Thread: Shaving gear images from 1943-1963 Montgomery Ward Catalogs

Thank you for the time machine! I had not thought about "Monkey Wards" for years. They were huge and on the border of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, MN. From the little town North of there we lived, MW was an all day trip, though the drive was only an hour during the 50's.
The Streets of Saint Paul: A Short History of Montgomery Ward on University Ave.
Afterward was a meal at the Nankin Chinese restaurant in downtown Minneapolis.
http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nankin_Cafe
Just ruminating...
~Richard

Very Interesting to see these old catalogs and the shaving gear they offered back then, here another Montgomery wards I posted a while back from 1895. http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...zors-sale.html

Haircut anyone ?

why would any one pay for shingles? i hear they are really painful.

Originally Posted by tintin

why would any one pay for shingles? i hear they are really painful.

This was my question as well...perhaps they were referring to a "Shingle Bob" cut? Something like:

Bob cut - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Please excuse my ignorance, but why do some of the "W. German-Made Razors" have a third pin through the scales?

Thank you for sharing these pages! I love seeing the razors and reading the description. A blast from the past.

Originally Posted by CZMark

Please excuse my ignorance, but why do some of the "W. German-Made Razors" have a third pin through the scales?

Lots of ideas about that!
My take is that they put the pin there to hold the scales apart and so save any bluing or plating on the tang. Usually the third pin was a sign of a better quality razor.
~Richard