Razor piracy Article from 1879!

Interesting article about razors piracies from a John Taylor book on Sheffield. 1879.
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You know, we like to think in the year 2012 that business is more complicated or sophisticated than it was 'back in the day'. But after reading some of the literature and articles of 1800's it seems that "The more things change, the more they stay the same." we just have more technologies.