Everyone should have a work shave kit in their locker at work. Sometimes one has to come in early, due to some emergency. Sometimes I don’t get to home, due to some emergency. And sometimes I just sleep in and must shave after getting to work. Therefore I’ve kept a small shave kit in my locker for years.
Continue readingRazor: Phillips Philite
Blade: Perma-sharp Super Stainless
Brush: Vie-Long #12705B
Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Lather: Asylum Shave Works Royal Fougere
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
Shout-out to Charlie for the soap – it is much appreciated!
Razor: Merkur (?) NOS Bakelite Slant
Blade: Perma-sharp Super Stainless
Brush: Vie-Long #14033
Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Lather: GzD Shavestick
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
So I was poking about on archive.org again, and I found this. A 1960’s Personna blade commercial. Not even half a minute long, it packs a lot of fair bit of information into a few seconds.
Continue readingRazor: Merkur (?) NOS Bakelite Slant
Blade: Perma-sharp Super Stainless
Brush: Wilkinson Sword Badger
Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Lather: Arko Shavestick
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
The Schick Auto-Band Razor was manufactured from the mid sixties to the late seventies. At least, that is what online sources tells me. This makes it a contemporary to another band razors – one that has been called the worst razor of all time. I have no idea if the Schick Auto-Band razor was any better, but at least Schick put the whole mechanism in the replaceable head and not part inside, part outside.
Continue readingRazor: Merkur (?) NOS Bakelite Slant
Blade: Perma-sharp Super Stainless
Brush: Vie-Long #13051M
Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Lather: Asylum Shave Works Flying Mango
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
Razor: GEM 1912
Blade: GEM Single Edge Stainless
Brush: Omega #10048
Pre-Shave: Prep Original
Lather: Williams Mug shaving soap
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
Sometimes honesty is the best policy. Even, and this might be a shock to any marketers out there, in advertisements. Case in point; this 1968 Schick advertisement for a free razor. It’s interesting not just because of its honestly, but also because it gives a little insight into what you had to pay for shaving gear back in the day.
Continue readingRazor: GEM 1912
Blade: GEM Single Edge Stainless
Brush: Semogue TSN LE 2012
Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Lather: Asylum Shave Works Flying Mango
Aftershave: Myrsol Formula K
Additional Care: Alum Block & Barbossa Organic Sandalwood Beard Oil