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  1. 06-06-2011, 01:23 PM #1
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    The most elegant razor i've ever seen.
    "If you ever get the pipes in good chune, your troubles have just begun."--Seamus Ennis
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    Ah, that is a real beauty, great work!

    Just curious, when you do a literal translation of "Coupe Chou" in English, it is something like "cut cabbage". Is that the true translation?
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    yes... or "cabbage cutter". A "coupe-chou" is originally an infantery sword in early 1800 :
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    Quote Originally Posted by esspic View Post
    yes... or "cabbage cutter". A "coupe-chou" is originally an infantery sword in early 1800 :
    Interesting! So how does the cabbage reference fit in?
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    it seems that this sword was big and bulky and not usefull in combat, it explain its nickname
    I don't know why it gives its name to straight razors.

    An other explanation :
    in french slang, "chou" means head.

    "coupe-chou" would come from the same origin as cut-throat. It's also one of the nicknames of the guillotine...
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    Quote Originally Posted by esspic View Post
    it seems that this sword was big and bulky and not usefull in combat, it explain its nickname
    I don't know why it gives its name to straight razors.

    An other explanation :
    in french slang, "chou" means head.

    "coupe-chou" would come from the same origin as cut-throat. It's also one of the nicknames of the guillotine...
    Ah, that makes sense now! Thank you
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    Can I please have it? Pretty please with a cherry on top. That is one of the most elegant razors I have seen. Absolutely stunning.
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