Razor: Mergress “Bling”
Blade: Personna Super
Brush: Wilkinson Sword Badger
Lather: Pereira Samle
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
Shave of the day 9th October
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Pal Razor commercials
I suspect a lot of modern shavers have never even heard of the Pal Injector razors, so finding a stack of commercials from the 1960s over on archive.org was a Good Find™. The Pal Stainless Injector Razor – Beauty, Balance and Brains. Guaranteed for life.
Continue readingShave of the day 7th October
Razor: Mergress “Bling”
Blade: Personna Super
Brush: Vie-Long #13051M
Lather: Pereira Samle
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
Curvfit advertisements
I’ve spent a little time looking into the CurvFit – another razor where they saved on the vowels – and found some advertisements I would like to share.
Also, don’t get me started on how society basically body-shamed women into shaving their armpits…
Shave of the day 5th October
Razor: Mergress “Bling”
Blade: Personna Super
Brush: Vie Long “American style” 50/50
Lather: Pereira Samle
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Bloc
Shave of the day 2nd October
Razor: Tatara Masamune
Blade: Feather Hi-Stainless
Brush: Omega #10048
Lather: Asylum Shave Works Frankincense & Myrrh
Aftershave: Asylum Shave Works Frankincense & Myrrh
Additional Care: Alum Block
More photos of CURBO razors and boxes
A little while ago I wrote about the CURBO razors – razors made to be sold cheaply or given away free as advertisements. I’ve since found a lovely source of high quality photos of various CURBO razors. And even better; the photos are licensed under Creative Commons!
All of the photos are of razors that matches US patents 932,518 and 1,006,607. This would imply that even if I think 1,009,114 looks like a better razor, it is possible that it was never actually manufactured in any great quantity.
Shave of the day 30th September
Razor: Tatara Masamune
Blade: Feather Hi-Stainless
Brush: Semogue TSN LE 2012
Lather: Jabonman Mediterráno L.E. BullGoose
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
Guy Osborn’s Shrp-Shavr patent
The first part of the last century must been rough – so rough that the Shrp-Shavr Razor Company had to save on vowels in their name… And the razor they manufactured looks quite inexpensive too. It could probably be manufactured and sold today, as an inexpensive razor for travel, advertisers and an introduction to wetshaving.
Continue readingMy invention has for its object to provide a safety razor which shall be simple in construction, inexpensive in manufacture, and at the same time be strong and durable.
US patent 950,113
Shave of the day 28th September
Razor: Tatara Masamune
Blade: Feather Hi-Stainless
Brush: Artesania Romera Manchurian Badger, imitation horn
Lather: Asylum Shave Works Colonia
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
