I did a search and found that this has been discussed here in the past but not recently and I thought it might be interesting to other n00bs like me. It is the rather fascinating tale of an anthrax mini-epidemic cause by un-treated horse hair shaving brushes during WW1.
I was looking at a photo of some old literature for the Rolls Razor, which had an advertisement for one of their brushes and in the copy it states:
"Fully sterilized and guaranteed free of anthrax."
Which of course prompted me to do a Google search, which led me to a rather interesting report from the CDC (published in 2017?) that talks about the resurgence in TWS and the hypothetical (minimal) risk of contracting anthrax from a vintage horse shaving brushes that were distributed and used during the War, by both soldiers and civilians in the US and Great Britain.
Anthrax Cases Associated with Animal-Hair Shaving Brushes
Again, I know it has been discussed before but thought it was worth posting it again for new members who might have otherwise missed an interesting tid-bit of wet shaving history.
I was looking at a photo of some old literature for the Rolls Razor, which had an advertisement for one of their brushes and in the copy it states:
"Fully sterilized and guaranteed free of anthrax."
Which of course prompted me to do a Google search, which led me to a rather interesting report from the CDC (published in 2017?) that talks about the resurgence in TWS and the hypothetical (minimal) risk of contracting anthrax from a vintage horse shaving brushes that were distributed and used during the War, by both soldiers and civilians in the US and Great Britain.
Anthrax Cases Associated with Animal-Hair Shaving Brushes
Again, I know it has been discussed before but thought it was worth posting it again for new members who might have otherwise missed an interesting tid-bit of wet shaving history.
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