Thread: What does "Barbers Use" mean?

Originally Posted by Utopian

Just an observation here...

W&B also made For Gentleman's Use razors. I'm guessing there's no actual difference between the Barber's and the Gentleman's razors.

I've yet to meet a barber who was a gentleman so there must be a difference ... Just kidding to you barbers out there.... posting while intoxicated.

Jimmy, I hope you are not playing with needles and ink at the moment, but if you are, let me know how it turns out. All the best!

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

Ron, its good to see you back! Would've sent a PM but your message box is full. Great to hear from you!

Back on topic, the stamp was a selling point, its like telling a customer that something is of industrial quality and surpasses the usual.

I promise I will work on my PM box in the near future. I really don't have time for PMs yet. I certainly owe one to you about your hones and the extra stuff I included with them. I never intended to disappear but priorities took over.

Back on topic, I've got lots of Barber's Use W&B's but I didn't realize the "For Gentleman's Use" W&B's existed until recently when I saw one on ebay. Of course now I want one (or more) of them.

Originally Posted by Utopian

I promise I will work on my PM box in the near future. I really don't have time for PMs yet. I certainly owe one to you about your hones and the extra stuff I included with them. I never intended to disappear but priorities took over.

Back on topic, I've got lots of Barber's Use W&B's but I didn't realize the "For Gentleman's Use" W&B's existed until recently when I saw one on ebay. Of course now I want one (or more) of them.

Oh Jeez, I'm too tired to do this properly. I thought the above quote was from Jimmy and not from Kelly. I must have gotten confused from the fact that Jimmy's post immediately followed Kelly's. Kelly, disregard the hones and extra stuff comment, that was directed to Jimmy. When I get a chance, I'll go ahead and figure out how to do a friend request and send my first one to you. Hopefully that will make it up to you. As of yet, I have no idea if I can make it to the next Mid Mo meetup as I don't know if what state I will be living in at that point. If at all possible, I do intend to go.

I have been thinking about this, too. Could it have been that barbers back in those days were also "surgeons?" They were not really doing intricate surgery and most often the procedure was an amputation. That may explain why the "barbers use" razors tended to be the biggest ones.

I have to agree that this maybe the reason

David