• Razor: Schick Type A
• Blade: Schick Injector
• Brush: Omega #10048
• Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
• Lather: Proraso Menthol & Eucalyptus
• Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
• Additional Care: Alum Block

Another fine Friday shave

It is a fun and interesting razor :)

• Razor: Schick Type A
• Blade: Schick Injector
• Brush: Artesania Romera Manchurian Badger, imitation horn
• Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
• Lather: Pereira Shavery Orange Blossom w/ activated charcoal
• Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
• Additional Care: Alum Block

New week, and a wonderful new shave with a vintage razor that is both fun and interesting.

Yeah, BullGoose. Although Phil never pushed his store terrible hard at the 'Nook, and often offered pretty good deals.

• Razor: Mergress “Bling”
• Blade: Lord Classic
• Brush: Semogue TSN LE 2012
• Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
• Lather: Brutalt Bra TSN LE / Norwegian Wood
• Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
• Additional Care: Alum Block

Another week, another shave. Both the brush and the lather are Limited Edition items made for the sadly defunct Shave Nook forum, and the Mergress was a gift from Phil who ran the Nook.

• Razor: Gillette 1958 TV Special
• Blade: Lord Classic
• Brush: Vie-Long #12705B
• Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
• Lather: Mike’s Natural Soaps Pine & Cedarwood
• Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
• Additional Care: Alum Block

Another week, another great shave with a vintage razor.

It’s not my fault y’all spell it all wrong :P

Yes, zinc in English. Thanks for telling me :)

• Razor: Parker 22R
• Blade: Lord Classic
• Brush: Vie-Long #13051M
• Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
• Lather: Pereira Oud
• Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
• Additional Care: Alum Block

A shave and a warm shower is just the thing after shovelling snow for two hours…

• Razor: Gillette Old Type
• Blade: Lord Classic
• Brush: Semogue TSN LE 2012
• Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
• Lather: Asylum Shave Works Flying Mango
• Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
• Additional Care: Alum Block

A wee Wednesday shave on a cold and snowy morning.

Combined shaving gear and science experiment :P ?

Last time I dry shaved - apart from the occasional ‘oops, missed two beard hairs’ cleanup- was in, uhm, 1999. Can’t say I miss it, it was not a great way to shave :P

• Razor: Gillette Airline Tech
• Blade: Lord Classic
• Brush: Wilkinson Sword Badger
• Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
• Lather: GzD Shavestick
• Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
• Additional Care: Alum Block

Another fine Friday shave. The Airline Tech has made a very good impression on me this first week.

Favourite soaps? Uhm… all of them?

I’ve have quite a few soaps in my rotation. Mike’s Natural is still my yardstick to measure other soaps against. Arko still gives a great shave. Cold River Soap Work makes great lather. Asylum Shave Works’ soaps do the same. Derby and GzD is better than their reputation, and LEA/BEA is good for the GoBag. Periera gives me a good shave, even if I know some people don’t like them. WSP is good.

I think the only soaps I havn’t been happy with was Mamma Bear (now long gone) and a tub of Wilkinson Sword I picked up on clearance.

Høvel is indeed the word for a wood plane - as well as a razor, and a cheese slicer. WE make some words do a lot of heavy lifting in Norway :P

Now that I’m not sick, I’ll see if I can’t learn more about this contraption.

Found it at Digitalmuseum.no - an online, digital collection of the archives of most Norwegian museums.

The item is at the Norwegian Museum of Technology, and they are the ones who identify it as a razor.

https://digitaltmuseum.no/011024248987/barberhovel

https://digitaltmuseum.no/011024254275/barbermaskin

So I was poking around on the ‘net, as one does.

And I found this:

All I know is that it’s marked “Mrk. W.Krags patent, Augsburg”, likely is from somewhen between 1880 and 1900, and probably is German.

Anyone have any pointers?

• Razor: Merkur 39C Slant
• Blade: Lord Classic
• Brush: Artesania Romera Manchurian Badger, imitation horn
• Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
• Lather: Crabtree & Evelyn Sandalwood
• Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
• Additional Care: Alum Block

End of the week and start of the month. And the holidays are just around the corner too…

• Razor: Merkur 39C Slant
• Blade: Lord Classic
• Brush: Vie-Long #12705B
• Lather: Pereira Shavery Orange Blossom w/ activated charcoal
• Aftershave: Myrsol Aqua De Limón
• Additional Care: Alum Block

An orange and lemon shave on a cold and dark morning.

Yeah, I’m so glad they pointed that out in the standard :)

• Razor: Merkur 39C Slant
• Blade: Lord Classic
• Brush: Vie-Long #14033
• Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
• Lather: Taylor of Old Bond Street Peppermint
• Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
• Additional Care: Alum Block

A pepperminty Monday shave. What is not to like?