Last week I had the pleasure of listening to a very special guy talk about a hobby he enjoys... My Dad!
He has collected razors and shaving tools for many years...
Some items have special histories
and many of them were given to him by friends from all over.
Some of his artifacts cover all the mysteries of grooming!
He demonstrated the idiosyncrasies of the straight razor - safety first!
Discussed how the razors were sharpened
and told how the Gillette Company wanted to increase sales by switching to a new kind of razor with a replaceable blade... why sell one straight razor when you can sell blades over and over again!
So many styles of shaver were born once the blades were invented...
...and new ways to sharpen the blades for the frugal!
a plethora of honing devices!
(And did I mention my Mom dressed him and added the fake mustache to complete the ensemble? He's a good sport my Dad - ever ready to play along with the theme dressing!)
Know those fancy vibrating Fusion Razors that are all the rage? Here's an old school one that plugged in. Some where in the display is a wind-up one that is even older! Every thing old is new again...
Every Christmas we bought Dad a new bottle of Mennen aftershave - each year a new design some were pretty cool!
And here is a photo of a real live barber shop belonging to a cousin from Southern Ohio.
Hope you enjoyed our little tour through shaving history! Wish you could have heard it first hand!
1 comment:
Way to go Dad, to bad I had to work!! Deb
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