A 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.
Continue readingNew week, new shave, new project… “Can I finish this?”
A fine Friday shave at the tail end of summer.
Colgate sold their shaving sticks with a handy grip, which you could reuse.
But what about the soap that sat in the grip? There is at least half an inch of soap in there.
No need to waste it though:
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