Comments on: Unique Shaving & Grooming Rituals from History and Around the World

By: tom moran

tom moran — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 16:30:38 +0000

Let us pray, Dear, God, the Father almighty, that to this to His servant N., whom it is to lead to the JUVENILITY age, bendictionis allow the gifts of His, that we, as the example of Blessed Peter, Prince of the Apostles, to him, things that are without, for the love of Christ, they are shaved the auspices of youth, in such a way hypochondria displacing interior superfluous, and to continue to receive an increase of happiness. Through him God is glorified through the lives and who was the only immortal
in perfect Trinity, world without end. Amen

By: Imdad

Imdad — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 04:13:30 +0000

“The Egyptian king was often buried with his barber…”
was his barber killed before burying or was he buried alive ? Or did I just misinterprete the statement ?

By: Yisrael

Yisrael — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:59:56 +0000

Funny that you don’t mention anything about jewish beards. It seems like jews are the only group ( maybe amish too ) that are religiously forbidden to shave.

By: Umer

Umer — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 02:57:36 +0000

A word or two about the Muslim traditions of hair, hope this helps:

There is no “mandatory” command to grow or keep a beard or a certain length of hair, but there is a recommendation following the personal tradition and preference of the Prophet Muhammad, which is as follows:

Scalp: hair grown and kept at shoulder-length, shaved clean during the once-in-a-lifetime pilgrimage to Mecca.
Moustache: shaved clean, none kept.
Beard: grown and kept at four-finger lengths, or as much can be grasped by a your own fist, the excess trimmed.
Armpit/pubic hair: shaved at least every two weeks, pubic hair shaved at least once a month.
Eyebrows, limb & chest hair: left alone.

These are generally in keeping with the other rather strict requirements of cleanliness, such as washing five times a day and bathing at least once a day, brushing and using perfume.

By: Jonathan Logemann

Jonathan Logemann — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 15:35:51 +0000

From my study of the Crusades in college, I remember another curious, if not odd, fact from a particular reading (either in a book by Riley-Smith or Madden, I believe) between the Muslims and the Christians regarding male hair: It was fashionable, in the time of the early Crusades, for Christian men in Western Europe to shave their faces, but not their pubic region, while the opposite was true for Muslims. A Christian encountered a Muslim in the Holy Land and observed his shaving practices to his own astonishment. As the story goes, he enjoyed the Muslim practices so much that he began to replicate them.

By: Harold Stassen

Harold Stassen — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 07:05:58 +0000

Turns red right up to the roots…..

By: JeffC

JeffC — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 05:32:33 +0000

Harold Stassen posted: According to archeologists, one of the rituals for admission to the Mithras mystery religion was plucking out, one by one, of a man’s public hairs. (emphasis mine)

I imagine it was the private hairs, rather than the public ones.

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 03:15:12 +0000

I have been reading some really great stories here, but this one takes the cake, this is some serious info and well written. I have been shaving with a Straight Razor for 20 years and also have a love for History. Awesome job Brett & Kate!!!!

By: Aleksandr Gifford

Aleksandr Gifford — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 11:45:28 +0000

The prayer is as follows: The Lord be with you. Let us pray, Beloved, God the Father Almighty, so that this to His servant N., whom JUVENILITY to lead is to the age, the gifts of His bendictionis grant, that as the example of St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles, to him, things that are without, for the love of Christ, they are shaved the auspices of youth, so diverge over the heart of the interior too, and happiness to continue to receive increments. By him who lives and one in three perfect imortalia glory, God, world without end. Amen

By: P.M.Lawrence

P.M.Lawrence — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 06:22:12 +0000

I noticed that the last picture shows something remarkably like a Bowie Knife. Apparently Jim Bowie designed it to have curves and other features to meet a carefully thought out set of requirements, but it looks as though someone else had the same ideas earlier.