We all have a “holy grail razor” – that one razor we would be willing to kill1 for. For me, one of those razors have been a Schick Repeater.
For those less familiar with Schicks, the Schick Repeater is the precursor to the more modern Schick Injectors.2 In the modern day and age, the original Schick repeaters are known as the Type A, B, and C.3
Continue readingRazor: GEM Heavy Flat Top
Blade: GEM Single Edge Stainless
Brush: Vie-Long #13051M
Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream
Lather: Pereira Shavery Baron’s Choice
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
A short, sweet, and safe humpday shave.
Back in 1974 – when cartridges and disposables were starting to be a thing – Gillette patented a disposable blade unit for traditional razors.
In other words, they invented a new blade for a double edge razors. And by invented, I mean combined the inventions of Georg Friedrich Hofmann and Janos Oscar Plesch.
The main problem the patent was meant to solve? Most likely the problem that customers gave their money to people who wasn’t Gillette. But you can’t write that in a patent, so the abstract is a bit more verbose:
Continue readingRazor: GEM Heavy Flat Top
Blade: GEM Single Edge Stainless Brush: Omega #10048
Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream
Lather: Jabonman Mediterráno L.E. BullGoose
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
First shave of a whole new year. May this year be as peaceful and quiet as this shave was.
Razor: Schick E2
Blade: Schick Injector
Brush: Semogue TSN LE 2012
Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream
Lather: Asylum Shave Works Flying Mango
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
A fine Friday shave on the penultimate day of 2022. My next shave will be the first shave of a new year. See y’all in 2023!
What was it with the late sixties and early seventies that made people want to fill up the landfills with plastic? Earlier this week we looked at a plastic razor, and here we got another disposable preassembled plastic razor. Or, to you and me who dabble in traditional wetshaving;1 piece of plastic junk.
At a casual glance, the razor patented by Paul A Braginetz2 looks remarkable similar to the semi-disposable double edge razor3 I got in my drawer. Major differences in in the arrangement of the blade aligning studs, and that it came with both an open comb and a safety bar.
Continue readingRazor: Schick E2
Blade: Schick Injector
Brush: Artesania Romera Manchurian Badger, imitation horn
Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream
Lather: Taylor of Old Bond Street Peppermint
Aftershave: Myrsol Formula K
Additional Care: Alum Block
A minty fresh midweek shave. The fact that the razor is over eighty years old just make it more enjoyable.
One morning in late ’72, Ray L Stone woke up and realised what the world needed. Yet another disposable plastic razor. Which, honestly, is the last thing the world need – but the early seventies were a different time. So Ray went and patented his idea, so lets look at the result.
Most inventions have a purpose.
Continue readingRazor: Schick E2
Blade: Schick Injector
Brush: Vie-Long #12705B
Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream
Lather: Pereira Shavery Orange Blossom w/ activated charcoal
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
A late and lazy shave, still enjoying the midwinter celebrations.
Razor: Schick E2 Blade: Schick Injector
Brush: Brush Experimental Alpha
Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream
Lather: Williams Mug shaving soap
Aftershave: Saponificio Varesino Tundra Artica
Additional Care: Alum Block
A late but nice shave on Little Chrismas Eve.