No shadow of doubt ever exists in the mind of a man who uses a –
Gillette Safety Razor.
Continue readingNo shadow of doubt ever exists in the mind of a man who uses a –
Gillette Safety Razor.
Continue readingAs much as the Great War can be considered ‘light’, here is some more light fare for summer.
More light fare for summer. Today we have a British short on how barbers were trained.
More light fare for the summer, this time a look at how a hairstylists, barbers and beauticians worked in the late fifties’ US.
“If attractive people are the leaders of society, then barbers and beauticians are the molders of leaders.” – although to me that is a very big if.
More light fare for summer. Perhaps Elmer should think a little before he has his head turned by a pretty skirt?
More light fare for summer. The key take-away is to make sure your barber is qualified.
A bit of lighter fare – but the key take-away is that the ladies likes a smooth cheek 😉
Well, if ‘today’ was one hundred and thirteen years ago, that is. Straight from the pages of “Hardware and housewares“, the advertisement is delightfully simple for the time. A tagline, and a drawing of an Gillette Old Type razor and some blades. No wall of text, as other ads had. Instead the image has to carry the message.
Even today, about a hundred and twenty years after the Old Type was introduced, this would be a pretty sweet setup. Well, not would be – it is a sweet setup. There is a reason why I got an Old Type in my rotation, and why my travel razor is a 1918’s Service Set.
I’m a little sceptical to the old carbon blades, but that is because any you can get today is – unsurprisingly – old.
Injectors can be complicated razors, even when meant to be simple. The forerunners of injectors were more complicated still. But today I have a nice find for you all; a very simple sheet metal injector. Patented by A William H Camfield in 1936, the patent was assigned to the Magazine Repeating Razor Co – the people behind the Schick Magazine Razors.1
The invention was touted as an improved and simplified form of safety razor and magazine, which also was cheap to manufacture.
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