Wet Shaving with a Vintage 1930's Tark Electric Safety Razor
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ก.ย. 2024
- Once I found about about the existence of this particular piece of shaving history, I knew that I had to try it out. It's one of the first electric razors and the only electric wet shave safety razor that I'm aware of. I was a bit nervous going into this shave due to the age and the danger of electricity around water, especially with old technology like this, but I decided to minimize the danger and press on. Join me on a trip back to Depression Era America and watch me try out a very unique razor.
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The Tark Electric Razor: ebay.to/2VOlK3o
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I know a life insurance guy if you keep doing vids like these
7:52 was perfect 1930s voice 👌 👌
The smell is from the Bakelite being heated by your hand. Now you are getting the full vintage aesthetic!
Doc Brown should have used one of these in Back to the Future!
Thirty-two minutes of pure entertainment! Thank you, sir!
Its 2019 and Gillette has returned to the vibrating blade gimmick.
"What's that? The kids are starving? Honey, you *know* I have to get the Tark Electric Safety Razor to impress the guys at the office."
Exactly! Those men in that bread line are blocking my entering the apothecary shop to purchase my new Tark electrified razor!
I so agree with you on the aesthetically pleasing designs of the early 1900's. Today's products most of the time look very, very dull and the "sterile" designs just scream "No imagination put into this product!!!"
Given the number of blades in the package, I suspect the man who spent his hard-earned $ in 1935 tried it once like you did, threw it in the drawer and went back to his non-electric Gillette. Talk about buyer's remorse!
That’s a great point! Some old rich guy who likes gadgets and found this one lacking. It would be fascinating to know who he was. Maybe it was a Christmas gift?
"I am careful not to touch the metal with my fingers and make a circuit..." Goes on to put it on the face. :D
I know, I know...😆
I sold Grit in the 70s! You're the first person I've ever heard mention it, that's wild!
You’re the first person I’ve ever heard that actually sold it! Did you earn all of those cool prizes? Also, what the heck WAS Grit?!
@@SinatraLennon Ha! That's too funny. Grit was a small newspaper with feel good stories, current events, etc. I signed up for 20 papers per month and I'd walk around the neighborhood and sell them for 25 cents. You'd pay for the papers up front and the rest was yours to keep. My biggest prize was the Grit paper boy bag
"You're not here to watch me wash my Tark" 😂 that's why we love you Sinatra
Ha!
Best video yet! Loved that you found the Advertisement and read it for us. I may just have to watch this one again!
Those old ads are great.
That razor would never have made it to market today, and today we have GFCI outlets, which didn't exist back then. Wonder how many men were electrocuted, or seriously shocked, using one of these. The natural inclination would be to rinse the head under a running tap, or in a filled sink/bowl. One slip or careless splash, and you'd have 110v pulsing right through you.
You kiss your wife, and tell her, 'honey, I'm going to go temp fate today and shave'.
Awesome video! Your channel got me into using safety razors. Keep up the great work!
That's very cool! I hope that you like using safety razors as much as I do. It's something that is so simple yet so enjoyable.
Looks like a GEM single edge razor. Those are really good at getting a close shave.
Awesome video! I never knew there was another NRA at some point in history. When I saw the three letters and a logo that looked like an eagle clutching something I thought that the gun-toting club gave its stamp of approval to this implement. Electricity does not kill people, people do!
Interesting, right?!
National Recovery Act. Created a plethora of jobs. What a fascinating concept razor. You were thinking right when you wiped it off with a rag versus rinsing the head with water. One of your best videos ever!!!
When you said "No more face!" I almost died laughing xD
"Not willing to risk my life for a better shave...Tark Electric Razors."
Interesting historical artifact. Nevertheless, Thank God for the fast forward on my keyboard!
Very interesting razor. Congratulations on 6k subs, u deserve more.
Thanks!
NRA!! One of my sport coats from the 1930s holds the NRA label and it’s one of my most prized pieces! Cool razor indeed!
That scent is the wonderful fragrance of electricity!! You know the early heated bathtubs were electric.
Wonderful video👏👏👏 love your channel, it's very relaxing and silly, thank you
In Brazil and some other places they still use little electric heaters for their showers!
Hi! One of your best and funniest shave videos ever! I‘m watching your videos for a long time now and especially love your Barbasol ones and your „anti-snobistic simple man mindset“. Looking forward to you next videos. Greetings from Germany, Dan.
Thanks, Dan! Yeah, I really am just a simple guy that likes to shave with these sorts of razors, etc. The great thing is, there are other TH-cam shavers that are much more knowledgeable and have way more stuff than I do in their shave den. So, there’s some good choices out there. Me? I’ll keep it simple. Thanks again for watching.
