Jean Jacques Perret was born in Beziers France in 1730, son of a cutler, he started learning the trade at the tender age of 12.

Mr Perret wrote a few books, his first is "La Pogonotomie, ou L'art d'apprende a se raser soi- meme" ( The art of shaving one-self). I translated 2 chapters one on stropping and one on shaving.
Please note that the word "Pogonotomie" was created by Mr Perret from the greek work pogos meaning Beard and temno meaning cutting.


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