Hi, I was wanting some general ideas for any shaving products at all that were released for the first time during, originated in, or created in what I consider to be the golden age of mens grooming and style - the 1930's. And as an aside, I also think the 1920's to be the silver age. Any help compiling a list of products from at least the 1930's would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
For the 1930's, I can think of two right off the bat: Mennen Skin-Bracer-1931 Gabels(various aftershaves)-1932
Schick type E injector razor with bakelite handle. Not the first Schick and not the first injector but the handle was new and the E type is considered by many to be one of Schick’s finest.
I'd like to find out the origin of Colgate Regular Shave Cream-I recall commercials from baseball announcers of that era about Colgate.
The Cooper Monobilt (1932), and G.E. Jones Shake Sharp (1938) are 'Golden Age' razors. I think the Ronson razor is from the same time period. The Rolls Razor and Darwin standard and De Luxe are also from the same time period, though the Darwin's were introduced later. The Rolls razor was a 1920's introduction, but improved through the 30's and 40's. 1980 actually. The recipe is older, but the shaving soap was first introduced around 1980.
A coffee table book could be written on the HUNDREDS of worldwide double and single edge blade companies just from the 1930s alone. With the wonderful, colorful designs and artwork on almost all of their wrappers, I would buy that book.
Maybe these might help? http://www.shaveworld.org/shave_index_main.php A Safety Razor Compendium by Robert Waits “Made in U.S.A.” RAZOR BLADES By Dale Justus & Friends There is also a link to A Safety Razor Compendium as a printed book on Lulu: https://www.lulu.com/shop/robert-k-...rback/product-1e8nekg5.html?page=1&pageSize=4
Will this book do? https://www.amazon.com/dp/0962098736/?tag=thshde-20 https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/title/collector's-guide-to-american-razor-blades/ There are many people who collect various types of shaving paraphernalia. It looks like this activity was going on long before the traditional wetshaving revival began. This article mentions razor blade wrapper collecting starting in the mid 1950s. It also mentions that the "number of razor collectors has mushroomed in the last five years", and the article was written in 1996. https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/a-cutthroat-business-5617357.html And slso: http://collecting.asfanet.co.il/story.asp
