Razor: Gillette Single Ring
Blade: Astra Green
Brush: Vie-Long #13051M
Lather: Cold River Soap Works’ Barbere Sapone
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
Shave of the day 18th October 2021
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Category Archives: VintageRazor
Disposable razor suitable for injector blades
Not all razors are meant to become heirlooms. Some are meant simply to be a disposable razor. Or, as Roy E Mullen said it in his 1966 patent application:
Continue readingThere are many occasions when an individual would find the use of a good razor to be a comfort and convenience, under circumstances where the services of a barber are not readily available and where it is either undesirable or uneconomical to purchase an ordinary razor.
From US patent 3,413,720
Shave of the day 8th October 2021
Razor: Merkur (?) NOS Bakelite Slant
Blade: Treet Platinum
Brush: Brush Experimental Alpha
Lather: Wilkinson Shaving Soap
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
Shave of the day 6th October 2021
Razor: Merkur (?) NOS Bakelite Slant
Blade: Treet Platinum Brush: Vie-Long #12705B
Lather: Palmolive Sensitive w/ aloe vera
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
A Seabrook safety razor patent
No, not the razor I mentioned last week. Patented five years after that advertisement, this Seabrook safety razor used blades reminiscent of the Christy razor.
The patent was filed in 1905 by Henry and Percy Seabrook, and published the year after. There is not much claims made in the patent. In fact, the only claim made is how the blade is secured.
Continue readingShave of the day 4th October 2021
Razor: Merkur (?) NOS Bakelite Slant
Blade: Astra Green
Brush: Vie-Long #14033
Lather: Pereira Shavery Orange Blossom w/ activated charcoal
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
Shave of the day 1st October 2021
Razor: Phillips Philite
Blade: Treet Platinum
Brush: Wilkinson Sword Badger
Lather: Prairie creations Walter
Aftershave: Body Shop Macau Root Energetic Face Protection
Additional Care: Alum Block
Seabrook safety razor advertisement
Before the thin Gillette blade, and the thin-ish GEMs and EverReady blade, there were many attempts to create safety razors. Most used what we today call wedge blades. These were – when you come down to it – short segments of straight razor blade. The Seabrook was one of these razors.
Continue readingShave of the day 29th September 2021
Razor: Phillips Philite
Blade: Treet Platinum
Brush: Vie-Long #13051M
Lather: Palmolive Sensitive w/ aloe vera
Aftershave: Proraso Liquid Cream After Shave
Additional Care: Alum Block
Adjustable wedge razor
When you think about the old wedge razors, adjustability is not the first thing you think about. But in 1890 Mr J E Fuller was granted a patent for a adjustable wedge razor. Additionally it had a novel way to hold the blade, one that would make taking the blade out for honing a lot less fiddly than some wedge razors out there.
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