Site of the Day- Razors : A Brief History of Shaving "Since the first man arrived on the earth, a decision has had to be made - whether to allow a beard to grow or to remove it. Cave painting have shown that, contrary to popular opinion, early man went about his work clean shaven, making good use of pieces of sharpened flint. With the Bronze Age and primitive metalworking came razors made from iron, bronze and even gold. The civilisations of Rome and Greece used iron blades with a long handle and developed the shape of the 'open' or 'cut-throat' razor which was the only practical razor until the 19th century. With improvements in steel manufacture came blades that were really sharp and capable of resharpening." http://homepage.dtn.ntl.com/paul.linnell/electricity/razors.html Ben Cooper < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > SotD Ashlist archives - http://www.mail-archive.com/site-of-the-day@ashlists.org/ SotD eGroups archives - http://www.egroups.com/messages/site-of-the-day/ SotD Website - http://www.site-of-the-day.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and in the BODY type: unsubscribe site-of-the-day
