I realised I haven’t been on Twitter in a long time, since it has been turning into a cesspool after it was bought and renamed.
So I decided to ditch it completely, deactivating my account.
After all, Reddit, Tumblr, Mastedon, Lemmy, and Bluesky ought to be enough – in addition to my blog, of course
Possible a little out of the ordinary for this blog, but it made me smile when I found it.
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In the early 30’s, the patent for the Gillette three hole blade was about to expire. This inspired Gillette, Gaisman, and others to come up with blades that could both be used in the old Old Type razors and also a new razor that would not accept the old Gillette blades. As we know now the Probak won, but for a while it was open for everyone to try. And one of the ones who tried was John Holzman.
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Early photo – taken on albumen silver plate and hand coloured – by Felice Beato (1832-1909), an Italian-British photographer who were one of the first to take photos in East Asia.
A fine shave on the 106th anniversary of the Armistice after the Great War.
