ones.

This isn’t the first toilet kit I’ve showecased.1 Not even the first to go on a wall. But this toilet kit is a product of a very tidy mind.

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Shave of the day 17th October 2022

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Razor: Gillette Slim

Blade: Astra Green

Brush: Artesania Romera Manchurian Badger, imitation horn

Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream

Lather: Jabonman Mediterráno L.E. BullGoose

Aftershave: Myrsol Aqua De Limón

Additional Care: Alum Block

SOTD 2022-10-17

A fluffy start on a new week. I love traditional wetshaving!

Shave of the day 14th October 2022

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Razor: Gillette 1958 TV Special

Blade: Astra Green

Brush: Vie-Long #12705B

Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream

Lather: Asylum Shave Works Frankincense & Myrrh

Aftershave: Asylum Shave Works Frankincense & Myrrh

Additional Care: Alum Block

SOTD 2022-10-14

A fine Friday shave on a foggy fall morning.

Soap-containing safety razor

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Razor handles can apparently be used to store many things. In the past I’ve riffed on razors with styptic pencils, shaving cream, and even pens in the handle. It is an idea that don’t seem to want to die, as proven by Arthur E Keene’s 1943 patent for a soap-containing safety razor. While Arthur’s invention shares some traits with most of the razors that have things in the handle,1 it has a couple of interesting ideas I have not seen elsewhere.

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PSA: Razors.click now live at Razors.page

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In the past I have referenced razors.click a fair bit, since it is a very handy reference and obviously a labour of love.

The site went dark1 for a while, but have now reappeared at razors.page. Which is great, because I’ve missed being able to access it.

So point your browsers over to razors.page, and enjoy a more serious take on old razor patents than what I provide – more facts, less snark. And bookmark his new address while you’re there.

  1. Or more correctly, my filters are blocking it.

Shaving apparatus

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The word “apparatus” makes me think of something big, complex, and of dubious use. I mean, if it was something simple and useful, we wouldn’t use a fifty dollar word to describe it, right? So it is only right and proper that Hans Schenk and Walter Sprung termed their patent application for their invention that way. It is, indeed, a shaving apparatus.

An overly complex and perhaps a tad bit scary piece of gadgetry. A – in my opinion – contraption of dubious value. With the added benefit of risking scalding the shaver.

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Shave of the day 7th October 2022

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Razor: Parker 22R

Blade: Astra Green

Brush: Omega #10048

Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream

Lather: Prairie creations Walter

Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara

Additional Care: Alum Block

Shave of the day 2022 10 07

A throback shave; featuring my first safety razor, my first proper shave brush, and one of the first artisan soaps I bought.

Skin stretching and lather spreading attachment

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Ever so often I find a patent that makes me shake my head and wonder what the inventor was thinking. Although sometimes I wonder what he was smoking. The skin stretching and lather spreading attachment devised by Vance Fulenwider1 is one of the later. Like several other inventions I’ve discussed, I am struggling to figure out what problem he was trying to solve.

So what was he trying to achieve, in his own words?

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