My grandfather also used a cut throat razor well into the 1950's but I only remember my father using a safety razor.
I remember that he used to re-use his safety razor blades by resharpening them. He would take the blade out of the razor and rub it along a thick piece of bright red glass that looked as if it was cut from the side of a beer bottle. It obviously wasn't as it was the wrong colour and had moulded edges.
He'd rub the blade a few times up and down the inside curve of the glass and then turn the blade over and do the other side. The curvature of the glass presumably wore a new cutting edge onto the blade.
I assume that it was a means of prolonging the life of blades during WWII when, being made of metal, they were probably difficult to come by. He continued the practice long after the end of the war, though - he was always careful with his money.
I reckon he'd have met his match with today's multiple bladed wet-razors.
I remember that he used to re-use his safety razor blades by resharpening them. He would take the blade out of the razor and rub it along a thick piece of bright red glass that looked as if it was cut from the side of a beer bottle. It obviously wasn't as it was the wrong colour and had moulded edges.
He'd rub the blade a few times up and down the inside curve of the glass and then turn the blade over and do the other side. The curvature of the glass presumably wore a new cutting edge onto the blade.
I assume that it was a means of prolonging the life of blades during WWII when, being made of metal, they were probably difficult to come by. He continued the practice long after the end of the war, though - he was always careful with his money.
I reckon he'd have met his match with today's multiple bladed wet-razors.