In honor of the World Series, WSB presents a classic old Super Speed ad. This is the one I think of when I see the male models complaining about ‘tugging and pulling’ in the current Gillette spots. Pee Wee Reese and Roy Campanella show us how real men used to do it. In today’s collectors’ [...]

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If you live in an older building, you might have one of the best living-space designs ever conceived in your medicine cabinet. Wet shavers have a dilemma not really faced by cartridge or electric users: how to safely get rid of those used blades? Back in the day, companies would offer blade banks as promo [...]

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The newest Schick entry into the shaving market is a five-bladed device that features, rather than the hydrating ‘strip’ that’s been around for more than a decade, a ‘reservoir’ that contains aloe vera, vitamin E… you know, stuff to make your skin feel better. I priced a pack of four replacement cartridges at Walgreen’s at [...]

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