Razor: Asylum Shave Works Evolution
Blade: Treet Platinum
Brush: Omega #10048
Lather: Proraso Menthol & Eucalyptus
Additional Care: Alum Block
Shave of the day 2nd July 2021
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Proraso Green – a new arrival
Back when I got my first traditional shaving kit – eleven years ago – one of the items in that kit was a tube of Proraso Green shaving cream. It didn’t last too long – it was more than half empty two years later – but I did enjoy it.
Continue readingShave of the day 30th June 2021
Razor: Asylum Shave Works Evolution
Blade: Treet Platinum
Brush: Semogue TSN LE 2012
Lather: Proraso Menthol & Eucalyptus
Aftershave: Krampert’s Finest 80 Below
Additional Care: Alum Block
Buddy Kit – a patented toilet kit
A few days ago a fellow shaver posted a thread on my favourite shaving forum, asking for information on something called the Buddy Kit. And since Bax included a photo with a patent number… well, you know what I had to do. So to the Internet I went, and started digging.
The patent application for the Buddy Kit was filed in mid 1941. It was almost two years before it was granted though, possible due to things getting a little hectic at the end of ’41. There was a war on, after all – which may explain an oddity I’ll get back to.
Continue readingShave of the day 28th June 2021
Razor: Asylum Shave Works Evolution
Blade: Treet Platinum
Brush: Artesania Romera Manchurian Badger, imitation horn
Lather: Jabonman Mediterráno L.E. BullGoose
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
Shave of the day 25th June 2021
Razor: Mergress “Bling”
Blade: Treet Platinum
Lather: Brutalt Bra TSN LE / Norwegian Wood
Aftershave: BullDog Original Aftershave Balm
Additional Care: Alum Block
Larkin Idea – guide to correct shaving.
The Larkin Idea a home improvement magazine and mail order sales catalogue from the late 19th and early 20th century. It helped propel the Larkin Company into gigantic mail order conglomerate in the early part of the 20th century. Today both the company and their “idea”1 is all but unknown, even if Larkin rivalled Sears at its height. While the story behind the company is intriguing, to say the least, it is not the focus today. Rather I want to show you a tutorial in four parts that was printed in the Larkin Idea in 1905. They refereed to it simply as “Correct Shaving”.
Continue readingShave of the day 23rd June 2021
Razor: Mergress “Bling”
Blade: Treet Platinum
Brush: Vie-Long #14033
Lather: Pereira Shavery Baron’s Choice
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
Körzinger & Nettlich’s soap brush for shaving
Yes, it is another disposable lather device,1 and like Dr Samuel Schereschewskij’s invention this one also comes courtesy of the Kaiserlich und Königlich Patentamt2 in Austria. Patented in 1901, Herr Eugen Körzinger and Herr Otto Nettlich came up with a single use, hygienic, and cheap way to lather the beard.
Continue readingShave of the day 21st June 2021
Razor: Mergress “Bling”
Blade: Treet Platinum
Brush: Wilkinson Sword Badger
Lather: Williams Mug shaving soap
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara