I spoke to my dad last night about this. He laughs at me when I explain how I'm excited to go through a full Saturday pre shave routine. He says that it would take half the work day just to do the pre shave process!
The difference between us is the skin. While I get weepers and nicks from electric razors, my dad can use use a chisel, ball peen hammer, and finish up with belt sander for that BBS finish and not even have stinging from a pure alcohol rinse!
I know not everyone in the 'good ol days' has skin like my fathers's but they probably just didn't have the resources that we do now. I'm sure my dad would have loved to have a good pre shave oil and shave soap, but in Missouri farm country, you were doing good to have a pair of over-alls that didn't have patches in the knees.
The difference between us is the skin. While I get weepers and nicks from electric razors, my dad can use use a chisel, ball peen hammer, and finish up with belt sander for that BBS finish and not even have stinging from a pure alcohol rinse!
I know not everyone in the 'good ol days' has skin like my fathers's but they probably just didn't have the resources that we do now. I'm sure my dad would have loved to have a good pre shave oil and shave soap, but in Missouri farm country, you were doing good to have a pair of over-alls that didn't have patches in the knees.