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To: longfellow; papertyger

Every so often the “I’m going to shave with a vintage straight razor” notion becomes popular again.

Just letting you know that you risk finding out why mankind invented what’s now known as the ‘safety razor’. I recommend that you have dry hands and wear clothes when using one as seen by straight razor users in old movies; the greatest danger comes when they’re dropped.

There’s a reason the safety razor took the world by storm and how the ancient dirty joke with the “got any more of them hairy pickles?” punch line came to be. Just saying.


35 posted on 10/30/2013 9:05:03 AM PDT by The KG9 Kid
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To: The KG9 Kid
There’s a reason the safety razor took the world by storm...

There's also a reason straights keep coming back, too. And it ain't nostalgia or cosplay, either.

59 posted on 10/30/2013 9:39:27 AM PDT by papertyger ("refusing to draw an inescapable conclusion does not qualify as a 'difference of opinion.'")
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