One morning in late ’72, Ray L Stone woke up and realised what the world needed. Yet another disposable plastic razor. Which, honestly, is the last thing the world need – but the early seventies were a different time. So Ray went and patented his idea, so lets look at the result.
Most inventions have a purpose.
Continue readingRazor: Schick E2
Blade: Schick Injector
Brush: Vie-Long #12705B
Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream
Lather: Pereira Shavery Orange Blossom w/ activated charcoal
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
A late and lazy shave, still enjoying the midwinter celebrations.
Razor: Schick E2 Blade: Schick Injector
Brush: Brush Experimental Alpha
Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream
Lather: Williams Mug shaving soap
Aftershave: Saponificio Varesino Tundra Artica
Additional Care: Alum Block
A late but nice shave on Little Chrismas Eve.
A few days ago we looked at a guard bar for safety razors. In that post, I mentioned wanting to take a look at a patent for a double edge injector. Guess what we’re doing today? That’s right – we’re looking at the double edge injector!
The patent was filed by Gerald Stahl and Charles A Johnson Jr in 1961, and granted four years later. And it is delightfully detailed and lavishly illustrated. Even the full title is quite a mouthful; “Injector razor having means for flexing a flexible double edge blade as it moves into position and arrangements for operating the same”.
Continue readingRazor: Schick E2
Blade: Personna Injector
Brush: Vie-Long #14033
Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream
Lather: Asylum Shave Works Frankincense & Myrrh
Aftershave: Asylum Shave Works Frankincense & Myrrh
Additional Care: Alum Block
A nice and relaxed humpday shave
Traditional shaving isn’t my only interest in this world. I also like wood turning, military history, old computers, and suchlike. So it tickled my interest when a co-worker pointed me towards ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence project for producing text. Since he had had some decent results on subject that interest him, I decided to have a go and see what it would produce from the prompt “A blogpost on traditional shaving, of about 500 words.“.
So without further ado, I present ChatGPT’s take on our hobby:
Continue readingRazor: Schick E2
Blade: Personna Injector
Brush: Wilkinson Sword Badger
Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream
Lather: Wet Shaving Products Pre-production Sample
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmar
Additional Care: Alum Block
A good shave to start my holiday vacation on. Smooth, slick, and with a razor that is eighty-one years young
Razor: Schick G4
Blade: Personna Injector
Brush: Vie-Long #13051M
Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream
Lather: Asylum Shave Works Flying Mango
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
A fast shave on a freezing Friday.
Or, perhaps more correct, a double double edged cartridge razor. Which sounds both weird and pointless, but stay with me here.
Invented by Sergio Somonetti, and assigned to Warner Lambert Co LLC, the double edged cartridge razor strikes me as a typical transitional device. It looked like a traditional safety razor, yet used the recent idea of cartridges. And since Sergio suggested using two blades in each cartridge, it became a double double edged cartridge razor.1
Continue readingRazor: Schick G4
Blade: Personna Injector
Brush: Omega #10048
Lather: Proraso Menthol & Eucalyptus
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
A wee Wednesday shave getting me over the hump. Still cold and snowing.