Thread: Help With Middle Eastern Language Razor Inscription Please

I can verify that it writes al-jamal

Edit: its not calligraphy but a very clear readable font

Originally Posted by AirColorado

Great questiont! What DOES the record show as to where, when, and how that first shave happened? I have read conjecture about burning beards as well as chipped stone being used but I'd love to find a link to some solid history on shaving through to the first known straight razor - all after the SR is just marketing I suspect.

Wikipedia says that, at first the beard was plucked, then about the bronze age razors were introduced in Egypt.

Do we have a section in our wiki for the history of razors?

Is there a connection between the shell and modern straight razors? Razor shells must figure somewhere into the history. Then again, maybe not.

Oh, and that is the razor OF ALLAH. Lucky bastard.

It says "Death to Whitey," oh wait that's the Nation of Islam straight razor.

Cheers
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