RE: Re: Heortling men and their beards

From: bernuetz.oliver_at_...
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 12:14:20 -0500


I seem to recall reading/hearing somewhere that plucking the hairs out (ouch!!!!!) was also an option for some peoples. Probably not much of one for the hairier races:-)

Another possibility is that given the popularity of sheep among the Orlanthi there may be a sheep shearing hero cult somewhere with a shear sheep feat. This could be adapted to shaving. Just whisk your hands over your face and voila! no more hair. Lends itself to barber shops and keeps those shearers busy in the off season...

Oliver
-----Original Message-----
From: KYER, JEFFREY [mailto:jeff.kyer_at_...] Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 10:32 AM
To: HeroWars_at_yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Re: Heortling men and their beards

Roderick and Ellen Robertson wrote:
>
>
> The beard of LM indicates (to me, anyway) that the person is "wise" more
> than "manly". (Sure, LM's a wacky off-beat cult, but he *is* the only
canon
> example we have of beard rules and roles). I agree that individual clans
> might have proscriptions on what you can do with your facial hair, or even
> just fashions that they prefer. The Saxons and Gauls had their own shaving
> styles (mustaches only), and they are as much the inspiration for Orlanthi
> as the Vikings and Irish...
>
> RR

Shaving with a bronze blade is _very_ unpleasant, as I found. I know that Gloranthan bronze holds an edge a bit better but until iron & steel were made more readily availble, even the Romans wore beards.

The barber with his precious steel blades was a local fixture in many ancient towns, especially the larger ones. In Republican Rome, only folks who were well off could afford to have one as a part of their retinue but, if they could afford it, such a person was considered essential for maintaining dignity. But, interestingly, in the _early_ Republican period, long face fur was considered okay.

Jeff

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