A fantastic Friday shave on a sunny morning. Next week might be an unscheduled pause from the GEMs
A mighty midweek shave, and it’s just eleven months until Christmas Eve… time flies when mornings are enjoyable.
A fast Friday shave. I’m happy it is almost the weekend…
Over the years I’ve talked about a lot of patents for brushes, soap cups, and razors. What I’ve talked less about are cabinets, cases, racks, apparatuses, and containers for putting your shave gear in. And of the ones I have mentioned, King Tut’ankhamūn’s razor-box is the oldest by far. Harry T Petters’ shaving case isn’t quite as old as that, but it is the second oldest case for holding shave gear I’ve looked at so far.
Continue readingRazor: Gillette Airline Tech
Blade: Lord Classic
Brush: Omega #10048
Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Lather: Proraso Menthol & Eucalyptus
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
We’ve previously looked at the Indian Standards for shaving creams, shaving brushes, safety razors, and razor blades. So it makes perfect sense to have a standard for hones too, since not everyone uses safety razors and replaceable blades. Hence why IS 11026 exists, and why I just had to show it of once I spotted it.
Continue readingRazor: Phillips Philite
Blade: Lord Classic
Brush: Vie-Long #13051M
Lather: Asylum Shave Works Flying Mango
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
A fast Friday shave on Black Friday. And for those of you that grabbed the free books yesterday, I hope you’re enjoying them!
Razor: GEM 1912
Blade: GEM Single Edge Stainless
Brush: Semogue TSN LE 2012
Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Lather: Proraso Menthol & Eucalyptus
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
Midweek shave before I go out and clean up after Halloween.
Razor: Schick Type B2
Blade: Personna Injector
Brush: Vie-Long #14033
Pre-Shave: Prep Original
Lather: Pereira Experimental Sample
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
Razor: Schick “Lady Eversharp”
Blade: Schick Injector
Brush: Omega #10048
Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream
Lather: Proraso Menthol & Eucalyptus
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
A nice and wondrous Wednesday shave. Note to self: plug phone in before bed, it was out of battery this morning.