Razor: Gillette Old Type
Blade: Lord Classic
Brush: Artesania Romera Manchurian Badger, imitation horn
Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Lather: Jabonman Mediterráno L.E. BullGoose
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
A late shave on Christmas Day – God Jul, y’all!
Razor: Gillette Airline Tech
Blade: Lord Classic
Brush: Vie-Long #12705B
Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Lather: Pereira Shavery Orange Blossom w/ activated charcoal
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
Another fine shave, and the last for now with the Airline Tech.
In the same year George Schmidt patented his shaving brush container, William Edward Lake secured a patent on behalf of the Colgate Company for an improvements in cakes of shaving soaps. An improvement that, if the claims are taken at face value, would make the cakes of soaps more secure both in shipment and in the shaving mug.
Continue readingRazor: Gillette Airline Tech
Blade: Lord Classic
Brush: Vie-Long #14033
Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Lather: B&M Latha Oceana
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
A mighty fine midweek shave. The Airline Tech keeps impressing me – a very light touch is all it takes.
Continuing on the theme of antiseptic and hygienic shaving brushes, today we have George A Schmidt’s shaving brush container. Schmidt held several patents, most of them on soap dispensers. So it is perhaps not a big surprise that his shaving brush container was also meant to contain some of his own antiseptic soap.
Continue readingRazor: Gillette Airline Tech
Blade: Lord Classic
Brush: Vie-Long #13051M
Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Lather: Mike’s Natural Soaps Orange, Cedarwood & Black Pepper
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
New week, more shaves. I’m usually changing razors every Monday, but I’ll use the Airline Tech for a second week sonce it’s a new addition to the rotation.
Razor: Gillette Airline Tech
Blade: Lord Classic
Brush: Wilkinson Sword Badger
Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Lather: GzD Shavestick
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care:Alum Block
Another fine Friday shave, the Airline Tech has made a very good impression on me this first week.
Antiseptic – like hygienic, sanitary, aseptic, and disposable – is a word that keeps popping up in patent descriptions of shaving gear. This seem to have been especially prevalent in the first half of the last century, before the discovery of penicillin and other effective antibiotics made a cut or a nick more of a nuisance than a real threat to life and health. Today’s patent for an antiseptic shaving brush was filed by Aron Braunstein and Angel Rattiner back in early 1905.
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Razor: Gillette Airline Tech
Blade: Lord Classic
Brush: Semogue TSN LE 2012
Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Lather: Asylum Shave Works Frankincense & Myrrh
Aftershave: Asylum Shave Works Frankincense & Myrrh
Additional Care: Alum Block
New week, new razor. The Airline Tech is a very smooth shaver, and handled a week’s worth of stubble just great.