Shave of the day 23rd June 2023

Razor: Gillette Slim

Blade: Shark Super Chrome

Brush: Artesania Romera Manchurian Badger, imitation horn

Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream

Lather: Asylum Shave Works Flying Mango

Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara

Additional Care: Alum Block

SOTD 2023 06 23

A fine Friday shave on a sunny morn

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Shave of the day 21st June 2023

Razor: Gillette Slim

Blade: Shark Super Chrome

Brush: Brush Experimental Alpha

Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream

Lather: Arko Shavestick

Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara

Additional Care: Alum Block

SOTD 2023 06 21

A quick midweek shave, with a shavestick moshed into a tub and a brush I made myself. I sho

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Shave of the day 19th June 2023

Razor: Gillette Slim

Blade: Shark Super Chrome

Brush: Vie-Long #12705B

Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream

Lather: Goldex Nova Fórmula

Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara

Additional Care: Alum Block & Barbossa Organic Sandalwood Beard Oil

SOTD 2023 06 19

Another week, another shave. What is not to like?

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Shave of the day 16th June 2023

Razor: Gillette 1958 TV Special

Blade: Shark Super Chrome

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 & Barbossa Organic Sandalwood Beard Oil

SOTD 2023 06 16

A fast Fri

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Shave of the day 14th June 2023

Razor: Gillette 1958 TV Special

Blade: Shark Super Chrome

Brush: Vie-Long #13051M

Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream

Lather: Mike's Natural Soaps Orange, Cedarwood & Black Pepper

Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara

Additional Care: Alum Block & Barbossa Organic Sandalwood Beard Oil

SOTD 2023 06 14

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Shave of the day 12th June 2023

Razor: Gillette 1958 TV Special

Blade: Shark Super Chrome

Brush: Wilkinson Sword Badger

Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream

Lather: B&M Latha Oceana

Aftershave: Epsilon for Men Scottish Spirit

Additional Care: Alum Block

SOTD 2023 06 12

Another Monday, another Moment of Zen in the bathroom.

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Some thoughts on shaving with a limited palette

Recently I've been enduring a major bathroom renovation. As in tearing the bathrooms down to studs and redoing everything - pipes, wiring, walls, the works. Which was needed - the old waste water pipes were cast iron and almost rusted out - but still left me shaving out of the GoBag for several weeks.

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Shave of the day 2nd June 2023

Razor: Gillette Old Type

Blade: Astra Green

Brush: Vie-Long #12705B

Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream

Lather: Pereira Shavery Baron's Choice

Aftershave: Epsilon for Men Scottish Spirit

Additional Care: Alum Block

A quick Friday shave :)

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Wallace’s Overly Fancy Brush and Brush Warmer.

In 1887, Mr Arthur Henry Wallace of Houghton, Michigan came up with what he described as a new and useful improvement in shaving apparatus. And by shaving apparatus, Wallace clearly meant a doodad to hold and heat a brush.

Wallace's doohickey was compact enough to be carried in a pocket or stowed

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Shave of the day 31st May 2023

Razor: Gillette Old Type

Blade: Astra Green

Brush: Vie-Long #12705B

Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream

Lather: Asylum Shave Works Frankincense & Myrrh

Aftershave: Asylum Shave Works Frankincense & Myrrh

Additional Care: Alum Block

SOTD 2023 05 31

Another enjoyable shave. Life is grand, y'all

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Spring loaded hoe razor

At about the same time as the original Gillette safety razors were offered for sale, Henrie Clauss filed a patent for a spring loaded hoe razor. It was a reasonable straight forward razor, using a single edged Christy-style blade. So let us have a look at what made it stand out from the crowd.

Like so many razor patents, the patent text describes the

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Shave of the noon 26th May 2023

Razor: Gillette Old ca. 1921

Blade: Astra Green

Brush: Vie-Long #13051M

Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream

Lather: Pereira Shavery Orange Blossom w/ activated charcoal

Aftershave: Krampert's Finest Bay Rum

Additional Care: Alum Block

SOTD 2023 05 27

First shave in redone bathroom!

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Memorial weekend free e-book offer

Memorial day is upon us, and while I'm not in the US I do realise that a lot of my readers are.. and Memorial day is both the start of summer and a log weekend. So to help y'all pass the time in the sun, I'm offering free copies of my second book.

From May 26th and until May 30th you can go to A

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Shave of the evening 24th May 2023

Razor: Gillette Old Type "Khaki"

Blade: Treet Platinum

Brush: Omega #50014 Travel

Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream

Lather: BEA Shavestick

Aftershave: Krampert's Finest Bay Rum

Additional Care: Alum Travel Stick & Oak SOS Beard Oil

SOTD 2023 05 24

Still shaving from the GoBag, but the end is in sight!

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New improved Gillette Advertisement

When the New improved Gillette was introduced, Gillette needed a new improved advertisement too. After all, the ads for the Old Type was, well, old.

A new improved Gillette advertisement

While my source for this advertisement don't give date, there are a few points that can give us a lower and upper es

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Gillette Contour advertisment from 1982

Old razor ads can be worth looking into. New ones can be... odd. And ones from back when I grew up can be pretty bland. Recently I found a Gillette Contour ad from when I was still in elementary school. Back then shaving was, for me at least, something grownups did before I even got out of bed.

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Beau Brummell

Beau Brummell was, according to Gillette, the greatest dandy of all time. I'm not sure if that is a good thing or not. A dandy is, after all, a man unduly concerned with looking stylish and fashionable. So that would mean that Beau Brummell was the most foppish1 man ever - and while I enjoy a good shave, I wouldn't say I'm unduly concerned about my looks.

Gillette's 191

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Shave of the day 3rd May 2023

Razor: Gillette Old Type "Khaki"

Blade: Astra Green

Brush: Omega #50014 Travel

Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream

Lather: GzD Shavestick

Aftershave: Krampert's Finest Bay Rum

Additional Care: Alum Travel Stick & Oak SOS Beard Oil

SOTD 2023 05 03

I can almost see just using one razor for life, as lon

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Electrically heated safety razor

As I briefly mentioned in a post a couple of years ago, the idea of a heated razor is old. As old as the idea of self-lubricating razors and self feeding brushes. And a heated safety razor makes about as much sense to me. It may make more sense if you're bathroom is frigid and you don't have endless hot water straight from the tap. And

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Shave of the night 1st May 2023

Razor: Gillette Old Type "Khaki"

Blade: Astra Green

Brush: Omega #50014 Travel

Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream

Lather: BEA Shavestick

Aftershave: Krampert's Finest Bay Rum

Additional Care: Alum Travel Stick & Oak SOS Beard Oil

A late night shave at work, shaving from the GoBag.

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