So I was out in the garden the other day… thankfully with the good camera
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Shave of the day 23rd June 2023
Razor: Gillette Slim
Blade: Shark Super Chrome
Brush: Artesania Romera Manchurian Badger, imitation horn
Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream
Lather: Asylum Shave Works Flying Mango
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
A fine Friday shave on a sunny morning
Design for a shaving-mug
Design patents are a different breed. A utility patent, which most of the patents I write about are, protects a new new or improved – and useful – product, process, or machine. A design patent, on the other hand, covers any any new, original and ornamental design for an article of manufacture. Designs like Herman Griebel’s design for a shaving-mug, which he got a 3½ years design patent for in November of 1882.
Continue readingShave of the day 21st June 2023
Razor: Gillette Slim
Blade: Shark Super Chrome
Brush: Brush Experimental Alpha
Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream
Lather: Arko Shavestick
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
A quick midweek shave, with a shavestick moshed into a tub and a brush I made myself. I should get the lathe out again and make some more.
Traveller’s shaving-mug
We can’t shave at home all the time. As I recently lived through, sometimes we have to shave elsewhere. And one thing I did miss was a traveller’s shaving-mug – like the one Henry E Biggins filed a patent for on 1911. It looks very neat and handy, even a hundred and twelve years later.
Continue readingShave of the day 19th June 2023
Razor: Gillette Slim
Blade: Shark Super Chrome
Brush: Vie-Long #12705B
Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream
Lather: Goldex Nova Fórmula
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block & Barbossa Organic Sandalwood Beard Oil
Another week, another shave. What is not to like?
Shave of the day 16th June 2023
Razor: Gillette 1958 TV Special
Blade: Shark Super Chrome
Brush: Vie-Long #14033
Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream
Lather: Asylum Shave Works Frankincense & Myrrh
Aftershave: Asylum Shave Works Frankincense & Myrrh
Additional Care: Alum Block & Barbossa Organic Sandalwood Beard Oil
A fast Friday shave. Almost six years after I received the soap, I broke through and can see the bottom of the tin….
Non-steaming mirror
It’s all well and good to have a fun razor to shave with, an odd brush to make lather with, and an old soap to make lather from… but if you can’t see your own face, your shave probably won’t be great. And for those who shave in the shower, you’ll probably like a non-steaming mirror. Like the one Nicholas S Kladitis filed a patent for in 1980, for example.
Continue readingShave of the day 14th June 2023
Razor: Gillette 1958 TV Special
Blade: Shark Super Chrome
Brush: Vie-Long #13051M
Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream
Lather: Mike’s Natural Soaps Orange, Cedarwood & Black Pepper
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block & Barbossa Organic Sandalwood Beard Oil
A citrusy and woodsy Wednesday morning shave. The combination of a horse hair brush with stiff backbone and a shave stick makes for a exfoliating shave, leaving my face both clean shaven and very soft.
The Man and His Wonderful Shaving Device
We all know about King C Gillette, the man who invented the modern safety razor. Or claimed to invent it – there was clearly many who had similar ideas around the turn of the last century. But do we actually know the guy, and not just know about him? Turns out that we may not – hence why I would suggest reading “King C Gillette, the man and his wonderful shaving device“. Printed in 1978, it is easily available online.
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