First SE shave in the books
My Occam’s arrived today, along with some Feather Pro Guard blades. Popped a blade in and took a shower. I had almost 3 days of growth. I did a 2 pass shave, with and across the grain. I’ve never been...
View ArticleRolls Razor
I recently won an ebay auction that included a Rolls Razor......When it arrived i noticed it was engraved "DEMONSTRATION MODEL NOT FOR SALE". I have never seen this marking before. Has anyone else?
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What happened to the Rocnel SE50N?
Does anyone know what happened to the Rocnel SE50N? It still shows on the Rocnel site, but I can’t find any reviews and the info is dated.
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HELP me id this se razor with maze handle
don't know what this is. it bevels to the center at the handle. uses a flat machine part to replace the usual round screw. flat piece is threaded on sides if this helps. quality but who makes it...
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The safety razors of James J Fetzer
King Gillette did not invent his safety razor in a vacuum. Around the turn of the last century, there were a race to invent and patent the ideal safety razor. This should be inexpensive to produce,...
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The Man With the Hoe – Shaving
As I’ve mentioned before Gillette wasn’t the only one trying to invent and patent a perfected safety razor around the turn of the last century. One of the main competitors was Russ Jackson Christy and...
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Yaqi Katana: Single Edge Cobbled Slim (SCHaDE)
This is the new Yaqi Katana. I've seen at the Yaqi Shaving retailer in Australia. It's the Slim version of the Single Edge Half DE blade (SHaDE) with the Cobbled geometry. I really like the new head,...
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The Kampfe-Star razor - patent and abbreviated history
One of the earliest recognisable safety razors – as the term is commonly understood today – was Frederick and Otto F. Kampfe’s 1880 patent. There is some indications that the first razors were made as...
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Old Patent: John Monks’ shaving apparatus
Before the safety razor as we recognise it today was invented, there was a rich history of “almost-safety-razors” that were invented, patented and sold. One of the more interesting ideas was patented...
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Jeremiah Reichard’s 1906 Lather Catcher
Early GEM razors are often called lather catchers. This was because, like the Kampfe Bros’ Star we looked at last week, the head could hold a lot of lather while shaving. American Safety Razor Corp...
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Christy’s new wrinkle free razor
I’ve mentioned the Christy razor in the past, as well as other razors that built on the same idea or used Christy blades. As mentioned, the blades at least were for sale until the early thirties. What...
View ArticleI would like to try...
It was long time when I was here last time... I would like to try SE (friend let me borrow: General V1, V2, Blackland Vector, O'clone Schick, Schick(?) and I started enjoy it. I bought Schick (sorry...
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CURBO razors and/or advertisers
C–Unsinger-Razor-Blade-O… you may think that awkward backronyms is a new thing, but the Unzinger Razor Blade Co came up with the brand name CURBO in 1914. Selling razor-blades, safety razors, parts...
View ArticleSchick adjustable
Happy Friday, Is again me... How I adjust Schick razor with the will. I don’t see any difference and it feels this same? Robocop Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Guy Osborn’s Shrp-Shavr patent
The first part of the last century must been rough – so rough that the Shrp-Shvr Razor Company had to save on vowels in their name… And the razor they manufactured looks quite inexpensive too. It could...
View ArticlePal Razor commercials
I suspect a lot of modern shavers have never even heard of the Pal Injector razors, so finding =mediatype%3A%22movies%22]a stack of commercials from the 1960s over on archive.org was a Good Find™. The...
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Wabbit: TNNIBR 3D Printed by Tom White
Thanks to Tom White, I've two TNNIBR. Acronym for Tom's No Name Injector Blade Razor. Actually, It's called Wabbit. V2 and V3, in black PLA 3D printed. Similar, but different heads. V2 has a less...
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A 1940 Gem Clog-Pruf advertisement
From Los Angeles Times May 29, 1940, I bring you a nice advertisement for the then new Glog-Pruf. Designed, they claim, for use with brushless cream – although in my experience it works with lather...
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