Razor: Gillette Slim
Blade: Feather Hi-Stainless
Brush: Brush Experimental Alpha
Lather: Pereira Oud
Aftershave: BullDog Sensitive Aftershave Balm
Additional Care: Alum Block
Shave of the day 21st September
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Shave of the day 18th September
Razor: Gillette 1958 TV Special
Blade: Feather Hi-Stainless
Brush: Vie-Long #12705B
Lather: Dalane d’men Energenic
Aftershave: BullDog Original Aftershave Balm
Shave of the day 16th September
Razor: Gillette 1958 TV Special
Blade: Feather Hi-Stainless
Brush: Vie-Long #14033
Lather: Mike’s Natural Soaps Pine & Cedarwood
Aftershave: BullDog Original Aftershave Balm
Additional Care: Alum Block
Shave of the day 4th September
Razor: Gillette Single Ring
Blade: Shark Super Chrome
Brush: Brush Experimental Alpha
Lather: Williams Mug shaving soap
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
Shave of the day 2nd September
Razor: Gillette Single Ring
Blade: Shark Super Chrome
Brush: Semogue TSN LE 2012
Lather: Asylum Shave Works Frankincense & Myrrh
Aftershave: Asylum Shave Works Frankincense & Myrrh
Additional Care: Alum Block
Shave of the day 31st August
Razor: Gillette Single Ring
Blade: Shark Super Chrome
Brush: Artesania Romera Manchurian Badger, imitation horn
Lather: Cold River Soap Works’ Barbere Sapone
“Shave yourself”
It is 1907, and Christmas is on the horizon. You have – at least in your own mind – perfected the safety razor. You done away with the need for stropping and honing. Now; how do you convince people that your razor, which is not cheap, is THE ideal holiday gift?
By a wall of text accompanied by a photo of yourself, how else?
It is the IDEAL gift. It is NOT a toy. It will LAST. The blades are so INEXPENSIVE that you can just throw them away.
And it does cost. Adjusted for inflation the cheapest combination set would set you back around 180 dollars today. The most expensive option would be a whopping 1390 dollars or so. For that kind of money the razor ought to be good and last forever.
Harrison H Boyce’s simplified safety razor
There seems to have been a drive – since Gillette first started to sell safety razors – to simplify production and increase the profit margin. I’m convinced that not all ideas got patented, but those which did can make for some fascinating reading.
Continue readingA new blade for a new razor – but not the blade we use today
In 1930 Gillette’s new blade – the one with the slot – went on sale, and looks almost like the one we use and love today. Almost, but not quite… since today’s blade is the descendant of the blade that originated with the Probak razor. There differences are slight, and the lawsuit, counter-lawsuit, and corporate takeovers were… complicated. In the end Gillette bought AutoStrop (who owned Probak), but the real story on who gained control of who is something I have not dug into too much.
Luckily Glenn Conti over at the Gillette Adjustable Razors site have done just that, writing a wonderfully detailed analysis of the whole thing. Well worth a read.
In the mean time, enjoy the advertisement for the New Gillette Blade that didn’t quite make the cut.
What do shaving and golf have in common?
According to a 1951 advertisement; precision.
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