People really used to shave with pumice stones?

[MattBaggins]

I just tried it and boy is that a stupid idea.

[rurallib]

1. Hope you tried it on someone else, like an ex-girlfriend.

[Dr. Strange]

2. In some countries, it's considered an aphrodisiac.

No wait, that may be chocolate that I'm thinking of.

[SoxFan]

4. Don't try shaving with chocolate

Just trust me on this, ok?

[Wapsie B]

3. I remember seeing shaving powder on the shelve before

but never pumice stones for shaving. Pumice stones are perfect for callouses on the feet but for shaving? Weird.

[blogslut]

8. Shaving poweder is depilatory in powder form

You wet it and apply it to the skin and it dissolves the hair. You then scrape stuff off with a butter knife.

I've never shaved with a pumice but I imagine the process is more about circular motion in conjunction with moisture and less about applying pressure to the skin.

[MiddleFingerMom]

9. EXACTLY what I was thinking...

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Some people have to "shave" their callouses down -- sometimes
literally with a single-edged blade.
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They also "sand" them down -- usually with a pumice stone.
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I think the OP just shows confusion about the two actions.
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[UTUSN]

5. It's been 2000 yrs & I still can't get how the Romans smeared olive oil and "scraped" it off n/t

[petronius]

6. If I remember the oddities of my high school Latin class correctly,

the sludge from that process was sometimes sold as 'medicine'...

[JCMach1]

7. Won't tell you what they did with the stuff that was scraped off after gladiator

workouts.


Let's just say ewwwww.

[RushIsRot]

10. Wild men - Pulled their -- Whiskers out -- That's what -- Made them wild -- No doubt.

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