Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s Liquid Peppermint
Lather: Arko shave stick
Brush: Vie Long 14033
Razors: (Merkur) Bakelite Slant and Merkur 45C Bakelite – both with a Blue Astra
Post-shave: Cool water rinse, alum and Krampert’s Finest Bay Rum
Still trawling the net, I came across “The Wet Shave“, an article that tells a story that in many way resembles my own quest for a smooth shave.
Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s Liquid Peppermint
Lather: Mama Bear’s Awakening
Brush: Vie Long 13051M pure horse
Razors: (Merkur) Bakelite Slant and Merkur 45C Bakelite – both with a fresh Blue Astra
Post-shave: Cool water rinse, alum and Krampert’s Finest Prototype Menthol
Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s Liquid Eucalyptus
Lather: Arko Cool Mint shave cream
Brush: Semogue TSN 2012 LE
Razors: Lord Racer and YUMA, both with a Racer blade
Post-shave: Cool water rinse, alum and Krampert’s Finest Bay Rum
A little while back someone linked to “The Triumphant Return of Wet Shaving” over at my favorite wetshaving forum. Half information, half entertainment, half advertisement… but if it can get people interested and make them explore the options, it’s all good in my book.
Pre-shave: Dr Bronners Liquid Peppermint Soap
Lather: Lea Shave Stick
Brush: Omega #50014 pure boar travel brush
Razor: Merkur 985C Open Comb Travel Razor, with a Lord blade
Post-shave: Cool water rinse, alum and Krampert’s Finest Bay Rum
A little while ago I happened upon “The Racially Fraught History of the American Beard“, and found it an interesting read. The rise and fall of the african-american barbers in the early 1800’s, the rise of the beard as a masculine symbol… an interesting history indeed.
Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s Liquid Peppermint
Lather: Arko shave stick
Brush: Turkish No7
Razors: Lord Racer and YUMA, both with a fresh Racer blade
Post-shave: Cool water rinse, alum and Krampert’s Finest Bay Rum
Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s Liquid Teatree
Lather: Prairie Creations Teatree KISS cream
Brush: Vie Long 14033
Razors: Merkur 39C Slant and Merkur 25C Open Comb, both with a Permasharp blade
Post-shave: Cool water rinse, alum and Krampert’s Finest Bay Rum
It seems like the idea of a multi-blade razor goes back a long time – this one from 1933 looks rather unwieldy to me.
An early – 1944 – patent for what we would call a cartridge razor today… showing that Gillette started thinking about renewing their vendor lock-in fairly early on. Disposing a cartridge with four razor sharp edges sounds… interesting.
This patent for a disposable razor from the 50’s would at least have made a neat little travel razor – you could almost fit something this small in a wallet if you wanted to.