Straight razors
Accessories
Inventory number
2021.7.15.7ac.AC.CS.C1920.FRAuthor:
P. FRITISSE (French, end of 19th - 1st half 20th century)Description
Small straight razor also called "Cut-throat" composed of a partially retractable steel blade, specially for hard beards, in the rotating ivory imitating celluloid handle, engraved with a green stylized ornamental bow. The razor comes in its original green cardboard box with golden letters.Folding razor models appear very early in the history of male hygiene. They are first called "saber" and require know-how to handle them correctly. It was normal, until the middle of the 19th century, to be shaved by a barber or, for the richest, by his servants. From that, it takes the nickname "cut throat". The Art of shaving oneself appears at the end of the 18th century and takes the name of "Pogonotomia" from the ancient Greek "pốgôn" (beard) and the addition of the medical suffix "-tomie" (ablation). The word was created by French barber Jean-Jacques PERRET (1730-1784) when he published in 1769, a treatise called "The pogonotomy, or The Art of Learning to Shave Oneself" a booklet detailing his observations on shaving.
Materials
SteelCelluloid
Cardboard
Origin
circa 1920 FranceDimensions
Width : 1.5 cmLength : 3 cm
Height : 17 cm