Courtesy of Razor Emporium.
Come to think of it… does anyone have a user grade Type C they want to sell me?
A video on the various Schick Repeating Razors
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Category Archives: Vintage
A 1929 Schick Repeater advertisment
“The best shave you ever had seems poor beside a Schick shave…”
Big words, but now that I own one, I can testify that the Schick Type B – as is shown in this 1929 advertisement, makes for a damn good shave.
And while I can get two weeks worth of shaves with a modern blade, Schick didn’t go overboard and overpromise on the 1929 blades – instead promising a mere four to ten shaves per blade. But with 20 blades in each clip, that was still a lot of shaves for just 75 cents.
1904 GEM advertisement
With the unforgettable tagline “It’s a pleasure to shave now”, and the trademarked slogan “well that’s fine!!”
Shaving Cream Song
A Gillette illustration from 1905
Gillette started marketing his razors early in the last century. And while it may seem obvious to us today how a three piece safety razor works, he actually had to explain it in his advertisments.
I think that impresses me most – beyond the nicely detailed drawing of a two-ring Old Typerazor – is the absolutely awesome goatee the shaver has.
Towels in Shreds…
Old advertisements can be head scratchers at times.
I mean… who in their right mind wipes their razor off on the good towels in the first place?
William G Frazier’s automatically ignited and extinguished hot water shaving brush
There are times the title of a patents makes me stop and wonder if I actually read what I thought I read. The patent title of “automatically ignited and extinguished hot water shaving brush” by William G Frazier was definitely one of those times. I had to read it more than twice, if I’m to be honest.
Continue readingThe Village Barber
Possible a little out of the ordinary for this blog, but it made me smile when I found it.
Continue readingThe many, many razor blades of John Holtzman
In the early 30’s, the patent for the Gillette three hole blade was about to expire. This inspired Gillette, Gaisman, and others to come up with blades that could both be used in the old Old Type razors and also a new razor that would not accept the old Gillette blades. As we know now the Probak won, but for a while it was open for everyone to try. And one of the ones who tried was John Holzman.
Continue readingA Quick Shave And Brush Up
Old movies can be fun to watch at times. This short one features – as the title suggest – a quick shave and brush up. And that is about it… more or less.
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