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Thread: A Civil War Shave, article with picture, from unknown newspaper.

  1. 01-09-2013, 02:06 PM #1
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    Default A Civil War Shave, article with picture, from unknown newspaper.

    I wonder if the razor was sterilized after each shave........
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    i imagine it was about as sterilized as there surgical equipment back then ..lol.
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    I wonder if there's a way to print this. I'd like to frame it and put it on the wall. Thanks Martin!
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    that's very neat! thanks for sharing. I highly doubt that razor was cleaned after each shave lol
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    Default A Civil War Shave, article with picture, from unknown newspaper.

    He probably used a good Lye Soap that might have killed everything back then!
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