New week, but with injector blades lasting longer than most DE-blades I keep the same fun razor.
Another fine Friday shave.
Mike was one of the first artisan soaps I ran into when I got into shaving as a hobby, and a dozen years later I still use his soap as the yardstick when comparing soaps.
Well… meterstick, I guess 😉
New week, and a wonderful new shave with a razor that is both fun and interesting.
The Great War – which gave us such things as the ComfyKit,1 the smooth shaven soldier, and body shaming the ladies – ended in November 1918. Interestingly enough, that almost immediately prompted a change in how razors were marketed. As an example, I have two advertisements for the GEM khaki kit for you today. One from 1918, and one from 1919.
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A fresh shave while fresh snow is coming down outside
The origin of the term ‘safety razor’ is a little unclear. As documented over at razors.click, the term did not originate with the Kampfe brothers as so often claimed. But no matter who came up with it, or when, it was in common enough use by 1887 that Gustavus Rein explicitly used it both as the title and in the body of his patent. Which is interesting enough, but what really caught my attention is that the razor that Gustavus Rein patented was a twofer. Not only was it a hoe-style wedge razor, but it could also be used as what we today would call a shavette.
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Another week, another vintage razor. The Slim may be way older than me, but it has certainly kept it’s edge – pun intended.
Razor: Gillette 1958 TV Special
Blade: Lord Classic
Brush: Semogue TSN LE 2012
Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Lather: Asylum Shave Works Flying Mango
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care:
Alum Block
Yet another fine Friday shave. A quiet moment of Zen before the workday is just the thing.
A herby midweek shave, making me hungry for a lamb roast… rosemary and tthyme does that.