Razor: Gillette Single Ring
Blade: Wilkinson Sword
Brush: Artesania Romera Manchurian Badger, imitation horn
Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Lather: Cold River Soap Works’ Barbere Sapone
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
Razor: Yuma Potmetal
Blade: “Normal”
Brush: Brush Experimental Alpha
Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Lather: Mike’s Natural Soaps Orange, Cedarwood & Black Pepper
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
I have been bouncing an idea around in my head for a good long time, so I decided to do a little experiment. A trial balloon, as it were… the only question being, how y’all like it?
Continue readingRazor: Yuma Potmetal
Blade: “Normal”
Brush: Brush Experimental Alpha
Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Lather: Pereira Shaving Soap Stick w/ activated charcoal
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
Compact is a funny word, when you think about it. It can mean something dense, or densely packed. It can mean exerting a force on something to make it more, well, compact. Or it can be used to describe something that is a small and conveniently shaped example of its kind, such as a compact camera. I have seen it used to describe make up kits that fit in a purse. Or, in the case of Victor R Payton’s 1926 patent filing, a compact razor that fits in a pocket.
Continue readingRazor: Merkur 39C Slant
Blade: Perma-sharp Super
Stainless Brush: Brush Experimental Alpha
Pre-Shave: Prep Original
Lather: Pereira Shavery Baron’s Choice
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
And as a reminder, my second book on razor and shaving patents is now available!
A little over two years ago I self-published – via Amazon – a book on shaving and razor patents. Now I have committed a second book, which is again available on Amazon.
Much like a criminal returns to the scene of the crime, I guess… but then again, I did warn you that I was going to.
Continue readingRazor: Merkur 39C Slant
Blade: Perma-sharp Super Stainless
Brush: Vie-Long #14033
Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Lather: Asylum Shave Works Frankincense & Myrrh
Aftershave: Asylum Shave Works Frankincense & Myrrh
Additional Care: Alum Block
A little while ago I posted about two shaving kits disguised as pens. One was a pen style shavette patented in 1921, the other a single edge hoe razor from 1947. But what if you reached into your breast pocket for a pen, perhaps to sign some important document? What a bummer it would be if all you found was several razors, and no pen. What you would need is some form of combined writing instrument and shaver’s kit…which is just what Harry I Schwartz and Joseph H Rothstein filed a patent for in 1934.
Continue readingRazor: Phillips Philite
Blade: Perma-sharp Super Stainless
Brush: Vie-Long #13051M
Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Lather: Crabtree & Evelyn Sandalwood
Aftershave: Nivea Cooling After Shave Balm
Additional Care: Alum Block