Razor: Schick “Lady Eversharp”
Blade: Schick Injector
Brush: Brush Experimental Alpha
Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Lather: Arko Shavestick
Aftershave: Proraso Wood and Spice
Additional Care: Alum Block
Had no time to shave yesterday due to turkey, so shaved today instead.
This year, I offer discounts on digital copies of my two books on shaving and razor patents.
Prices for both books will be reduced to just 99 US cents. That is 1.98 US dollars for both. A massive 80% discount!
And I do start the sale slightly early, so those of you who are too stuffed with turkey to do much beyond vegetating on the coach can at least read while you’re digesting.
70 razor and shaving patents & Another 80 razor and shaving patents
Both books covers patents on both fondly remembered and thankfully forgotten razors and shaving accoutrements, these books are meandering journeys through shaving history.
The sale have now started, and will run until Monday 28th at 1600 UTC – so you have all weekend to pick up a Kinle copy of my books.
70 razor and shaving patents & Another 80 razor and shaving patents
If you don’t already own a digital copy of my books, now would be a good time to grab one!
We’ve talked about razors that stretches the skin before. But I can do you one better today… It is a razor that stretches the skin and has a lubricant dispenser built in. And as a bonus it still looks like you can shave with it with it – unlike some patented razors I could mention. So what did William Miller get a patent for almost fifty years ago?
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Blade: Schick Injector
Brush: Omega #10048
Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream
Lather: Proraso Menthol & Eucalyptus
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
A wonderous Wednesday wetshave.
Vibrating razors isn’t a new idea. The idea is almost older than radio. That don’t make it a good idea, even if some have been moderately successful. That didn’t stop Arthur Kuris, Lewis Balamuth, and Anthony P Farina from filing a patent for a new take on the idea in 1971. Behold; the Ultrasonic razor!
Or, to use the full title of the patent that was granted in ’74; Ultrasonic replaceable shaving head and razor.
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Blade: Schick Injector
Brush: Semogue TSN LE 2012
Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream
Lather: Taylor of Old Bond Street Peppermint
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
A mighty minty Monday shave, with a razor as old as myself.
Razor: Asylum Shave Works Evolution
Blade: Rapira Platinum Lux
Brush: Artesania Romera Manchurian Badger, imitation horn
Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream
Lather: Cold River Soap Works Olfactory Hue
Aftershave: Epsilon for Men Scottish Spirit
Additional Care: Alum Block
A very fine Friday shave, with my most fancy brush and razor.
Once you have a razor, it must be stored between shaves. And while I’ve looked at a number of cabinets and other solutions before, I think this is the first one made to keep your razor dry and corrosion free. Filed in ’71 by Jack Cobb, the apparatus for storing cutting implements looks sensible – and pointless.
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Blade: Rapira Platinum Lux
Brush: Vie-Long #12705B
Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream
Lather: Prairie creations Walter
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
Prairie Creations was one of the first artisans I bought from, about ten years ago. While she is no longer in business, the soap is as good today as it was then.
There is always someone who can’t manage to handle both a razor and a brush. This has lead to a large number of self-lathering razors. So Saul Hackmyer was in good company when he filed a patent for a self-lathering razor in 1971.
Where he differed from most of the patents I’ve discussed before is that he designed his invention around canned goo. Or as the abstract puts it:
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