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Shaving made easy [book]

  • 09-07-2010 11:40pm
    #1
    IrishKnight
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 922 ✭✭✭


    Think this is my first post in this forum, despite all my readings of it.

    Came across this little gem from 1905, Shaving made easy; What the Man Who Shaves Ought to Know. Nice little book, gives a glimpse into the past. Well worth a look IMO, even if for nostalgia purposes...


    http://www.archive.org/stream/shavingmadeeasyw0020th#page/n3/mode/2up


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  • #2
    Panda Moanium
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 228 ✭✭Panda Moanium


    Thanks for that, always fascinating to get an insight into times past. From an era when cut-throat razors reigned supreme I wonder how many of us have ever tried to shave with one. I certainly haven't and not sure I would want to try. The author didn't seem to have much time for those new fangled safety razors though!


  • #3
    IrishKnight
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 922 ✭✭✭IrishKnight


    I cheat and shave with a straight edge with a disposable blade. I plan once I get a bit more money to splash out and buy the real thing, razor, hone and strop...


  • #4
    MediaTank
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,059 ✭✭✭MediaTank


    IrishKnight wrote: »
    Think this is my first post in this forum, despite all my readings of it.

    Came across this little gem from 1905, Shaving made easy; What the Man Who Shaves Ought to Know. Nice little book, gives a glimpse into the past. Well worth a look IMO, even if for nostalgia purposes...


    http://www.archive.org/stream/shavingmadeeasyw0020th#page/n3/mode/2up

    I believe this was posted before in the Safety Razor thread. Good to see it again though.


  • #5
    Michael G
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 797 ✭✭✭Michael G


    Panda Moanium wrote: »
    From an era when cut-throat razors reigned supreme I wonder how many of us have ever tried to shave with one. I certainly haven't and not sure I would want to try.
    I have one and use it from time to time, though most of the time I shave with a DE. Using the straight razor is quite an experience. The smoothness of the shave is not like anything else. In my forthcoming retirement (three months away :D), when I have time in the mornings, I hope to explore it further.


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