{"id":2762,"date":"2018-08-28T05:49:39","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T05:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/?p=2762"},"modified":"2018-09-01T06:03:23","modified_gmt":"2018-09-01T06:03:23","slug":"what-the-heck-is-this-thing-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/what-the-heck-is-this-thing-9\/","title":{"rendered":"What the Heck IS This Thing #9"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Can you guess what this object is \u2014\u00a0and what it does? \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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ANSWER to the \u201cWhat the Heck IS This Thing #9?\u201d Game:<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

This is vintage <\/span>SHAVING BRUSH AND STROP<\/b><\/span>.<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

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.<\/span><\/h3>\n

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https:\/\/youtu.be\/o_Q4GWfdgfk<\/p>\n

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