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.
Razor: Schick “Lady Eversharp”
Blade: Schick Injector
Brush: Semogue TSN LE 2012
Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream
Lather: Asylum Shave Works Colonia
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
A rather The Shave Nook themed shave to start the week. Soap from Phil, who ran TSN, in a machined aluminium soap dish he first talked about on the Nook. Brush is thd first LE brush done for the Nook (17/100). And the razor I bought as NOS ftom a fellow shaver there.
I miss that place…
Razor: Gillette Old Type “Khaki”
Blade: Astra Green
Brush: Omega #50014 Travel
Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Lather: GzD Shavestick
Aftershave: Krampert’s Finest Bay
Rum Additional Care: Alum Travel Stick & Oak SOS Beard Oil
There ain’t many shavers I follow on YouTube. You could, in fact, count them on a severely mutilated hand. Solid Shaves is one I do follow. In fact, Solid Shaves is the one I follow right now, since the other I was subscribed to haven’t put out a shave video in over a year.
Continue readingA novel1 lathering device and razor assembly was patented in the late 70’s. Invented by a Mr Thomas G Roberts,2 the lathering device was intended to apply lather and moisture to a shaving surface in advance of the razor blade.
Continue readingRazor: Ever Ready 1914
Blade: GEM Single Edge Stainless
Brush: Omega #50014 Travel
Pre-Shave: Prep Original
Lather: Sample – Esbjerg Shaving Cream
Aftershave: Sample – Saponifico Varesino Tundra Artica
Additional Care: Alum Block
First day of my self proclaimed Sample September. The aftershave was pleasant, I need to try all the other SV aftershaves I gotten samples of.