Thread: what does IXL MEANS

i find it means 39? but why some razor's has celebrated ixl shefield? etc. just want to know any other meanings. thank you

I always read it as "I excel"

it's a.. um.... don't know what they call those actually

but if you read it fast

IXL
sounds like
I Excel (to go forward or be very good at something)

of course this theory was developed while completely ignoring such razors as
NON XXL

I DON'T KNOW !!!!!

I'll be glad to find out myself

Originally Posted by gratewhitehuntr

I always read it as "I excel"

You will find someone who agrees with you on this web page.

"George Wostenholm was born in Sheffield, England in 800. He came from a family of cutlery makers and was apprenticed as a knife maker to his father, whose name was also George. The firm became George Wostenholm & Son in 1832. Wostenholm was given his own trade mark l*XL (I excel) in 1826. This mark had originally been granted to W A Smith in 1787."

I've heard the same answer, "I excel" from several people on the forums. Makes sense to me.

Non XL is similar, meaning None excel (more than this razor), kind of like second to none.

Originally Posted by Chimensch

You will find someone who agrees with you on this web page.

"George Wostenholm was born in Sheffield, England in 800. He came from a family of cutlery makers and was apprenticed as a knife maker to his father, whose name was also George. The firm became George Wostenholm & Son in 1832. Wostenholm was given his own trade mark l*XL (I excel) in 1826. This mark had originally been granted to W A Smith in 1787."

WOW I was... right?

I just sounded it out

hukt on fonics wurkt fer mee !!

THANK ME !!

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

Non XL is similar, meaning None excel (more than this razor), kind of like second to none.

oh yeah
Non XL

I guess you have to say it with a British accent
it's a function of how they pronounce the O in non

we say aah --- naahn
they say uh ----nuhn

Thank you all . it is great when you don't know just ask someone will know the exact answer.

Here's another variation.

First page of the book - "IXL MEANS I EXCEL: A SHORT HISTORY OF THE IXL BOWIE KNIFE"

Darn these young whippersnappers and their TXTing abbreviations.

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