Thread: Japanese razor or pencil sharpener - help!

Originally Posted by JMS

My mother, who is a 78 year old Japanese woman, used to use those razors all the time for her face. Apparently it is common place for Japanese women to shave the hair off of their face.
I asked her about it once. Her ryply was."We are not animals".

Ayuh. My wife has taken over my old electric...but she used to use the "safety" version of these (platic handled, wire wrapped blades).

I think it's because the hair is really dark...stands out a lot, especially against the pale skin that everyone strives for.

**edit** Oh, and the pictures were much better the second time! That Norpin is an anti-fever cold-type of medicine. The company is still in business. The big red thing says something about being a cleanser (It'll take ages for me to figure out the Kanji...I'm not that good yet.) and the Sinse mentum stuff looks like it's written in English. Interesting find...where'd you get it?

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.


Here some more pictures.








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