Famous shavers

[TobyC]

King C. Gillette..?

He only wanted to sell blades, and that was a short lived endeavor for him, he left the company early. His main interest was Utopian Socialism.

I think he was an active participant in Gillette company affairs only during the OLD type years. Everything after that is only Gillette by name.

 

[TobyC]

Peter the Great. In 1698, Emperor Peter I of Russia instituted a beard tax to try and abolish beards.

That's what we need!!!

All those scraggly young creatures would be sobbing in the corner!

 

[Mr Bigmem]

Charles Bronson

 

[TobyC]

 

[morr]

Scipio Africanus.

From the wikipedia:
Scipio was a man of great intellect and culture who could speak and read Greek, wrote his own memoirs in Greek and became also noted for his introduction of the clean shaven face fashion among the Romans according to the example of Alexander the Great. This men's fashion lasted until the time of emperor Hadrian and then was revived again by Constantine the Great.

Plus, he was a badass.

 

[sɐǝɹpu∀]

He only wanted to sell blades, and that was a short lived endeavor for him, he left the company early. His main interest was Utopian Socialism.

I think he was an active participant in Gillette company affairs only during the OLD type years. Everything after that is only Gillette by name.

Errrmmm... King Camp Gillette left the company aged 77 a few months before he died. I wouldn't call that "leaving early"

 

[Blackmass]

Mozza popping in for a haircut...

View: https://youtu.be/4jQ1A9E4QdY

View: https://youtu.be/DPRVXTytJQ0

 

[TobyC]

Errrmmm... King Camp Gillette left the company aged 77 a few months before he died. I wouldn't call that "leaving early"

Early in company history.

"Gillette retired from active participation in his company in 1913, (remaining president until 1931), he shifted his focus to writing books, in which he publicized his views on utopian socialism. In addition to The Human Drift (1894), Gillette's books included The Ballot Box (1897), World Corporation (1910), and The People's Corporation (1924). "

 

[Deleted member 1881]

Famous shaver: RandySP

 

[TobyC]

Egyptian King Narmer

In the fourth century BC, Greek historian Herodotus (485-425BC) derisively noted that the Egyptians "set cleanliness above seemliness" by bathing several times daily and maintaining a strict regimen of shaving their bodies clean—men, women, even children. Everybody, especially the upper classes, went completely bare.


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[Deleted member 1881]

Egyptian King Narmer

In the fourth century BC, Greek historian Herodotus (485-425BC) derisively noted that the Egyptians "set cleanliness above seemliness" by bathing several times daily and maintaining a strict regimen of shaving their bodies clean—men, women, even children. Everybody, especially the upper classes, went completely bare.


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And then the first Oud scented soap was created.