So… did he make his own shaving brush knots from the horse’s hair?
five o’clock shad·ow
noun
unpunctuated: five oclock shadow; noun: five o’clock shadow; plural noun: five o’clock shadows
a dark appearance on a man’s chin and face caused by the slight growth of beard that has occurred since he shaved in the morning.
Made from the 1940’s up into the 1970’s. The vibration was supposed to minimize snagging and give a smoother shave, but it would scare the willies out of me.
An art deco frog – they made some pretty stunning things back in the day that was also eminently usable.
Found this when I was roaming online:
From where I found it, it’s marked with:
PATENT
O.K. Safety Razor with Comb
…and that is pretty much all I know. It’s neat and I would love to own one.
I find weird things on the web some times:
I can understand why you might want to shave a corpse – if you’re doing an open casket funeral, that is – and a razor cut would be most unflattering. So a niche product for a niche marked, but quite possible a forerunner for todays depilatory cream?
Thanks to a link at my favourite shaveforum, I present the 1884 catalogue from Theo. A Kochs in Chicago.
A few fun finds in the catalogue: