Thread: Did they get this close in the old days?

And through all 'our' efforts the tradition SHALL live on.

Here here!

Originally Posted by Michaelshane

Why not?
What would be different?

proliferation of information means that your best efforts can be proven still not quite as good as they can/should be. that gives you a higher mark to strike for, forcing you to up your game. this holds true for nearly all industries/pursuits.

don't think of it as a bad thing. the joy in craft is improvement and success...which is easy to say as a professional nerd

Originally Posted by ace

Quality of Hones
No SRP
No quality soaps and creams
No Styptic pencils
No ASBs and Colognes
BBS had yet to be invented
No SRP
No Alum blocks
No SRP
No Ebay
No RAD
No SRP

So what did they do for fun back then? Oh oh, I asked Ace that question, here comes the wise cracks!! LOOKOUT! [

When I was younger I too watched my grandpa (1883-1983) shave with a straight. He didn't have running water but got water from the reservoir in the coal stove and shaved at a mirror in the kitchen. He usually only shaved on Saturday or Sunday morning and he seemed to get a pretty good shave from an inexpensive razor, hone, strop and lather. He likely knew what he was doing after 50 years or so of shaving.

Well im positive that they got a good shave for sure, we know for a fact that they could get a good quality razor.
And i know personally that they knew how to sharpen tools,and if they didnt they would have their wife baked a pie,
and go visit the guy down the road that knew how to hone a razor for dessert and while im here could you touch up my rasor!!
want another piece of pie perhaps!!!!!!!!!

I think back in the day the most common thing to do was to go to a barber for a shave. I've read something to the effect that hardly anybody shaved themselves - if you were rich you had a valet, and if you were poor you went to the penny barber every other day or so. It became a social ritual to get a barber shave, like going to the bar after work except in the morning. And I'm sure barbers back in the day were competant as hell at giving close shaves.