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SOTD SUNDAY, JULY 19, 2020
Today, I’d like to dedicate my shave to three people. Most importantly, to our own supremely talented Tom White (
@twhite), who made the shave possible by restoring a badly damaged Schick Type F I sent him. And secondarily to Captains Robert McKeever and Oscar Greene, USMC. The razor, a college graduation gift, belonged to then Second Lieutenant McKeever who took it off to the war in the Pacific against the Japanese. Both he and my father were discharged as Captains, my father after the surrender, and Captain McKeever during the battle for Okinawa where he was severely wounded. His life was saved from grenade shrapnel by his mess kit which contained this razor and other toiletries. He died from his wounds 17 yrs after discharge in 1958. To the end of his days he kept both the mess kit and this razor.
His daughter is married to my neighbor, and this last November, I helped the two of them clean out the remainder of Captain McKeeverks possessions from the attic above their garage. In doing that we came across the mess kit and this razor. Knowing I’m a shave nerd, they asked me if I wanted it even though, as Chloe, his daughter said, it’s damaged beyond repair, which is apparently what the Schick company informed her father when he sought to have it fixed. This is what the razor looked like when I received it. One can see that both the baseplate and the brass razor retention spring were damaged. See below:
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Tom, graciously agreed to take a look at it. So off it went. He asked for permission to disassemble it which I readily agreed to. The restored Type F that Tom Returned to me shaves like a dream. The restored razor delivered an effortless VBBS in three passes (WTG,XTG, ATG). See below:
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As the former owner of collector cars, I can talk about patina till I'm blue in the face. Whatever that is; this razor has it. I cherish every nick and scratch for what it represents, my very small piece of WW2 history. I’ll happily shave with this razor, which by the way is an excellent whisker reduction tool, to the end of my days. I feel refreshed, very cool, quite clean and oh so velveteen.
RAZOR: Restored Schick Type F Injector
BLADE: Schick B-20 Proline
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Rabid Banana Preshave
BRUSH: Viking Silvertip Badger
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat w/ 6 drops of M-Bomb
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Humphreys Lilac WH and Osage Rub. Finished with Fine Accoutrements Snake Bite AS Splash.
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