About WegianWarrior

That perfect moment caught between lather and blade; the little breathing space where it's you, your razor and perfection. Wetshaver, approximate wood worker, career military, blogger, avid reader

Shave of the day 22nd September 2023

Razor: Schick Type A

Blade: Schick Injector

Brush: Omega #10048

Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream

Lather: Proraso Menthol & Eucalyptus

Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara

Additional Care: Alum Block

SOTD 2023 09 22

Another fine Friday shave, featuring the Holy Grail razor, my first ‘real’ shaving brush, and the same cream I got when I started traditional wetshaving thirteen odd years ago.

It is a newer tube though…

Fluffy lather

Shave of the day 20 September 2023

Razor: Schick Type A

Blade: Schick Injector

Brush: Semogue TSN LE 2012

Pre-Shave: Prep Original

Lather: GzD Shavestick

Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara

Additional Care: Alum Block

SOTD 2023 09 20
Inexpensive soap does not imply unimpressive lather…

A wonderful Wednesday shave, with a magazine repeating razor, the first LE brush from The ‘Nook, and the remains of a Turkish shavestick pressed into a puck.

Five Thousand Formulas for Druggists

Before I start, and I shouldn’t even have to say this, a druggist isn’t a fellow (ab)using drugs. A druggists a US term for what the rest of the world would commonly call a pharmacists. So the title of this book – and this post – really ought to have been Five Thousand Formulas for Pharmacists. Except that the Era Formulary was indeed printed in the US back in 1893, so druggists it is.

And the reason I bring it up – in addition to, y’know, cool old book – is that among the five thousand formulas are some shave related ones.

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Shave of the day 18th September 2023

Razor: Schick Type A Blade: Schick Injector

Brush: Artesania Romera Manchurian Badger, imitation horn

Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream

Lather: Asylum Shave Works Flying Mango

Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara

Additional Care: Alum Block

SOTD 2023 09 18

Another week and another shave, this time with the first model Schick.

Today’s lather; rich and fluffy and plentiful.

Spherical razor

Who says a razor blade have to be flat? What if it was a segment of a sphere, with four or more cutting edges? The blade would in effect be a self contained spherical razor.

I mean, there is a couple of glaring problems with the idea, but even so. It isn’t the first all edge and no point razor we’ve looked at.

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Shave of the day 11th September 2023

Razor: Schick Type B2

Blade: Personna Injector

Brush: Vie-Long #13051M

Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream

Lather: Pereira Shaving Soap Powder

Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara

Additional Care: Alum Block

SOTD 2023 09 11

Been a while since I last used Pereira’s powder soap, so I figured why not on a misty Monday?