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06-02-2021 10:56 PM
# ADS
Circuit advertisement
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I wonder what a DNA test would show?
" I'm putting off procrastination until next week "
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This looks more like torture device.
Gestapo guy:
I will razor your chest-hair and beard with this dull, rusty razor. Unless you give in.
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I guess that facial hair does not break down when in the earth for 70+ yrs? they faired better than the razor.
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mdhallan
This german razor still has a few hairs from the original owner still stuck in the blade area, and i believe there are remains of dried up shaving cream. It also has what looks like a shrapnel hole in the handle, as well as a few parts i believe are melted from extreme heat.
To be fair the razor would have been separate and held in place over the top by the fixing plate which is also missing. Might be human hair, bit ghoulish. Or it might just be fibres from the tornister or pocket it was originally carried in.
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As an archaeologist I find it much more probable that fibres are from something the razor was in contact with while in the ground. Dried up shaving cream sounds very strange to me too but without knowing the find context it is very hard to say anything for certain (other than it is a 50ยด+ year old razor missing a few parts).
Best, Jan
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Ground dug so I would say tiny roots or similar, I see this often on items even after a good cleanup.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Military-archeology-Legenda-Latvia/224779244335847
http://www.hobbyhistorica.com/
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i can guarantee they aren't roots, they dont have the right feel of plant roots and are spiky like cut human hair, and they are almost all of uniform length and width (theres around a dozen or so more that arent shown in the picture; most are stuck on the. backside), and they even have color. Additionally hair can survive thousands of years in the ground, it just depends on the environment, soil, and way it was stored. However I cant guarantee it was used by a soldier, just an assumption.
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If it had been in "extreme heat" so that metal melted, how possible that hair did not melt, which do melt rather fast
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Military-archeology-Legenda-Latvia/224779244335847
http://www.hobbyhistorica.com/
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