Vintage Razor Ads

I was looking for some info on a razor I bought and incidentally found some nice ads from the 1920s and thought I'd share. Maybe everyone could add whatever ads they have here. I find that whenever I buy a razor I want to know as much about it as possible..

http://mrparanoid.net/g1.JPG

http://mrparanoid.net/g2.JPG

http://mrparanoid.net/g3.JPG

http://mrparanoid.net/s1.JPG

http://mrparanoid.net/s2.JPG

After reading these ads it got me wondering if we are overstropping and overhoning these days.. In ShaveOfTheDay I read about people doing 100-150 laps total on linen/leather and honing every month or two, but in these ads they say you shouldn't go more than three-four strokes on leather and rarely more than half a dosen.. And the Shumate ad claims you don't need to hone for years with their razor. What do you guys think?

Well. With a grain of salt, as these are advertisements.
How many advertisements you have seen that say "We have a great product, but our competitors' products are great too. However, similar quality can be had for cheaper". ;)

However, that is quite a steep guarantee that shumate comes with.

Thanks for the post. Interesting read. In regards to over stropping, I don't know if it hurts or if the standards are the same. You may find some of Mark Twain's comments on Brbers and shaves interesting.

'Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it'

Stephen Lea****, Canadian writer and economist (1869-1944)

Apologies, the censors prevent the man's surname from being printed.

Here is one from Brookes & Crookes

http://mrparanoid.net/bc.JPG

Gentlemen,

Thank you for posting these razor ads. They are wonderful. As a general lover of history, with obvious affection for that of the straight razor, I am especially grateful to you for taking the time and sharing these nostalgic glimpses of the straight razor's past.

Regards,
Obie

Man, that Shumate factory with its production then (10000 razors a day) could run out of business all of the contemporary makers in one day's worth of production...
I can now appreciate the scope of straight razor manufacture back in the day.

I just enjoy the heck out of anything old! Thanks for posting guys!!

The early "shumates". Talk about a whoppa of a choppa :)

Razor and mirror [Egyptian; From the tomb of Hatnofer and Ramose, western Thebes] (36.3.69,.13) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

dkimages - discover - history - Artefacts

Looks like a wedge. I wonder if the Egyptians used tape when they honed? :-)

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The early "shumates". Talk about a whoppa of a choppa :)

Razor and mirror [Egyptian; From the tomb of Hatnofer and Ramose, western Thebes] (36.3.69,.13) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

dkimages - discover - history - Artefacts

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Here's some more vintage ads.. These are mostly from 1905-1915. Enjoy.

http://mrparanoid.net/ads1.JPG
http://mrparanoid.net/ads2.JPG
http://mrparanoid.net/ads3.JPG
http://mrparanoid.net/ads4.JPG

More..

http://mrparanoid.net/ads5.JPG
http://mrparanoid.net/ads6.JPG
http://mrparanoid.net/ads7.JPG
http://mrparanoid.net/ads8.JPG

..and more

http://mrparanoid.net/ads9.JPG
http://mrparanoid.net/ads10.JPG

I bring you some more ads.. Please feel free to add yours. Manah.. I know you have some. Every picture of a razor you take is on some old ad. Please add the ads here... In this next batch I include a shaving soap and a strop ad and even an article on how to make a strop out of a leather belt and even a hone ad.
Maybe this thread title should just be "Vintage Ads "

These are from the 1910-1920s

http://i35.tinypic.com/rayeqt.jpg

http://i36.tinypic.com/315d1mw.jpg

http://i34.tinypic.com/2z5iz2t.jpg

http://i34.tinypic.com/9bfwk5.jpg

If you like them leave a comment or "thank" me and I will add more. I have plenty..

Shaving Soap + Barber School

http://i36.tinypic.com/108bwxh.jpg

http://i37.tinypic.com/mcqmmp.jpg

Great posts, thanks.

More..

http://i38.tinypic.com/1114e3p.jpg
http://i35.tinypic.com/v4x7kn.jpg
http://i34.tinypic.com/s3ls1h.jpg
http://i35.tinypic.com/264otv4.jpg
http://i34.tinypic.com/2la4yo9.jpg
http://i37.tinypic.com/2houz5j.jpg

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Thanks for the post. Interesting read. In regards to over stropping, I don't know if it hurts or if the standards are the same. You may find some of Mark Twain's comments on Brbers and shaves interesting.

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thanks,a couple of those gave me a laugh before returning to work for the PM, hadn't been aware of those comentaries

I was looking at the Elbert Hubbard testimonial in the Shumate ad and I became curious who he was. Here is the wikipedia bio. It's worth a quick read. It gets interesting when it references the Titanic and then the sinking of the Lusitania.

Elbert Hubbard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Great Post! Thanks. Advertising could be a database of its own, or tied to the razor database perhaps?

Cool thread!:tu

It's not an ad. But interesting retro photo.:)

Here's a look at some old razor ads from Chicago and Fort Wayne newspapers between 1905-1917. Those 50 cent Wade and Butcher's sound pretty good to me...


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http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4130/...46edf028_o.jpg



http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4106/...07e6ef66_o.jpg



http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4088/...c004cc13_o.jpg



http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4151/...eb4bcdbe_o.jpg



http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4088/...db18bdb5_o.jpg

There was such thread.
http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...razor-ads.html

Maybe a moderator can move this one into the older one.

It's interesting to note that all of the razors for sale in the first ad are safety razors except for the Shumate which is passed off as an "old style Straight Razor". I guess we are just not as "hip" as those pre-World War I mid-westerners. :)

Regards - Walt

Nice Auto Straps for sale there

I moved the posts to this thread. Good idea guys. Thanks.

Even the old ads, like the razors, are beter than whats about today:)