Whilst flipping through the pages of a book the other day I came across a rather intriguing item, which led me to B&B and the amazingly well-informed people who take part.
Apparently sometime during the 1950's a chap from Eastern Europe discovered an unusual way of keeping razor blades sharp. He created a cardboard four-sided pyramid which when placed over a blade appeared to keep the edges for an unlimited time. Amongst other claims for this pyramid structure is that it delayed the decay of a dead squirrel, prevented fruit rotting, slowed down the rate of milk curdling and a host of other things way too strange to mention. All I can glean from the book is that the chap managed to patent this idea and for a while it was a best seller all over Europe, earning him considerable wealth. The only thing of any use I could glean is that the pyramid had to have it's sides aligned with the cardinal compass points, and that the blade had to be placed about halfway up inside the pyramid.
Now the thing I'd like to know is, did this wonderful invention make it's way across the pond to any great degree at the time, and if so, did the great American public take to it? I'm sorry I don't know more about it such as dimensions, material, etc., but I just know that someone out there in the land of B&B will certainly know of it, or may even have used it.
As always, I thank you in advance for passing on your knowledge and guidance to me in my quest for shaving truth. You never know, it might spark a revolution in how we look at saving money to be spent on those other expensive little things we just have to have.
Love, light and peace,
Paul
Apparently sometime during the 1950's a chap from Eastern Europe discovered an unusual way of keeping razor blades sharp. He created a cardboard four-sided pyramid which when placed over a blade appeared to keep the edges for an unlimited time. Amongst other claims for this pyramid structure is that it delayed the decay of a dead squirrel, prevented fruit rotting, slowed down the rate of milk curdling and a host of other things way too strange to mention. All I can glean from the book is that the chap managed to patent this idea and for a while it was a best seller all over Europe, earning him considerable wealth. The only thing of any use I could glean is that the pyramid had to have it's sides aligned with the cardinal compass points, and that the blade had to be placed about halfway up inside the pyramid.
Now the thing I'd like to know is, did this wonderful invention make it's way across the pond to any great degree at the time, and if so, did the great American public take to it? I'm sorry I don't know more about it such as dimensions, material, etc., but I just know that someone out there in the land of B&B will certainly know of it, or may even have used it.
As always, I thank you in advance for passing on your knowledge and guidance to me in my quest for shaving truth. You never know, it might spark a revolution in how we look at saving money to be spent on those other expensive little things we just have to have.
Love, light and peace,
Paul
