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I have it on good authority that those Spanish cigarrs and sheeroots will give you a mighty catarrh.

My one John Barber razor is from a couple years after that ad. It's one of my favorites! The claim that he personally boxed every razor sold is made in a couple different places. It might even be...

You keep that up and you're gonna need some ODORIFEROUS HONEY WATER!

I couldn't help myself. I kept looking.

February 22nd, 1825. The New York Daily Advertiser

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The name...

I would dearly love to see pictures of these razors! I suspect it's referring to that lipped-grind that later was called a rattler. A couple of the very early razors I've got have it.

Either way,...