SAMSON - Is this true ? !

A question on a quiz was this
An Angel came to whose Mother and said ......
None should take a 'razor' to his head'
The answer being 'Samson'
How can this be right - they didn't have razors then - and if they did - he (Samson) should have bought the company !!

Re: SAMSON - Is this true ? !

Have you been watching The Chase, Patsy

Maybe they used flint razors

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Never miss The Chase Mags
Flint razors - now there's a thought - all them sparks though ..........

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Maybe that's where the term 'hothead' came from

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'Where did the term 'Hothead' originate' ....... ?
Oooo another thought - what did Delilah use to cut his hair off then ?
I've seen the film but cant remember .........

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I'm no expert but they certainly had metal in those days so why not sharp pieces of metal ?

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Of course they did - I'm going through a silly phase - they had swords didn't they ........
But not 'razors' - of that I'm sure ......

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They wouldn't have had safety razors but they could have had their equivalent to cut-throat razors.

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There is a message there somewhere, never let a woman near your head with a sharp object?
I have often wondered how they shaved in those days too, you need a very sharp edge to shave, they had metal alright but not steel, iron does not keep an edge for long especially if its as thin as you need to shave, the old cut-throat razors our grandfathers had were good quality steel and they were prized and cherished by their owners, although they must have come up with something when the Romans came along because even the lowest ranking soldier is clean shaven, well the Hollywood Romans anyway.
Maybe they did what Desperate Dan did and got rid of the hair with a blowtorch.

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Jem - maybe they used shells to pluck the hairs .....