Razor: Schick “Lady Eversharp”
Blade: Schick Injector
Brush: Wilkinson Sword Badger
Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream
Lather: Williams Mug shaving soap
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
A fine Friday shave, and a good early start on the weekend.
A couple of days ago I posted about an all in one shaving kit. As mentioned, that patent is cited by a couple of much more resent patents, including this one from 1991 for a portable shaving brush.
As I keep repeating, inventions are about solving problems. Some are imaginary, others are real. And the problem Paul Hiromura tried to solve was traveling with a brush. To quote from the introduction to his patent:
Continue readingIt can be hard to keep track of your razor, your soap, and your brush. At least it can be if you got more than one of each, as many of us enthusiasts do. But fear not – Frank W Grady patented an all on one shaving kit in 1915 that will make it easy for you.
Provided you can deal with having only one razor, one soap, and one brush that is. And the soap has to be a soap stick.
But at least you know where everything is, right?
Continue readingRazor: Schick “Lady Eversharp”
Blade: Schick Injector
Brush: Artesania Romera Manchurian Badger, imitation horn
Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream
Lather: Goldex Nova Fórmula
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
Yet another fine Friday shave. I do love the “me time” and moments of Zen thus hobby gives me on such a regular basis.
As we all know shaving brushes is a source of anthrax and other horrible germs. So how do you make sure your thrifty barber only uses his disposable shaving brush once? Apart from making it out of paper, that is? Fear not, Marguerite Faučon secured a an Imperial German Patent on a self destroying disposable shaving brush back in 1909.
The idea is sound enough, for certain values of sound. You wanted to make sure your barber used a clean, hygienic, and preferable antiseptic brush when he lathered you up. but how could you at a glance see that this was the case?
Continue readingRazor: Schick “Lady Eversharp”
Blade: Schick Injector
Brush: Vie-Long #12705B
Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream
Lather: Asylum Shave Works Flying Mango
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
A nice and mellow midweek shave.
As I mentioned last week, the internet is a strange place. But also a fun place, if you like nerding out from time to time. The Indian Standard 7371, which I talked about last week, does of course have a companion standard. IS 7370 covers razors, safety – just as 7371 covers blades. And IS 7370 have some rather neat and potentially useful information as well.
Useful if you plan to design or manufacture your own safety razor, that is. Neat if you like this sort of things – which I do.
IS 7370Razor: Schick “Lady Eversharp”
Blade: Schick Injector
Brush: Vie-Long #14033
Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream
Lather: Jabonman Mediterráno L.E. BullGoose
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
Another Monday, another shave. This one marks the start of the Single Edge portion of my rotation – three months of Schicks, GEMs, and a single EverReady.
Razor: Asylum Shave Works Evolution
Blade: Astra Green
Brush: Vie-Long #13051M
Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream
Lather: Brutalt Bra TSN LE / Norwegian Wood
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
A fantastic Friday shave after a busy day. Feels like weekend at last.
The internet is… interesting. There is so much information out there that it is almost impossible to find it. But sometimes I find something which isn’t what I look for, but which nevertheless grabs my attention. Like IS 7371.
On the surface, just a dry government publication defining the acceptable standards for stainless steel safety razor blades. But once you start looking through it, you realize that it is a wealth of very specific information that can be interesting for anyone who are tying with the idea of making a safety razor. Or just happen to have a general thirst for esoteric knowledge.
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