Thread: Lord & Harvey. Crap, I have a lot of old razors....

Originally Posted by Voidmonster

I've stumbled my way into 5-6 razors from 1830 or earlier, some of which are in astounding condition. I tell you though, if I ever come up with a reason to write about historical Sheffield razors (writing fiction is what I do when I'm not shaving), I am buying a ticket and coming to the UK so I can pick your brain.

So far, I've had no stories come into my head that revolve around razors.

+1!
I have thought that a fictional novel based on historically accurate descriptions of period culture, the evoltion of the cutlery industry and the impact of one on the other would make an awesome novel, a la Ken Follett´s Pillars of the Earth for example. Exploring the class differences and life styles of the people around the Sheffield era, you could include everything from royality to child labour. An info-documentary with fictional but historically accurate characters for me that would be an extremely interesting read

Originally Posted by bonitomio

+1!
I have thought that a fictional novel based on historically accurate descriptions of period culture, the evoltion of the cutlery industry and the impact of one on the other would make an awesome novel, a la Ken Follett´s Pillars of the Earth for example. Exploring the class differences and life styles of the people around the Sheffield era, you could include everything from royality to child labour. An info-documentary with fictional but historically accurate characters for me that would be an extremely interesting read

I will eventually stumble my way into enough information to do this.

Hell, I could almost write a novel purely about the WWI refurbished razor I have, since I was lucky enough to get one owned by someone whose records still exist (apparently a lot were lost in WWII).

But like you say, the broad cultural history would be a potentially fascinating book. It's a subject I've been thinking about for some time now.

Voidmonster,

that is a nice looking piece of steel there!

Sam