Mental Floss brings us a brief history of shaving, including the item that ancient men shaved with shark’s teeth. I wonder if the barbers back then kept a selection. “Would you like the Great White today, sir, or I have a new arrival of Hammerhead I think you’d like.” Mental Floss mentions the fact that [...]

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Here we have a Gillette Super Speed Red Tip from 1957. This poor guy was part of a pair that were not getting any love on the ‘Bay. I took a chance on it, because I love Red Tips and I didn’t see any, oh, ‘structural damage’ as they’d say in Real Estate. This one [...]

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Fatboy! There is no other word that drives traffic to an Ebay razor auction like that one. With good reason. The Gillette adjustable razor known as the Fatboy was one of the best DE shavers ever made. Wet shavers love ‘em. Newbies to wet shaving find this out, then run over to Ebay hoping to [...]

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