A slightly newer advertisement than I’ve brought up lately, Gillette released this at about the same I was born. There is a couple of interesting points to make when it comes to the ad and what it shows.
Continue reading…perfect for Father’s Day.
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Razor: GEM Micromatic Clug Pruf
Blade: GEM Single Edge Stainless
Brush: Artesania Romera Manchurian Badger, imitation horn
Lather: Pereira Sample
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
Razor: GEM Heavy Flat Top
Blade: GEM Single Edge Stainless
Brush: Brush Experimental Alpha
Lather: Proraso Menthol & Eucalyptus
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
An advertisement from the November 26, 1910 issue of The Saturday Evening Post (Palm Coast, Florida, USA), showing the “Gillette Slide”.
Continue readingRazor: GEM Heavy Flat Top
Blade: GEM Single Edge Stainless
Brush: Vie-Long #12705B
Lather: Williams Mug shaving soap
Aftershave: Body Shop Macau Root Energetic Face Protection
Additional Care: Alum Block
Raymond H Wilhelm wasn’t the first nor the last man who got a bright idea while shaving. He wasn’t even the first or last to get the idea to put something bright on his razor. Before I’ve mentioned patents from Lester E Norquist1 and F Pollifrone,2 as well as an aftermarket brightness enhancer.
The idea seems bright enough; the place you’ll need the most light where shaving is just where your hand and razor will shade for the light. The solution – the light bulb idea, if you will – is to place the light in or on the razor. And that is what Raymond H Wilhelm did in his patent application one hundred years ago.
Continue readingRazor: GEM Heavy Flat Top
Blade: GEM Single Edge Stainless
Brush: Vie-Long #14033
Lather: CRSW Glide Morning Ghost
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
Razor: Shick G4
Blade: Schick Injector
Brush: Wilkinson Sword Badger
Lather: Palmolive Sensitive w/ aloe vera
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block