Thread: Japanese razor or pencil sharpener - help!

Originally Posted by JimR

...and the Sinse mentum stuff looks like it's written in English. Interesting find...where'd you get it?

Store which selling some vintage military stuff. I bought it because of a razor. They claimed that this WWII Japanese China Front Comfort Bag Content, something like 1937-1945 (I think this is total BS) I would never believe that local forces would have something written on their stuff in enemy’s language... I might guess that this from mid 50'es or something. Honestly, I would rather send it to someone who appreciate this stuff more than I am.


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Cleanser medicine looks like Potassium permanganate I used to play with it when I was a kid.

Originally Posted by AirColorado

VeeDub that's one loaded question!

I was worried it might be when I asked it, but I asked with good intention.

As I said, I was probably just demonstrating my ignorance. My mother is half irish, my ex-wife was half Scott/half welsh, and my girlfriend these days is a mix of lot's of pale skinned western european bloodlines.

At my day job, I see a lot of women from that part of the world (although I see more Vietnamese than Japanese) and I can't think of a single time I've seen one with the slightest facial hair outside of eyebrows and eyelashes. It must be a very strong point of grooming in many east asian cultures. I just find that interesting, just as I find the French or Greek acceptance of body and facial hair to be interesting.

The Sinse Metum appears to be something similar to an old ointment called Zam Buk .. My gran always had it in here medicine cabinet and used it for everything . I was lucky enough to find it again in Bangkok so I bought a couple of jars .. smells very menthol like

Zam-Buk The Great Herbal Balm

cheers Garry

Some later edition of this razors I bought recently. They are new, old stock, most likely from 50'es