Razor: Tatara Masamune
Blade: Wilkinson Sword
Brush: Semogue TSN LE 2012
Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Lather: Pereira Shaving Soap Stick w/ activated charcoal
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
There have been no lack of patents for shocking, vibrating, oscillating, buzzing, and bulky safety razors over the years. Some were meant to be plugged into the electrical grid, and some were powered externally. But this patent for an electric safety razor, filed in 1937, were powered by an replaceable battery.
It was filed by Alexander Schaaf and Rudolf Schunermann, from Berlin-Charlottenburg and Nowawes1 respectively. The US patent office granted the patent in 1942, which is interesting since this was after Germany declared war on the US.
Continue readingRazor: Tatara Masamune
Blade: Wilkinson Sword
Brush: Artesania Romera Manchurian Badger, imitation horn
Pre-Shave: Prep Original
Lather: Mike’s Natural Soaps Pine & Cedarwood
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
There is an idiom in Norwegian, stating that “alle gode ting er tre”. The closest I know of in English is the phrase “third time is the charm”, which has a similar enough meaning.
So keep that in mind. This is, at this stage, a step by step process.
This follows up from an experiment I did earlier, and the second experiment too. I have tried to take into account the feedback y’all have been kind enough to give. And it is because I wanted to try something several of you mentioned, that this is coming a couple of weeks after the last try.
Continue readingBecause I got up and four and hit the ground running, that is why.
As we all know, Gillette got the opportunity to equip the US Armed Forces with razors as our American friends geared up to join the Great War – a few years after everyone else had gotten in on the action.
This not only gave Gillette a few million razors out there – and thus significantly increased the user base – but also gave Gillette a new thing to talk about in their advertisements.
Continue readingRazor: “Normal”
Blade: Wilkinson Sword
Brush: Vie-Long #12705B
Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Lather: Taylor of Old Bond Street Peppermint
Aftershave: BullDog Oil Control Moisturiser
Additional Care: Alum Block
Razor: “Normal”
Blade: Wilkinson Sword
Brush: Vie-Long #14033
Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Lather: B&M Latha Oceana
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
Several of the patents we’ve looked at lately took the form of pen-shaped – more or less – shaving and hygiene kits, some with additional functions. Most of them stored some form of shaving aid in the handle – a tiny brush, soap powder or pellets. But what if I told you there was a patent for doing just that? One that covered just having a shaving aid stored in the razor handle?
Continue readingRazor: “Normal”
Blade: Wilkinson Sword
Brush: Wilkinson Sword Badger
Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Lather: Asylum Shave Works Flying Mango
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block