TO LOOK SHARP!

  SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2ND., 2018
             TO LOOK SHARP!

      Just in case it's not noted on your

calendar you should be aware that this

is "Safety Razor Day."

     It was on December 2nd., 1901

when King Camp Gillette began selling

the first so-called Safety razor with a

disposable double-edge blade!

     The revolutionary razor pretty much

did away with the straight razor for home

use.

      That straight razor could be very

unforgiving. It could also be scary! I

remember going to a barber shop in my

old home town where the barber used

a straight razor for shaves. I was getting

one when the barber's wife, obliviously

upset about something, stormed into the

shop and started yelling at her husband

in Italian. He continued the shave as he

shouted back at her.

       I never did find out what the fight

was all about. I was just glad to get out

of the chair with my jugular vein still in

tact!

       This is not to say that the safety razor

is perfect. Today's multi blade devices can

still draw blood if used too quickly. And,

believe it or not, the blades cannot be

used indefinitely! I speak from experience!

Try to get too many facial miles from

those razors and it feels like shaving with

a rock!

      It's also good policy to have a "His" and

"Hers" on hand. They don't share very well!

      Still, Mr. Gillette's Safety razor has lead

to cleaner, smoother shaves and fewer scars!

Hope that barber back home got one by now

and that all your NEWS is good!