I think shock-proof would refer to impact shock not electrical shock, you're a brave man.
261 fifth avenue is an office building, that is mostly empty, but still looking for tenants.
Dude,
I’m a semi ashamed cart user (of the massive sellout kind), and and happy to say that find your videos to be totally appointment viewing, good sir! Exceptional job!
Give a safety razor a try. You might like it! Until that time, keep shaving just the way that you like to shave. Thanks for watching!
Been awhile Mr Sinatra the non- Frank type LOL since I watched one of your videos but you're always entertaining and funny and I find myself coming back for more take care
Wow!!! Your a braver man than I am.. I probably would have dropped it as soon as I plugged it in and ran fearing an explosion.. way to take one for the team..
What a classy razor,, beautiful
A classy old gentleman.
I would be very scared to use that electric safety razor with the cloth cord. A specially around water.
That’s why I took extra precautions to avoid water as much as I could!
Really got cojones to use that razor, I was shivering vicariously for ya.
I also have to condone that 30s voice, it's too much fun to do for some reason.
Further to your point about time travel, I get that feeling too (as I'm sure many others).
I think it's a mixture of disdain for the oversaturated now and a rose-tinted curiosity about the past.
Wow, all the drawbacks of a safety razor AND the trouble of proprietary blades AND the ever-present risk of electrocution... no wonder the company went out of business as soon as the US government stopped subsidizing them.
That was a fun video. 👍 interesting razor and that it worked, with that old cord. Wow
It was the cloth cord getting wet that worried me, but I kept ‘er dry!
SinatraLennon yeah, good idea.
Bakelite invented in 1907. At the time is was so 'modern' that Daimler Benz used it on their Mercedes cars, not least as a base for the badge that went on top of the radiator grill.
wow what a piece of history
Man I don’t know whether you brave or crazy but you are definitely entertaining. Keep it up!
Not even a gfci outlet. Dude's daredevil in the world of shaving
this is cool; wonder if it gave you any benefit
so the cloth cords aren't insulated with plastic or something inside?
really cool
I haven't shaved for 7 months . But I still watch your videos. Why? That I do not know. maybe because you're a fun guy😊🇫🇮
Hey, thanks! Your shaving vicariously through my videos.
Nice find. Better your face than mine. The next great shaving innovation 15 blades with soothing strips to stop the bleeding and fill in the gashes.
My husband's grandfather was Saul Shaler and he sold millions of them.
I just saw his comment in another video. Very, very cool! I love that an actual relative of this fine inventor found my video. It’s really an impressive invention. Thanks for the comment!
Now you know where Gillette and Schick/Wilkinson Sword got the idea for the power cartridge razors
There’s nothing new under the sun!
261 Fifth Ave is currently being renovated so there isnt anyone in the building but yes, the building is still there, right next door to a starbucks lol
You must try the new Gilette Skinguard Razor Sensitive.
Wow what a unique find! Thanks for risking life and limb for our entertainment 😊
I just started watching a Transplanted German TH-camr. He's in the US. His channel is Heiko Shaves. He likes vintage razors. He'd get a kick out of this.
Great video. You take shaving to a whole new level.....👍🏼
Holy Shit, Charles Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy could have used this type of Razor.
U posted video so I knew u didn't die haha! Great video and info.. Have a good weekend bud!
You’re right! I’m alive and well.
This was fascinating and hilarious at the same time! I seem to remember Gillette made a version of the Fusion with a little motor that made it vibrate like this? And I'd be curious to see someone rework the Tark concept to use batteries and a more standard type of blades such as GEM or Injector.
Im diggin the old 30’s music 🎵 very sharp
I’ll stick with my Parker 99r. It shaves great. A great safety razor for the price.
I live in Long Island City. So close to Tark! Cheers dude.
Such an interesting find! What's your favorite safety razor so far?
I have three: The Rockwell, the 1960 Fatboy and the Parker 99R
Sweet could be an oil. It’s like the mach 3 from Gelette that vivrates and it does surprisingly help with beards or thicker hair.
There's no need to worry about anyting most circuits nowadays in a bathroom use a GFCI I know this because I've wired in thousands of them secondly looking up the patent I noticed that the actual blade itself moves side to side which then it brushes across the comb portion kind of like a modern day hair clipper so I believe the water is necessary in order to keep it lubricated just my two cents it looks really neat though
7:50 That was so accurate omg.
Sounds like Alastor!
0:36
There is another challenge in November.
Bakelite was developed by Leo Baekeland, a Belgian-American chemist operating in Yonkers, New York, in 1907.
Seems like a VERY early attempt at what Gillette is now doing with its multi-blade cartridge razors like the Mach 3 and Fusion.
