From The American Stationer, 1889. Words would just spoil it, so:
(Thrusting? Moistening? Did I pick up the wrong magazine again?)
A.W. FABER-CASTELL
EBERHARD FABER CO.
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From The American Stationer, 1889. Words would just spoil it, so:
(Thrusting? Moistening? Did I pick up the wrong magazine again?)
Your last sentence is really funny 🙂
I kind of don’t get it. Even or especially if there was a sexist attitude in 1889, wouldn’t the author have thought that women have experience with knives from many other parts of life, e.g. work in the 1889 typical kitchen etc.
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Thanks, Memm. 🙂
I suppose that we try to imagine (or at least hope) that it’s something more like a cringe-inducing attempt at humor, but that’s not the case. For example, this advertisement from 1897:
https://contrapuntalism.blog/2014/12/19/before-you-know-it-theyll-want-to-vote-too/
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This is so weird!
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Really makes you wonder…
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