Somebody mentioned shaving as a particular annoyance. I get annoyed with trying to get a really close shave. I've heard nothing works as well as a straight razor. I'd like to, but I'm afraid I might cut my own throat. Anybody here ever try using one?

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I never tried but I can barely get around the curves on my neck as it is with all sorts of technology and junk. I dont get how a straight blade would work? Especially when my GQ recommends one that costs $185, thats ridiculous... I imagine they're cheaper someplace though. Sharp knife sounds better to me, at least it has some contours.

id be afraid of a straight razor.. even a pro doing it for me. something that sharp one nik and your screwed.... plus.. shaving sucks. everyday i have to shave.. sometimes twice a day. and im 17.. i might try one of those 'lectric shavers.. i use a mach 3 turbo.. oh yea 3 blades.. wooo

when i was in college my mom gave me a straight razor from her father. i thought cool. and tried shaving with it. ouch! in a matter of seconds i needed a bunch of bandaids.

it was a skill and i think you had to keep it very sharp to get a decent shave. and even if you were good at it i bet you ended up with a lot of cuts. they always kept a razor strop, a big wide leather belt, to sharpen the blade on. and i think you sometimes had to sharpen more than once to get one shave.

you used to hear of parents going after the ornery boys with a razor strop, but by my boyhood there were safety razors in general use except by men my grandfather's age who didnt adjust.

tom w

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If you don't want to go all the way to a straight razor, have you considered trying a classic "safety razor" - the sort that uses double-edged blades?

My barber, when I was a teen, shaved the neck and around the ears with a mofo sharp razor. he'd strop it on a long leather and carefully cut down to skin. That was a CLOSE shave.

I watched him and his partners shave each other and some customers. Never a nick and no whisker dared raise its bristly stubble around those guys. Lebanese immigrants. I miss the old guys. They were something!

B

yeah, and you definately treated them with respect while they were shaving you.

tom w

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last time a straight razor was used on me was on a 50$ haircut .. the stylist used it to square everything off

I actually used to use a straight razor, back when I worked on boats...added a degree of excitment to the daily routine. I got into the straight blade thing because I thought it was neat, old style - nowadays I reckon they call it retro. I was also one of those ornery boys who did get whooped with a razor strop. My Dad was really old school back then,

Oh yea....the soap cup and brush are nifty accessories you just gotta have.

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i like retro stuff.. i golf with a vintage set of clubs. wood woods and driver. etc.. one day ill get the cajones to learn to strait razor.. and ill be so cool

I (also?) hate shaving... Someday I'll retire from the guard and never shave again...until the wife complains at least =)


I call it an "Electric Face Buzzer" - its the side-to-side electric shaver thing - It works well on the chin and very curved parts of the face, but lousy on the underside of my cheeks - If I need a good look I just use a "normal" razor there. I think the "circular" electric shavers do better on the neck, but I'm not going to buy/keep 2 electric shavers.

Straight razor = nfw - Disposeable/other razors aare too cheap/available, If I'm going to care about a knife, it needs to look cooler than a straight razor =)



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A few years ago we had a similar thread here at the Shop.

That's where I learned about razors from http://www.greatrazors.com/

I've been purchasing them ever since-- now about three years. I also use a traditional soap mug and boar-brisstle brush. Great shave everytime!

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i know the feeling...im 18 and have the same problem...cept i got one of them Fusion razor's in the mail..works well. 5+1 blades..ha..

in the summer i ususally dont shave for 2-4 days or until it annoys me...

kris

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Straight razor yields the best shaving results for me by far...but I only trust a skilled barber to do it properly.

I once had a novice trim my mustache...left some bad cuts just under my nose that took over a week to heal...didn't feel too good after the haircut and shave when the barber applies that stinging tonic!!!

As an African-American, razor bumps are a real problem...the curly hair has a propensity to burrow under the skin and regrow, leaving a bump...you have to extract with tweezers...painful and time-consuming!

I figured out after some years of treacherous skin problems to shave against the grain. But I think my facial skin has toughened up over the years, so no matter what I do, I have very little problems with ingrown hairs these days...

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