Thread: George Washington

I wonder what his shave of the day looked like?

It would seem, something like this.

I saw this at Fort Ticonderoga, but have absolutely no idea how they know/reckon this was yer man's razor.



Here's the pivot end rotated and zoomed in. Looks like "MADE FOR [...]" I can't make out the last bit.

This reminds me of a thread on another forum, where the question of what Thomas Jefferson's shave might have been like came up. I wrote, "Maybe one of his slaves shaved him." And the response was, "Let he who is without sin throw the first rotten tomato." So I ended up searching on the Monticello website, wherein it mentioned that Jefferson was indeed shaved by one of his slaves, and that the slave had accompanied him to Paris while Jefferson was Ambassador to France. And while in Paris, the slave was enrolled in the finest barbering school. I don't remember exactly, but I seem to recall him being a relation to Sally Hemings as well.

All this to say that with George Washington, a similar barber-shaving scenario might have been part of the social order of the day.

Maybe something like this...

Or something like this.
Or even this, when he traveled.

Originally Posted by outback

Maybe something like this...

Wow, what a grouping. Thanks

Hell yeah! 21 samolians will get some Canadian whisky!

Geo Washington and Clubman. Man you shouldn't insult him like that.

Har har.

That's the old Clubman. Better than the new Clubman!