Razor: Gillette Slim
Blade: Treet Platinum
Brush: Vie-Long #13051M
Lather: Cold River Soap Works Olfactory Hue
Aftershave: Myrsol Formula K
Additional Care: Alum Block
Shave of the day 24th November 2021
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Shave of the day 22nd November 2021
Razor: Gillette Slim
Blade: Treet Platinum
Brush: Omega #10048
Lather: Pereira Shavery Baron’s Choice
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
Schick E2 from 1941, first impressions
Thanks to a fellow shaver from the ‘Nook, I recently received a Schick E2 dated 1941. That’s right; the razor is eighty years old.
The razor looks really nice and is in excellent condition, and I’m looking forward to contrasting and comparing it to my Lady Eversharp and G4.
The box is also in very good shape, with nice and sharp text. The text on the underside is interesting; what company today gives a twenty year, no question asked warranty?
Shave of the day 5th November 2021
Razor: Gillette 1958 TV Special
Blade: “Normal”
Lather: Prep “The Original Formula”
Aftershave: Prep “The Original Formula”
Additional Care: Alum Block
Shave of the day 3rd November 2021
Razor: Gillette 1958 TV Special
Blade: “Normal”
Brush: Semogue TSN LE 2012
Lather: Asylum Shave Works Frankincense & Myrrh
Aftershave: Asylum Shave Works Frankincense & Myrrh
Additional Care: Alum Block
Another revolving razor
A few days ago I wrote about a disposable revolving razor from 1966. Unshockingly – since there is nothing new under the sun – I found a broadly similar idea patented a few years prior. Funnily enough, the patent filed by Mr Alfred Curci1 is – in my eyes at least – an improvement upon the idea patented later.
I guess the chicken came before the egg, in the case of disposable revolving razors.
Continue readingA stroned blade for a penny a day
The people who write copy for advertisements must be – I feel – a special breed. Not only do they have to be able to twist the truth and lie with a smile, but if ordinary words don’t cut it, they have to come up with new words. Like this one; Stroned.
Continue readingShave of the day 22nd October 2021
Razor: Gillette Single Ring
Blade: Astra Green
Brush: Vie-Long #14033
Lather: Crabtree & Evelyn Sandalwood
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
Shave of the day 20th October 2021
Razor: Gillette Single Ring
Blade: Astra Green B
ush: Wilkinson Sword Badger
Lather: Williams Mug shaving soap
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
Eight shoot “revolver razor”
There are good ideas. There are bad ideas. And there are weird ideas. And this patent – which I can only think of as a revolver razor – is definitely a weird idea. Although I’m sure the intentions were good. Imaginably titled “disposable multi-bladed safety razor”, the patent was filed by Mr William M Choate in September 1966, and granted two and a half years later.
The basic idea is sound; Why should a disposable razor be good for only one – or at best, a few – shave?
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