Thread: Prices of early 1800s razors when made

Originally Posted by WW243

Was it the East India Company that had that "rum, sodomy and the lash" thing going for it? No, that was the English Navy I think......looking at those prices and wages, no way I could have gotten an IPhone being a ship's boy who took dancing lessons.

Would have been a shame, Bill. A downright shame. On the brighter side, the sodomy and lashes were likely free!
Then again, the dancing lessons may have paid off. One could dance for his rum!