Razor: Tatara Masamune
Blade: Astra Green
Brush: Semogue TSN LE 2012
Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream
Lather: CRSW Glide Morning Ghost
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
Another fine Friday shave. Those who don’t take the time for a moment of Zen each morning sinply don’t know what they are missing out on.
A safety razor is often said to be a razor with a guard. So a safety razor blade is therefore a blade for a safety razor. Or is it a razor blade with a guard. Is it, in fact, a safety-razor blade, or a safety razor-blade?
According to Alfred W Ferrara, it is the later. So lets us see what imaginary problem he sought to solve with his invention:
Continue readingRazor: Tatara Masamune
Blade: Astra Green
Brush: Artesania Romera Manchurian Badger, imitation horn
Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream
Lather: Cold River Soap Works’ Barbere Sapone
Aftershave: Saponificio Varesino Cubebe
Additional Care: Alum Block
A luxurious humpday shave, with my most fluffy brush and a very nice, new production razor.
It is important to stretch your skin while shaving. So important that several inventors have come up with ways to do it for you, in the forms of razors or attachments. So Giulio Benvenuti was in good company when he invented a razor with skin stretching means. And the means in his case was rollers, which is also a recurring idea on razors. What makes Giulio’s invention stand out is how he used rollers to stretch the skin.
But first, let us see what he intended to achieve with his invention:
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