Last week I made some lighthearted fun out of a shave kit that looked like a fountain pen. Today I’ll show of another fountain pen lookalike; Pete Bowlin’s shaving kit. Pete filed his patent in ’47, and while he failed to include a shaving brush he did find room to make his invention a hoe style single edge safety razor.
Continue readingRazor: GEM 1912
Blade: GEM Single Edge Stainless
Brush: Artesania Romera Manchurian Badger, imitation horn
Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Lather: Pereira Shavery Orange Blossom w/ activated charcoal
Aftershave: Myrsol Aqua De Limón
Additional Care: Alum Block & Gentlemen of Sweden Original Beard Oil
Razor: Ever Ready 1914
Blade: GEM Single Edge Stainless
Brush: Brush Experimental Alpha
Pre-Shave: Prep Original
Lather: Goldex Nova Fórmula
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block & Oak SOS Beard Oil
Is your Gillette Khaki Kit just too big and bulky for your pocket? Fear not, because just over a hundred year ago Val F Franck1 applied for and was granted a patent. A patent for a pen style shavette – one you can use for shaving anywhere. Beyond the novelty factor, it would certainly make it easier to travel light.
Continue readingRazor: Ever Ready 1914
Blade: GEM Single Edge Stainless
Brush: Brush Experimental Alpha
Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Lather: Palmolive Sensitive w/ aloe vera
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block & Gentlemen of Sweden Original Beard Oil
Over the years, there have been several names used for military shave sets. This holds true for both standard issue sets and for kits a soldier1 could buy himself. From the Great War we have names like the Khaki Kit in several variations, the Service Kit, the Khaki Service Outfit, and the Comfy Kit. From the Great War part II, we have the Buddy Kit. Even so, I had never heard the term “Army and Navy Pillow Kit” being used before I saw Rebecca Harris’ patent filed in late 1917.
Continue readingRazor: Ever Ready 1914
Blade: GEM Single Edge Stainless
Brush: Brush Experimental Alpha
Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Lather: Proraso Menthol & Eucalyptus
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block & Oak SOS Beard Oil
Razor: GEM Micromatic Clug Pruf
Blade: GEM Single Edge Stainless
Brush: Brush Experimental Alpha
Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Lather: Pereira Shavery Baron’s Choice
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
I’ve mentioned the Bessegg brand name before, both the razor and the blades. But recently I learned that the company – which was started in 1927 – was an early adopter of the art of advertisement.
Well, at least if a 1929 book by Thor Bjørn Schyberg on how to make advertising profitable is to be believed.
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