Thread: What if it were 1860?

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

If I was forced to hone it, I'd call up Lynn (who would also be in 1860) and see if he'd let me borrow his Shaptons.

Yeah. Only problem, You would have to wait at least 16 years before the first phone would be available

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.

Originally Posted by nightbreed

Yeah. Only problem, You would have to wait at least 16 years before the first phone would be available

I was using "call" as in "pull up to his abode in a horsedrawn carriage"

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.