I've always believed that the most secure career in the world is working for any Company that makes traffic cones. There are millions of the things and more keep appearing on our streets by the day.
However, another similarly secure career path must be working for the Company that makes Wilkinson Sword shaving brushes.
I'm old enough to confess that I started shaving in the late 70's. I can't be certain if they were on Supermarket shelves at that point but if not they must have been soon after because, I personally can't remember a time they didn't exist. I've searched in earnest to find out when they were first introduced but either I'm too stupid to drive internet properly or, dare I say it, the internet simply does not know.
Like owning a Fleetwood Mac album or donning a mullet hairdo it the 80's, hardly anyone admits to having one but the fact that WS have been churning them out in (slightly) different iterations over a 50-odd year period, certainly suggests that every living creature on the planet must have at least one... even if you don't have a hair on your body. I also don't think it's unreasonable to assume that if all the shaving brush manufacturers in the world pooled forces, they won't have sold as many brushes as WS.
With that in mind, like confessing to alcoholism at an AA meeting, I have a number of Wilkie brushes. Either gifts or purchases that have become a sort of accidental collection which I'm sure will have enormous monetary and legacy value in 1000 years.
So, are you also prepared to be brave enough to admit to the shame of being a Wilkinson Sword brush owner?
However, another similarly secure career path must be working for the Company that makes Wilkinson Sword shaving brushes.
I'm old enough to confess that I started shaving in the late 70's. I can't be certain if they were on Supermarket shelves at that point but if not they must have been soon after because, I personally can't remember a time they didn't exist. I've searched in earnest to find out when they were first introduced but either I'm too stupid to drive internet properly or, dare I say it, the internet simply does not know.
Like owning a Fleetwood Mac album or donning a mullet hairdo it the 80's, hardly anyone admits to having one but the fact that WS have been churning them out in (slightly) different iterations over a 50-odd year period, certainly suggests that every living creature on the planet must have at least one... even if you don't have a hair on your body. I also don't think it's unreasonable to assume that if all the shaving brush manufacturers in the world pooled forces, they won't have sold as many brushes as WS.
With that in mind, like confessing to alcoholism at an AA meeting, I have a number of Wilkie brushes. Either gifts or purchases that have become a sort of accidental collection which I'm sure will have enormous monetary and legacy value in 1000 years.
So, are you also prepared to be brave enough to admit to the shame of being a Wilkinson Sword brush owner?