One of the posters at Badger and Blade found an interesting scan of an old shaving article from Science and Mechanics Magazine circa 1957 on ‘The Science of Shaving’.

It’s a pretty cool read.

And, from the title of the post, your vocabulary building for the day is complete. ‘Pogonotomy’ means ‘cutting the beard’ and is derived from the Greek for, um, ‘cutting the beard’. Now you’re ready to tackle that Reader’s Digest.