Yeah. Only problem, You would have to wait at least 16 years before the first phone would be available :)
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Being from the southwest, when I think of 1860 I think of mountain men and farmers. Many of whom depended on a sharp knife to live. You gotta be able to "skin grizz." (sorry I had to incorporate Jeremiah Johnson somewhere). But I am assuming that since knives were probably more integral to everyday life than they are today most people had at least a passing knowledge of how to obtain a keen edge. I am also assuming it would not be out of the ordinary to find a hard Arkansas stone or some other local hone in most homes. I know it doesn't create "shave readiness" as we define it today, but you could shave off of it.
Just my thoughts.
I saw once a documentary on the german Wehrmacht on route to the front. It was a movie done by a soldier with his amateur camera. While the train halted somewhere, I saw a german soldier whetting his straight razor on the rail. He was clearly using the oxide of the rail to whet his razor.