Krona vs Knack, according to Solid Shaves

A little while ago I wrote about a rather honest Schick advertisement. If you recall, it was the one where they admitted to losing money on the free razor. Which, as pointed out by a user on Reddit, is a very good illustration of the Razor and Blades economic model. However, and more importantly today, the advertisement also featured a competitors razor… leaving the question as to which would give the more solid shaves.

Now, I personally own neither a Schick Krona nor a Gillette Knack. But Kurt, also known as Solid Shaves, do. And he posted a rather nice comparison of the two on his YouTube channel this weekend.

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Shave of the day 6th April 2022

Razor: Phillips Philite

Blade: Perma-sharp Super Stainless

Brush: Omega #10048

Pre-Shave: Prep Original

Lather: Taylor of Old Bond Street Peppermint

Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara

Additional Care: Alum Block

Shave of the day 4th April 2022

Razor: Phillips Philite

Blade: Perma-sharp Super Stainless

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

Shave of the day 1st April 2022

Razor: Phillips Philite

Blade: Perma-sharp Super Stainless

Brush: Artesania Romera Manchurian Badger, imitation horn

Lather: Asylum Shave Works Royal Fougere

Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara

Additional Care: Alum Block

Your Mileage WILL vary

A little while ago I posted a quick thing about a Schick Auto-Band Razor advertisement. In that post I mentioned that the Gillette Techmatic have been called… well… let’s just say that some online sources are less than impressed. And within hours of me putting out a twitter post about it, a fellow Norwegian wetshaver, twitterer, and blogger proved for me one of the core tenants of traditional wetshaving: Your Mileage Will Vary. And it Will Vary considerable too.

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Shave of the day 28th March 2022

Razor: Phillips Philite

Blade: Perma-sharp Super Stainless

Brush: Vie-Long #12705B

Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream

Lather: Asylum Shave Works Royal Fougere

Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara

Additional Care: Alum Block

Shout-out to Charlie for the soap – it is much appreciated!

Shave of the day 25th March 2022

Razor: Merkur (?) NOS Bakelite Slant

Blade: Perma-sharp Super Stainless

Brush: Vie-Long #14033

Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream

Lather: GzD Shavestick

Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara

Additional Care: Alum Block

Old Personna blade commercial

So I was poking about on archive.org again, and I found this. A 1960’s Personna blade commercial. Not even half a minute long, it packs a lot of fair bit of information into a few seconds.

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Shave of the day 23rd March 2022

Razor: Merkur (?) NOS Bakelite Slant

Blade: Perma-sharp Super Stainless

Brush: Wilkinson Sword Badger

Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream

Lather: Arko Shavestick

Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara

Additional Care: Alum Block

Schick Auto-Band Razor

The Schick Auto-Band Razor was manufactured from the mid sixties to the late seventies. At least, that is what online sources tells me. This makes it a contemporary to another band razors – one that has been called the worst razor of all time. I have no idea if the Schick Auto-Band razor was any better, but at least Schick put the whole mechanism in the replaceable head and not part inside, part outside.

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