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Great link! Very interesting!

Very interesting pictures, Martin103!
That makes me wonder in which books did you take them?

This is a great idea. We all are straight razor collectors and we all probably have quite old razors of the 1800s or early.
We could post the pictures of our old razors and this would help to have a...

Sorry I could not read the page you linked as I am traveling right now and have limited Internet connection.
I am glad we are all trying to unfold the history of our beloved straight razor. Very...

That's right Martin103. In my opinion Perret was the one who started the modern era of straight razors including techniques for shaving and honing. Last but not the least, he also was the very first...

If we want to go back in time, there are many examples of razors since the beginning of civilization. Folding straight razor as we know it today, it is an invention of the late 1700s and early 1800s.

This is very interesting!
Could it be it was Jean-Jacques Perret, as he was experimenting on straight razors and safety razor around that time?
I love straight razor history and this thread is very...