Toby, George "Egypt Razor"
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| Manufacturer | Unknown - Sold by George Toby, a turn of the century Syrian wholesale merchant |
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| Model | Unknown |
| Region | Sold in St. Paul, MN |
| Date | 1875 - 1925 "1875 - 1925" contains a sequence that could not be interpreted against an available match matrix for date components.
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| Grind | Full Hollow |
| Size | Unknown |
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George Toby was one of the first Syrians in St. Paul, MN who had set up a shop there as early as 1889.[1]
The newspaper clipping shown here describes an elaborate Syrian wedding for George Toby's son Moses in 1912. The ritual included a shave for the groom where each wedding guest would help lather him and shave a portion of his face.[2] 
