SOTD - April 2023

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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.

Wow, thanks for the info Ray.