Powell's Hair being "Filed?" What's THAT about?!

[BettyO]

Thanks to Linda! I'm still attempting to find out just what this particular hair cut entailed....it must have been pretty close to shaving one's head, perhaps? I don't know. I know that the photo of Lew on the gallows shows that his hair is extremely short - crew cut looking....I can only surmise that it was cut with scissors, in a normal fashion and then when it was cut really short that a straight razor was taken to it perhaps? I can't imagine that an actual file was taken to anyone's head!?! That would be horrid and I would think bloody! At least the scalp would be extremely sore?!?

No, Powell's hair was the usual silky Caucasian hair; nothing different there, Jenny! You could be right, though....