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  1. 09-08-2010, 11:55 AM #1
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    Don't know about grampa but the instructions I received with my first strop in '83 was don't oil or grease the working side only the reverse side & in a pinch lard would do if leather conditioner was not handy.
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    My grandfathers would probably been in their mid twenties when the Gillette safety razors started to appear. In all surviving photgraphs both have large moustaches. I think we underestimate the ability and resourcefulness of people back then.
    I don't know what would suprise them most about today; computers, modern medicine and air travel or that men enjoy shaving as a hobby.

    Back then , men were made of iron and the ships were made of wood.
    Our grandfathers and fathers would look at many men today and think that the opposite now applies.
    'Living the dream, one nightmare at a time'
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