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SOTD Saturday

Hot shower prep
Razor: Wilkinson Royal
Blades: Wilkinson proprietary hollow ground ~10mm x 30mm
Soap: Cella
Brush: generic badger
Splash: inexpensive aftershave in old bottle
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Thank you for the photos and the realizations they bring!
~Richard

SOTD September 14th

Hot shower prep
Razor: Griffon XX ~!890
Soap: Arco (face lathered)
Mug: none
Brush: Barbershop boar
Aftershock:none
Splash: NOS Tabac ( Oriental Jade )

SOTD September 13th

Hot shower prep
Razor: GEM ~ 1900
Soap: New formula Proraso
Mug: Soup Cup
Brush: ~1900 re-knotted STAY-FAST boar
Aftershock:Alum block

Tried the New Proraso and like...

Tuesday

Hot shower prep
Razor: EverReady `1900
Soap: glycerin+ Bay rum
Mug: ~ 1900
Brush: Barbershop boar bristle
Splash: bay rum

Still carrying on with assorted "Safety" razors! This...

That doowoppy is a sheath for storing the hollow ground blades. Razor blades as such began about the same time and began to become popular about the turn of the century. Most of the Lather Catchers...

MONDAY
Hot shower prep
Razor: WOTAN by Henckles
Blade: Kampfe hollow ground
Soap: C.O.Bigelow Original
Mug: Favored soup cup
Brush: generic mixed badger 24mm
Splash: none
A good quick shave...

You have a worthy Grandad! The Electric, I have been told, is a brand logo that became, or was bought out, by PUMA.
Thanks for the save!

Yes, and there were a lot of new-fangled developments from about the 1880's onward. They first of them were variations of a straight on a stick. Kampf and others like Henckles "WOTAN" and many...

Please continue the photographic journey, as and when you are able to! I appreciate learning new things and becoming aware of different places!
~Richard

SOTD September 9th 2012

Hot shower prep
Razor: Kampf ~1890's
Soap: VDH
Mug: Truck stop coffee mug
Brush: Horsehair
Aftershock: alum block
Splash: Royall "Vetiver"