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11-15-2018, 04:47 PM #1
This is awesome, I love these kind of posts, so much history!
Out .. effin' .. standing!!
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11-15-2018, 05:01 PM #2
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Thanked: 315Thanks for posting the interesting history behind that razor!
- Joshua
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11-15-2018, 05:14 PM #3
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Thanked: 1075What a wonderful story, thank you!
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11-15-2018, 05:16 PM #4
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Thanked: 104As a history teacher, this kind of stuff is fascinating. Thanks for sharing with us.
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Voidmonster (11-15-2018)
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11-15-2018, 06:16 PM #5
Fun tidbit about the cartoon: the paper has a pinprick hole in it from the compas he used to draw the wheel. Also a fairly elaborate watermark from... someone. It’s not clear if that was the paper maker or if it was monogrammed for his parish or what.
-Zak Jarvis. Writer. Artist. Bon vivant.
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11-15-2018, 07:40 PM #6
Really interesting stuff. Thanks for sharing.
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Voidmonster (11-15-2018)
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11-15-2018, 10:31 PM #7
These kind of posts always puts me in a philosophical / existential mood.
The equipment of people in the past easily outlasts them, it was a very personal item from someone that might've used it intensely and cared for it with great care.
And also of the people that manufactured them.
I for one count myself extremely lucky that I can hold in my hand my great-grandfather's strop and his razor and also his father's razor and their Coticule.
I never met these people, but I'm using the equipment they purchased and used daily and held it in their own hands. It IS a connection with those people, it's a treasurable thing and always a moment of reflection.
That's the beauty of this hobby, it's rooted in historical significance, of the maker and their users.
I also have other razors with names and everything in between inscribed. I'll never know whom it belonged to, but I always wonder, and how fun is it to do research on it
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11-15-2018, 10:37 PM #8
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Thanked: 552Very well said.
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11-15-2018, 10:45 PM #9
Just wanted to say, "me too"!
At a time when some seem to be dismissing, ignoring, or denying history rather than learning from it, the personal history that flows from some of these blades (and some of the members) to us is refreshing, gratifying and awe-inspiring.
It makes me pause and think...Just call me Harold
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