Thread: 1880s-1890s shave?

Originally Posted by Chinaski

I have a N&R Dodge SR probably from 1850s, I don't know the date but I bought it due to it's age. Although it's condition is very far from it's pretty days back then, I shave with it regularly and it gives me very smooth and comfortable shave.Back in that time I think, they had similar quality razors, shaving soaps and hot water in barbershops, people who can afford it went to the barbershops regularly which indicates social statue. If person didn't have chance, they had to settle for less, I mean less comfortable and luxurious shave not less smooth or close. We can shave off of 8k natural stones(cotis, thuris etc.) with handmade soaps or even plain water, it is matter of comfort IMHO. This is my N&R Dodge SR
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That's a sweet blade!

Originally Posted by SRNewb

That's a sweet blade!

Thank you my friend.

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Originally Posted by BobH

Just asked my wife's mother, she is 97, about the water situation where she grew up in a small town just outside of Saskatoon Saskatchewan. A man came round and filled a water barrel in the kitchen. That went on until sometime in the 1930s from what I can gather when they got indoor running water. The small house was heated with the cook stove so if you wanted hot water you used the stove. Forward many years to the early 1960s and my wife remembers her grandfather shaving with a straight razor in the kitchen. No doubt there were barber shops around but not everyone could afford to use them for a daily shave.

Bob

When I lived in India, in a city in the mountains (a hill fort), back in 2004-2005, every day someone came and filled the "water tank" for my compound. In theory we had running water, but in reality everyone in the compound had their taps open so as to make sure they got as much water as possible (tragedy of the commons I suppose), so we left buckets under our bathroom tap and left the tap open, and as soon as we heard the wate start flowing in the morning, we would get up and keep changing the buckets until the water stopped.

You'd be surprised how quickly you'll adapt to that sort of thing.

You are all familiar with Col Conk products. It's not a made up name it was a real person and in the mid to late 1800s he started his business.

The idea was to make available to the general public all the fine products used in barber Shops of the day from shampoos and bathing products to all manner of soaps and after shaves and colognes and associated shaving paraphernalia. He sold things you couldn't find in the the local general store. He hired peddlers and outfitted wagons and they roamed the S.W selling their wares. Conk was based out of Albuquerque and he became a very rich man through his business.

So, this is more evidence most of the stuff we see in modern barber shops was around back then in one form or another.

Here is an early H.W. Carter broadside that, according to the text, if you received it that meant H.W. Carter's wagon would be visiting your area within 10 days. Born in Concord, New Hampshire H.W. Carter was a traveling merchant in New England.


Here are a couple Wade & Butcher blades I found locally here in New Hampshire that have etching similar to the image on the broadside.


More information, a larger image of the broadside above, and links about H.W. Carter here Yankee Peddler - Yankee Peddler - |

Originally Posted by xiaotuzi

Here is an early H.W. Carter broadside that, according to the text, if you received it that meant H.W. Carter's wagon would be visiting your area within 10 days. Born in Concord, New Hampshire H.W. Carter was a traveling merchant in New England.


Here are a couple Wade & Butcher blades I found locally here in New Hampshire that have etching similar to the image on the broadside.


More information, a larger image of the broadside above, and links about H.W. Carter here Yankee Peddler - Yankee Peddler - |

Very cool!
I am also enjoying all the personal stories/anecdotes that have been shared!
Really cool!

That's really cool xiaotuzi. It just goes to show they were selling good stuff off those wagons then which were probably made by Studebaker. I know they made stagecoaches back then so they might have also built utility wagons & such.

Very sweet! Thanks for posting that.