Confess to the crime skeleton!

A spooky repost from two years ago.

After coming across a meme on the internet, I recently spend some time tracking down the patent for what I can only think of as the Crime Skeleton. It is a perfect example that the line between genius and insanity is blurry at best. I’m not quite sure which side of that line Helene Adalaide Shelby’s invention falls under, but I am inclined to go for “genius”. And a somewhat spooky and misguided genius at that.

So let’s take a short break from weird shaving patents and look at a plain weird patent.

Continue reading

Shaving is saving

Shaving is saving, the advertisement promises, as long as the shaving is done with a Gillette. And in 1906 this might have been true… today? Buying the current offering from Gillette or the other big multinationals is a sure way to spend money – carts are expensive, when compared to the good old double edged blade.

Continue reading

Late 1920s Chinese advertisement for Gillette blades

There are different things that gets my attention when I browse old razor and blade advertisements. Sometimes it is an interesting picture. Sometimes it is a razor that is unknown to me. Sometimes it is hilarious claims in the text.

And sometimes… it is the bright colour.

Continue reading