04-11-2023, 12:47 PM
(04-10-2023, 12:58 PM)RayR Wrote:Wow, thanks for the info Ray.(04-09-2023, 07:24 PM)CDinVT Wrote: Razors: Kampfe Bros 1880 Prototype ( HR-P1 Head) & 1901 Gem Junior
Bades: Kampfe Bros Wedge & Gem Blue Star
Brush: Vintage Badger
Soap: Vintage Larkin Shave Stick
Post & After: Dickinson's Witch Hazel & Pinaud Clubman
Notes: My first attempt at a wedge shave and honing a wedge blade. I got it sharp but not shave sharp. Finished the shave with my gem 1901. Here is a Link to the shave. ( safe for Tost)
That Larkin Shave Stick must be really old. I don't know when they stopped manufacturing soaps but what was left of the old Larkin Company, which originally started as a soap manufacturing company in 1875 in Buffalo, NY was sold and liquidated in 1942. Larkin was once a big deal in the early 20th Century as a manufacturer and mail-order company. Some of their manufacturing and warehouse buildings, which are pretty huge ( The old Terminal Warehouse building is 10 stories tall) still exist and were eventually converted into corporate office suites and for small business use. I've been there.

