How did men in ancient times shave?

The evidence we see on ancient wall murals proves that some Egyptians did have hair on their faces. Even with their obsession for personal cleanliness they also thought though that a beard was the sign of a real man, of masculinity and dignity since the beginning of time and that it could give a man status. read more

Roman men would have a skilled live-in servant to shave them; otherwise they start their day with a trip to the tonsor, or barber, who would shave a face with an iron novacila, which looks strangely like a precursor to a knuckle duster or Roman razor. read more

As shaving spread through the world, men of unshaven societies became known as"barbarians" meaning the"unbarbered". The practice of women shaving legs and underarms developed much later. Men scraped their hair away in early times man with crude items such as stone, flint, clam shells and other sharpened materials. read more