Five cents in 1924?
Twenty-five cents in 1967?
Or just under five cents per blade (bottom left corner) in 1948?
For the record, for my preferred all-round blade I’ll happily pay about 13 cents each when buying in bulk… which is dirt cheap compared to what blades used to cost when adjusted for inflation.
Razor: Phillips Philite
Blade: Shark Super Chrome
Brush: Wilkinson Sword Badger
Aftershave: Body Shop Macau Root Energetic Face Protection
Additional Care: Alum Block, Scotch Porter Beard Balm & Pereira towel
Razor: Phillips Philite
Blade: Shark Super Chrome
Brush: Vie-Long #13051M
Aftershave: BullDog Original Aftershave Balm
Additional Care: Alum Block, BullDog Original Beard Balm, & Pereira towel
Ever wonder why society as a whole expect the ladies to shave their pits?
It’s all down to body shaming – even if the term wasn’t invented back in 1915 when an advert appered in Harper’s Bazaar:
I found a short story over at the Metro about it, linking me to a short YouTube video… fairly informative if short.
So remember; guys started shaving because of wide spread military service during the Great War (and the requirement to use respirators), women started because society body shamed them into it….
Razor: Gillette Old Type “Khaki”
Blade: Astra Green
Brush: Omega #50014 Travel
Lather: BEA Shavestick
Aftershave: Krampert’s Finest Bay Rum
Additional Care: Alum Travel Stick & WSP Matterhorn Beard Oil
I have no idea how good or a bad a soap this might have been back in the day, but I am skeptical of a soap that claims to be useful for general toilet use, shaving, clothes laundering, and cleaning of mess kits and other equipment – as well as working in hard, soaps and salt water.
What I can tell, from the images I’ve found online, is that it came in two sizes; type 1 was 2 oz (57 grams) while type 2 was 4 oz (113 gram).
Razor: Phillips Philite
Blade: Shark Super Chrome
Brush: Omega #10048
Aftershave: Nivea Cooling After Shave Balm
Additional Care: Alum Block, BullDog Original Beard Balm, Pereira towel
Razor: GEM 1912
Blade: GEM Single Edge Stainless
Brush: Semogue TSN LE 2012
Lather: Wet Shaving Products Pre-production Sample
Aftershave: Body Shop Macau Root Energetic Face Protection
Additional Care: Alum Block, BullDog Original Beard Oil, & Pereira towel
“Everyone” knows about the Gillette Khaki kits from the Great War, but I hadn’t heard about the Ever-Ready in khaki before now… so here is some pictures I found online.
Razor: GEM 1912
Blade: GEM Single Edge Stainless
Brush: Gustavo Rimano Manchurian Badger, imitation horn
Lather: Dalane d’men Energenic
Aftershave: Myrsol Formula K
Additional Care: Alum Block, BullDog Original Beard Balm & Pereira towel
