Item

Category: Objects -> Tools & Equipment  
Donor: Ray Short
Location: Artifact Room and Document Overflow -> Bay 13 -> Shelf 6  
Accession Number: 1989.3.1  
Name of Object: Soap Shaver  
Description: Disc with 12 rectangular cut with the metal tipped down to act as the shaver. wood knob used to turn disc. long metal bar with threads screws into disc. has fancy shape metal at one end of thread bar. Cardboard box - tan with navy lettering and pictur  
History: Ray Short sold these door - to door. Used to shave soap chips from Fels-Naptha Soap bars.  
Condition: Good  
Place of Origin: Ferndale, MI  
Old Catalog Number: 25.53.37