Razor: Schick “Lady Eversharp”
Blade: Personna Injector
Brush: Vie-Long #14033
Lather: Proraso Menthol & Eucalyptus
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
Shave of the day 9th July 2021
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Improved method of making flexible safety-razor blades with bright letters or signs
A long title for a shortish post. Sometimes when I am digging trough patents online, I find one that is only tangentially related to shaving, but still interesting enough to post about. This, from a fellow Scandinavian, is one of those. Touted as an improved way to adorn a razor blade with bright letters or signs, the described method should work just as well on any steel item.
Continue readingShave of the day 7th July 2021
Razor: Schick “Lady Eversharp”
Blade: Personna Injector
Brush: Wilkinson Sword Badger
Lather: Proraso Menthol & Eucalyptus
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
Brush Plus – an old idea, repackaged
Today I learned that Gillette sold something called a Brush Plus in the eighties… maybe before and after that time too. It worked by lettings the shaver turn a knob to push shaving cream into the knot. And it’s not exactly a new idea, but before we look at older patents let us look at what it actually is.
Continue readingShave of the day 5th July 2021
Razor: Schick “Lady Eversharp”
Blade: Personna Injector
Brush: Vie-Long #13051M
Lather: Proraso Menthol & Eucalyptus
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
Shave of the day 2nd July 2021
Razor: Asylum Shave Works Evolution
Blade: Treet Platinum
Brush: Omega #10048
Lather: Proraso Menthol & Eucalyptus
Additional Care: Alum Block
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