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How Straight Razors Explain What Really Happened
Ever notice how pictures of men from the 19th century show so many with hirsute visages? I think they were just terrible at shaving for some reason and grew their beards to hide their mistakes.
That got me to thinking how simple straight razor accidents have occurred in the past and were used by the shaver to make his reputation.
Here's case in point number one:
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Everybody knows that Al Capone's ephithet was Scarface. But how did he really get his scars? He probably just got distracted while shaving when he was living in Brooklyn. Then he decided that he'd use it as a badge of honor to show how tough he was, how he won that fight, and you-shoulda-seen-the-udda-guy. But everyone in his hometown knew what happened, so he decided to move to Chicago where nobody, including Johnny Torrio, knew how bad he was at straight shaving. :rofl2:
Case in point no. 2:
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Oh sure, right, he cut his ear off for the sake of his art, or to send to his amour, whoever that was. More than likely he was going against the grain with his straight, trying for that BBS feel when...whoops! "What's my ear doing on the floor?" :rofl2: Once the deed was done, though, why not capitalize on it and cement his reputation as an artist? The public relations potential was almost infinite. Too bad they didn't have twitter and the internet back then.
Then there's always the case of a husband showing his wife the new razor he just got in the mail, with untoward results. That's what really happened with Henry VIII and Ann Boleyn:
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All he really wanted to do was help her take some peachfuzz off the back of her neck. "Sorry, hon. Well, after all, I am a newbie."
Maybe fellow SR8 enthusiasts can identify other instances of historic personages who had unfortunate encounters with straight razors. I look forward to the submissions!!!