Thanks for the insight! Yeah, pretty forward thinking for the times.
LMAO an 80 yr old shaver works better than your Bigfoot shave from New Years.. LOL Nice!
The illegitimate child of a vibrator and a DE razor. You're braver than I am; I would be very leery to use a 90-year-old electrical device around water. After so many decades the insulation probably isn't in the best of shape and consumer safety wasn't exactly a priority in those days to begin with.
I think the caramel scent was heat and plastic/metal :D thank God it didn't catch fire.
You should try the norelco vintage sportsman electric razor I think it’s called I could be wrong but it’s a battey powered wired travel razor that ones in a little leather case with a dual head, it’s super loud tho but could be a cool video and their only about 20 30 dollars on ebay
Your announcer voice sounds like Troy McClure from the Simpsons lol. Keep up the great work.
That electric razor looks a lot like an old GEM razor with a fat handle.
Frankenstein's daily driver.....
Fire bad! Electricity good!
Please get a GFCI outlet please. Be that close to water, 6 feet from water
Great job if I were you I would be scared using that razor and your 1930s voice sounded more like Tom Tucker from family guy
This episode is scary and exciting. Makes me wonder what razor Evil Knievel used.
He used a butchers knife.
Elvis on black velvet. Love it.
Should have used your vintage Barbasol razor in keeping with the 1930s look.
Love the Velvet Elvis!
Me too.
I had a Gillette razor with a battery that worked the same way, I rather liked it, it did *seem* to do a good job, but I'm curious if it was any better. You gotta condition an old blade like that, strop at least, maybe even put it on a stone and it should last ages
Have no fear, you “should” have a gfci receptacle in your bathroom. It’ll trip before you do any real damage.
I just saw your outlet. You should replace that with a GFCI!
You Sir, Are A Crazy Man!!! (I hope you have life insurance)
I fear no razor! (Well, maybe a little)
First tym hearing bout electric safety razors.
Is the hat you’re wearing an Akubra Federation IV?
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Shocking!! I'm rally amped!! All seriousness aside Great video!
Dad puns! Great. 😆
It sounded a lot like a tatto gun. I guess the same type of electric motor would power one of those too. Btw if you get bored search here on TH-cam on “How to speak in an mid Atlantic dialect”. It teaches you how to imitate the movie and radio stars of the 30’s. 😃
have you tried the cvs pharmacy goodline de safety razor yet it looks like the budget Viking blade razor it looks like a rebrand it is for a budget razer has a great build and it shaves well and comes with 5 German ss blades that shave nice great video
Since you like Barbasol shave cream, you really need to use the Pacific Rush shave cream! The menthol in there is amazing!
Plus it has caffeine as well.
He did a few videos back. Check out his channel. He's the best!
@@kadenchristensen7 will do!
He looks good with the hat👌
You are so satisfying to watch
Thank you!
Great video!
Thanks!
Lindbergh interviewer voice:😂
Steve1989 would be proud!
Hey sinatra, get yourself a rolls razor and do a video on it!
Wow, 32 min video??? I’m gonna have to watch this at work!! 😂
Longer than I had expected! There was a lot of pre-shave info about the razor, etc. Hope you like it!
SinatraLennon I like it, nice presentation! Congrats on the 6k subs, when is the giveaway? I am still waiting on your response to my offer on the older gillette 😄
That old Gillette is yours! Just email me at sinatralennon@gmail.com
You are the best great vid as always godbless you always happy new year Carl in london
Thanks Carl!
Watched with my hands partly covering my eyes lol.
I'm sticking to me modern de....interesting thing though.
I laughed when you mentioned Grit. What in the heck was it anyway? I never saw a copy anywhere.
Another commenter just said that he actually sold Grit back in the 70’s. I asked him the same question. What was it?!
Interesting find.
It’s a forgotten...well, I hate to say gem, but it’s a forgotten something!
the grip looks good, slightly broader than mine
😝 be careful bro don’t get electrocuted awesome to see you today
Good to be seen, and un-electrocuted!
I like the hat in the screenshot!
That’s my Akubra Indiana Jones style 1940’s hat!
@@SinatraLennon I thought it was an Akubra! Looked like the Fed IV.
John DeLye you got it exactly right!
Still waiting for the toy shaving kit shave.
Much safer!
No ground in that cord so you are the ground electricity will pass right threw you. Good video I missed this one somehow
I hate to be an old stick in the mud, but I saw that the ac outlet wasn’t a GFCI. Is that outlet connected to a GFCI breaker instead? We want you to be around for a long time 😀
You know, I’m not 100% sure. Most of the other ones in the house are GFCI. Thanks for your concern!
I was so scared for you just watching this thing go! 🪒