Razor: Gillette Old Type “Khaki”
Blade: Astra Green
Brush: Omega #50014 Travel
Lather: GzD Shavestick
Aftershave: Krampert’s Finest Prototype Menthol
Additional Care: Alum Travel Stick & Oak SOS Beard Oil
Shave of the day 17th April 2023
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Monthly Archives: April 2023
Shave of the day 15th April 2023
Razor: Gillette Old Type “Khaki”
Blade: Astra Green
Brush: Omega #50014 Travel
Lather: BEA Shavestick
Aftershave: Krampert’s Finest Prototype Menthol
Additional Care: Alum Travel Stick & Oak SOS Beard Oil
How To Recognize The Rank of Uncle Sam’s Men Afloat and Ashore
…and advertise for Gillette razors at the same time.
Continue readingShave of the day 12th April 2023
Razor: Gillette Old Type “Khaki”
Blade: Astra Green
Brush: Omega #50014 Travel
Lather: BEA Shavestick
Aftershave: Krampert’s Finest Prototype Menthol
Additional Care: Alum Travel Stick, and Oak SOS Beard Oil
Humpday shaves at work can be pretty okay, even if it’s not the same as a long, slow shave at home.
Utility kit
Need a new travel kit? One that keep everything tidy and don’t slide around as you try to shave in an unfamiliar bathroom? Well, look no further than the utility kit patented by John E Borah in ’57.
So now that I told you to look at it, what is it? To quote from the patent:
Continue readingShave of the day 10th April 2023
Razor: Gillette Old Type “Khaki”
Blade: Astra Green
Brush: Omega #50014 Travel
Lather: BEA Shavestick
Aftershave: Krampert’s Finest Bay Rum
Additional Care: Alum Travel Stick
Another week of bathroom renovation, another week of shaving at work.
Shave of the day 7th April 2023
Razor: Gillette Old Type “Khaki”
Blade: Astra Green
Brush: Omega #50014 Travel
Lather: BEA Shavestick
Aftershave: Krampert’s Finest Prototype Menthol
Additional Care: Oak SOS Beard Oil
Another Friday, another shave from the GoBag. And while the shaves are pretty damn good, I do miss being able to spend five minutes in the morning agonising over what lather to use.
The state of the shave den
Every so often, someone will post a photo of their shave den. Shiny tile, elegantly laid out shaving accoutrements, tasteful decorations… the whole nine yards. Usually the only things missing is a tastefully pastel towel and some antimacassars artfully hung over the back of the toilet.
Continue readingNo shave of the day 5th April 2023
Because, y’know, bathroom renovation.
Airline Tech
So a while ago I picked up a NOS Gillette from the classifieds, and the knowledgeable gents over on the ‘Nook tentatively identified it as a airplane give-away kit. Which makes sense given the fact that it came with just two blades. For simplicities sake I’ll refer to it as the Airline Tech in this post.
One of the first things to look for on a vintage Gillette is the date code. Or, in the case of this razor, the lack of a date code. Which is okay, since the internet tells me that a lot of British Techs didn’t have them, and this razor is clearly made in England.
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