Shaving tools pre ~ 1750?

[Luc]

I read Wikipedia and I know that a long time ago, rocks were used to shave. I think the oldest straight razor that I've seen was dated in the late 1700-early 1800s.

Between the rock and the Straight I'm wondering what happened. I mean, I was watching a movie the other day where they had the King in the 1500s and he was very well shaved and start thinking. Every time I saw a movie that was supposed to be in those years, everyone (or almost everyone) were very welll shaved. I know that I shouldn't based my opinions on those movies but it makes me wonder what happened in the middle.

Someone, somewhere probably made something that was better than a rock but not as good as the straight that we know. Unless all movies that we see are lies, someone was shaving in those years. I'm wondering how and with what.

What did they used if it wasn't a straight that we know today?

 

[simonc]

Mick Dundee style......

 

[LinuxMintyFresh]

A little google search yeilds answers that range from "sharpened clam shells," to "ornate bronze razors" dating as far back as the romans, and even flint and stone before that. Apparently some peoples were in the habit of burning it off. The ancient Egyptians shaved thier heads, the Indians shaved their chests and genitals, and the Greeks shaved their beards (who'd a thunk?). It probably wasn't too uncommon to shave, if you shaved at all, with a knife or sharpened chunk of metal. I have even seen one that looks like an old jimmy-rigged spear head.

 

[Sticky]

Razor sharp is all you need. There's no reason the metal has to be shaped like the straights we are normally used to seeing.

 

[thunderball]

Interesting:

http://www.quikshave.com/timeline.htm

 

[thirdeye]

How about this oldie.

 

[SRock]

How about this oldie.

The big question is have you shaved with it?

Cool score Ray!

 

[Ru4scuba?]

How about this oldie.

Knew you were going to bust that one out...I've thought of that story often as I'm sifting at a flea market...

 

[thirdeye]

Knew you were going to bust that one out...I've thought of that story often as I'm sifting at a flea market...

Hey it's a good one, why not share it again right?

You just never know.

 

[chris456]

Interesting:

http://www.quikshave.com/timeline.htm

That was interesting.

LOL at it turning out to be a commercial.

Still good info in there though.

 

[Luc]

Interesting:

http://www.quikshave.com/timeline.htm

How about this oldie.

Ah! That's what I was after!

Thanks Gents!

 

[Ru4scuba?]

Hey it's a good one, why not share it again right?

You just never know.

Absolutely! I wasn't giving you crap...that thing is way cool

 

[adonnellyr]

Interesting:

http://www.quikshave.com/timeline.htm

Ha. I love how this article, which is quite interesting throughout, ends in a promotion for the Quickshave...

 

[nathanb]

Ha. I love how this article, which is quite interesting throughout, ends in a promotion for the Quickshave...

Yeah, the article was interesting until the end when it was obviously a lame commercial.

 

[thunderball]

Ha, I didn't even notice the commercial part of it.

 

[Swampfox]

How about this oldie.

Very cool! I wonder if they used Gentleman's Best soaps back then?

 

[Crawford Montizano]

Well here you go:

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWSTE6WLB0Y[/YOUTUBE]

and I wish I can see the entire episode of this:

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy1sDLlAC9M[/YOUTUBE]

I forgot this one too:
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM60prhzj_o[/YOUTUBE]

 

[sas71]

dont use bee's inside a clam shell they dont give you a BBS shave.. Fred Flintstone always had that 5 o'clock shadow even after he shaved

 

[SRock]

dont use bee's inside a clam shell they dont give you a BBS shave.. Fred Flintstone always had that 5 o'clock shadow even after he shaved