Quote Originally Posted by sharptonn View Post
On this note, I recently was fortunate enough to acquire a really pristine Nowill razor. Rolled-up in the box was this pamphlet from 1913. Advise from J. Nowill and Sons!
Sadly, this sage advice almost immediately became obsolete when, on Aug 13th, 1913, arrived the invention of stainless steel by Harry Brearley, Sheffield, England. Three cheers for the english, please. Huzzah, huzzah, huzzah. Can you imagine what Isambard Kingdom Brunel would have done with stainless steel? He might have invented a stropless razor.