Tribute to a Bygone Shaver

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          Tribute to a Bygone Shaver

I only recently got to shave with a Wilkinson Empire razor that I had picked up quite a few years ago. I was reading here how twhite had a modern blade work-around for this type of razor - so I wanted to go ahead and finally use this particular one. I enjoy these old shaving articles and when I have purchased razors over the years they are typically disconnected from their past. But this Empire razor I had bought in Saint Boniface Manitoba where I was told that the Obituary newspaper cutout which was in the razor case belonged to the Gentleman who had owned it. It was handed down through his family and had remained unused all these years. 

I first thought I wanted to share this while I was having the shave. It just seemed like the thing to do.

The razor’s last owner was born in 1875 and he died in 1943 - within 10 years of the razor’s manufacture. When he was a boy, this territory was only recently pulled from private hands (The Hudson Bay Company) and made into the Canadian Province of Manitoba in 1870. A lot has happened since. Wilfred Richardson. Thank you for the razor. Thank you for the shave.

That's incredible to know that kind of history on a razor. Thanks for sharing it.