10/02/2016, Saat: 21:10
Alman tıraş forumunda bir tıraş kitabından kullanılan alıntı okumuştum bir kaç ay önce.
"... The popuar impression is that the soap is used for the purpose of softening the beard, in which condition it is supposed to be most easily cut.
This is a mistake.
The soap is used not to soften the beard, but to produce exactly the opposite effect - namely, to make the hair stiff and brittle, so that they will present a firm and resisting surface to the razor.
A hair, as is well knwon, is a tube composed of a hard fibrous substance, growing from a bulb or root, which secretes an oily matter. This oil works its way up through the hair, and by permeating all parts, renders the hair soft and pliable. Now in this natural oily condition, it is very difficult to cut the hair with a razor, and it becomes even more difficult if the beard be made still softer by the application of hot water. Many do this, and it is no wonder they find shaving difficult. When this is done, the hairs become soft and limp, and the razor will either slip over them entirely, or else cut partly into them, bend them back and slice them lenghtwise, all the while pulling and straining them at the roots, and making the process of shaving most painful.
Now, soap has the opposite effect. It contains either alkali, potash or soda, which when applied to the beard in the term of lather, unites with the oil of the hair, neutralizing it and removing it, and renders the hair stiff and brittle - in which condition they may be easily and readily cut. For the sake of cleanless, the face should, of course, be washed previous to shaving in order to remove any dirt or grit from the beard, which might dull the razor; but before applying the lather, the face should be well dried with a towl. ..."
Kaynak: Shaving made easy / What the Man Who Shaves Ought to Know
Illustrated
Published by
The 20th Century Correspondence School
New York
Kısacası diyor ki, tıraş sabunu sakalı yumutşatmak değil, daha da sertleştiriyormuş. Sıcak su sakalı yumuşattığında, jilet kılları, daha esnek olmarı nedeniyle, daha zor kesebileceğini diyor. Yani yumuşatılmış kılı kesebilmek için, üstünden bir kaç kere geçmek gerekebilir ve bu da cilt için zararlı olur doğal olarak. Kitap 1906'dan olduğu için belki bu zamanalara pek uymaz bilgileri ama enteresan bir düşünce sergiliyor.
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"... The popuar impression is that the soap is used for the purpose of softening the beard, in which condition it is supposed to be most easily cut.
This is a mistake.
The soap is used not to soften the beard, but to produce exactly the opposite effect - namely, to make the hair stiff and brittle, so that they will present a firm and resisting surface to the razor.
A hair, as is well knwon, is a tube composed of a hard fibrous substance, growing from a bulb or root, which secretes an oily matter. This oil works its way up through the hair, and by permeating all parts, renders the hair soft and pliable. Now in this natural oily condition, it is very difficult to cut the hair with a razor, and it becomes even more difficult if the beard be made still softer by the application of hot water. Many do this, and it is no wonder they find shaving difficult. When this is done, the hairs become soft and limp, and the razor will either slip over them entirely, or else cut partly into them, bend them back and slice them lenghtwise, all the while pulling and straining them at the roots, and making the process of shaving most painful.
Now, soap has the opposite effect. It contains either alkali, potash or soda, which when applied to the beard in the term of lather, unites with the oil of the hair, neutralizing it and removing it, and renders the hair stiff and brittle - in which condition they may be easily and readily cut. For the sake of cleanless, the face should, of course, be washed previous to shaving in order to remove any dirt or grit from the beard, which might dull the razor; but before applying the lather, the face should be well dried with a towl. ..."
Kaynak: Shaving made easy / What the Man Who Shaves Ought to Know
Illustrated
Published by
The 20th Century Correspondence School
New York
Kısacası diyor ki, tıraş sabunu sakalı yumutşatmak değil, daha da sertleştiriyormuş. Sıcak su sakalı yumuşattığında, jilet kılları, daha esnek olmarı nedeniyle, daha zor kesebileceğini diyor. Yani yumuşatılmış kılı kesebilmek için, üstünden bir kaç kere geçmek gerekebilir ve bu da cilt için zararlı olur doğal olarak. Kitap 1906'dan olduğu için belki bu zamanalara pek uymaz bilgileri ama enteresan bir düşünce sergiliyor.
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