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    Default Rich Gentlemen and Seven Day Sets?

    This has always confused me - perhaps it's my background combined with a lack of understanding of how these things used to work, but...

    I've always been under the (perhaps incorrect) impression that seven day razor sets were typically the domain of rich gentlemen from times long past. I don't understand why a rich gentleman, given that he's rich, would require razors at all. Why wouldn't he avoid the time and trouble and just pay a barber for a daily shave? Am I confusing mere wealth with "enormously rich"; or wealth with idleness? Or does this refer to a time before barbers were invented?

    A trivial question, I know, but if anyone can enlighten me I'd appreciate it.

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    I think back in the really old days having a seven day set with Ivory Scales was the thing to have, kind of like owning a Rolex Watch or driving an upscale BMW now. Most really rich people did have a butler or some servant who probably did shave him at home. It was more the upper middleclass people who went to a barber on a regular basis for a shave. A really rich person wouldn't mingle with the riff-raff in a commercial establishment you know.
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    Quote Originally Posted by thebigspendur View Post
    I think back in the really old days having a seven day set with Ivory Scales was the thing to have, kind of like owning a Rolex Watch or driving an upscale BMW now. Most really rich people did have a butler or some servant who probably did shave him at home. It was more the upper middleclass people who went to a barber on a regular basis for a shave. A really rich person wouldn't mingle with the riff-raff in a commercial establishment you know.
    Yes, that makes sense. I forgot about the riff-raff

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    Rich or poor, it sure would be cool to have one

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    I think it's more fun to have 7 different razors from different manufacturers. Variety's the spice of life

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