Because good reasons, that’s why.
A fast shave before a busy weekend. Still working on it.
On Tuesday we looked at a somewhat portable barber’s chair and stool, from 1865. But the need for a portable barber chair seems to still be with us, because in 2020 Sandra Riley applied for a patent for her Cut and Go Barber Chair.
She is also helpful enough to give a detailed background for why she came up with the invention:
Continue readingA wee Wednesday shave. Still working on it.
Imagine that you’re going on a vacation. You have a travel razor to shave with. You probably have a travel brush too. But do you have a folding barber’s chair and stool? No? Then how can you be shaved in style while traveling?
Fear not; Henry Remick have patented a handy, folding chair and stool for barbers (and also dentists and so on). It also came with a telescoping barber pole, because… because why not, I guess.
Continue readingTime to break out the Schick Type B and see if I can do it.
A fine Friday shave and I’m still working on it.
At the turn of the last century, Amos H Jackson patented a one piece razor made from sheet metal. Well, he patented two, but the first one was not quite a one piece razor.
Continue readingA mellow midweek shave, still seeing if I can do it.
William Herzberg patented an indicating sealed shaving cup in 1911, as part of the quest to make sure that your barber didn’t infect you with whatever ailment the previous customer had.
He was not the first, not the last. We have looked at a great many solutions to that problem over the years. But his solution was different enough and simple enough that it warranted a look.
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