Thread: Shaving and Razors in Eighteenth Century Britain

Here is an extremely interesting and informative article that covers the early evolution from barber shop to self-shaving and the advances in metallurgy that enabled the development of the razor as we know it today. The opening illustration shows the "Cheap Razor Merchant" being confronted by an angry bloody-faced customer complaining about the uselessness of a piece of crap razor. He asks, "What did you make this for?" And the smiling merchant says, "For sale, of course." Seems like nothing ever changes!

Regards - Walt