Thread: What if it were 1860?

Originally Posted by greatgoogamooga

How would you hone your razor?

If it were 1860 I wouldn't be born yet. But ignoring that, I'd grow a beard and not own a razor. But if I was forced to shave I'd probably be stuck with a big chunk of metal. And I'd buy it new. 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. I could maintain an edge with an old hone from back in the day, but I would not want to try to hone a dull wedge with one

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

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.