Shave of the day 7th October 2024

New week, new shave:)

  • Razor: Schick G4
  • Blade: Personna Injector
  • Brush: Wilkinson Sword Badger
  • Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
  • Lather: CRSW Glide Morning Ghost
  • Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
  • Additional Care: Alum Block

Shave of the day 5th October 2024

A rare Saturday shave.  And yes, still working on it.

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  • Razor: Schick E2
  • Blade: Personna Injector
  • Brush: Vie-Long #12705B
  • Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
  • Lather: CRSW Glide Morning Ghost
  • Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
  • Additional Care: Alum Block

Glory or nothing – another project of mine

I also dabble in creative writing, and lately I’ve been messing with AI generated text and music too.

So I just wanted to share this – the first video on my new YouTube channel that combines those two things.

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Freaky wooden man selling razors

AutoStrop seems to have had some odd marketing going on in the early part of the last century, like the animated display we looked at two years ago. But even that is peanuts compared to the freaky wooden doll they advertised that they were using fore advertisements.

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Shave of the day 2nd October 2024

  • Razor: Schick E2
  • Blade: Personna Injector
  • Brush: Omega #10048
  • Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
  • Lather: CRSW Glide Morning Ghost
  • Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
  • Additional Care: Alum Block

An AutoStrop “post card”

When you say post card, you usually think of something vivid and touristy that you’ll mail of to distant relatives when you’re on vacation. But a post card is – when you come down to it – just a piece of thick paper or thin cardboard that you write upon and send in the mail with no envelope. No one ever said it had to include the words “wish you were here” on the back.

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Shave of the day 30th September 2024

The first day of a new week, and the last day of a month. Fall is definitely upon us, and spooky season is starting.

Still working on the Morning Ghost.

  • Razor: Schick E2
  • Blade: Personna Injector
  • Brush: Brush Experimental Alpha
  • Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
  • Lather: CRSW Glide Morning Ghost
  • Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
  • Additional Care: Alum Block

Shave of the day 27th September 2024

A fine Friday shave

  • Razor: Schick E2
  • Blade: Personna Injector
  • Brush: Semogue TSN LE 2012
  • Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
  • Lather: CRSW Glide Morning Ghost
  • Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
  • Additional Care: Alum Block

Ai meets shaving, part two

A couple of years ago I wrote a little piece about why – when you came right down to it – AI could ruin articles about shaving. Or at least the articles you’ll find in glossy magazines, which – as we all know – are seldom worth reading.

More to todays point, that blogpost included an AI generated drawing of a man shaving.

Today I tried generating a similar image. And the new image is… way much better.

I mean, there are some issues still.

Like.. why is the razor floating in the air?

Shave of the day 25th September 2024

A quick Wednesday shave.

  • Razor: Schick G4
  • Blade: Personna Injector
  • Brush: Artesania Romera Manchurian Badger, imitation horn
  • Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
  • Lather: CRSW Glide Morning Ghost
  • Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
  • Additional Care: Alum Block