If a terrific electric razor wasn’t enough to put you of shaving, I have another potential bathroom terror. Self-heating shaving preparation composition. Or self heating shaving cream to you and me.
This horror was invented by Ronald E Moses and Philip Lucas in the mid sixties. And the patent was assigned to Gillette Co LLC, because of course the evil empire of shaving would back this baffling idea.
Continue readingRazor: Schick E2
Blade: Personna Injector
Brush: Vie-Long #12705B
Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream
Lather: Mike’s Natural Soaps Lemongrass & Eucalyptus
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
Another Mike-y shave in the middle of the week. One of the thing’s I like about Mike’s is how long the tubs lasts. This one I’ve had for… a decade? A little over a decade? Still retains the scent and still makes lovely lather.
Self lathering or fountain brushes is a dream as old as time. Or at least a dream as old as 1849, and as recent as.. well, at least the eighties. And it still don’t make much sense to me, so I wasn’t expecting anything earth shattering when I spotted Salmon C Harvey’s lather foam dispenser.
Let’s just say I wasn’t disappointed when I looked into it more.
Continue readingRazor: Schick E2
Blade: Personna Injector
Brush: Vie-Long #14033
Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream
Lather: Mike’s Natural Soaps Hungarian Lavender
Aftershave: Myrsol Aqua Balsamica
Additional Care: Alum Block
A smooth start on a new week. Mike’s Natural is still the yardstick I measures other soaps against.
Razor: Schick E2
Blade: Personna Injector
Brush: Vie-Long #13051M
Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream
Lather: Pereira Shavery Orange Blossom w/ activated charcoal
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
A fast Friday shave after oversleeping.
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So what happens if you ask an AI to create you some nice imagery of a Norwegian man shaving with a safety razor?
Continue readingRazor: Schick E2
Blade: Personna Injector
Brush: Wilkinson Sword Badger
Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream
Lather: Jabonman Mediterráno L.E. BullGoose
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
Another mighty midweek shave. Not much more to say, really.
We’ve looked a few travel brushes before. The retractable shaving brush invented by Peter Dynowsky is in a league of its own thought. It is retractable. It is self soaping. And it will ruin the knot in time.
But before we look at how Peter managed this Kinder Egg of a retractable shaving brush, let us see what he was trying to achieve.
Continue readingRazor: Schick E2
Blade: Personna Injector
Brush: Omega #10048
Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream
Lather: Proraso Menthol & Eucalyptus
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
Razor: Schick G4
Blade: Personna Injector
Brush: Semogue TSN LE 2012
Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream
Lather: Asylum Shave Works Flying Mango
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
A fast but fine Friday shave – my own fault for snoozing the alarm. Also marks the end of two weeks of using the vintage G4. Next week I’ll shave with the even older E2, before moving on to my pre-injector Schicks.