What the Heck IS This Thing #9

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Can you guess what this object is — and what it does?  

Hint:  The answer is at the bottom of this webpage.

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ANSWER to the “What the Heck IS This Thing #9?” Game:

This is vintage SHAVING BRUSH AND STROP.

Before the era of electric razors and disposable safety razors, shaving was done with a very sharp straight razor, a cup of soap suds, a brush, and a strop (a strip of leather) to sharpen the blade.

What the Heck 9

 

 

 

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