Shaving with a Machete

[mkornecki]

I hope this hasn't been brought up before, but we are all wusses!

Technically, this should go in the straight razor forum, but I think it will be enjoyed by all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM60prhzj_o&feature=related

[trewornan]

There are a couple of good videos of people shaving with axes too. The guys with big amish style beards are a laugh.

[icedoverfire]

That's awesome.

[mkornecki]

There are a couple of good videos of people shaving with axes too. The guys with big amish style beards are a laugh.

I like how he chopped up the small tree first. I'm assuming that he shaved with the part of the blade that wasn't used during the chopping.

[michiganlover]

That video is pretty extreme, you have to realize he is trying to sell you on his products for knife sharpening. The idea I guess, is that if the blade is sharp enough to shave with (and not get cut) it should be sharp enough for any other activity.

I much rather prefer this video of backwoods shaving: A true gentleman of the outback packs all of his high class shaving products for the long trip into the wilds:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg9dKvV4psk&playnext_from=TL&videos=QKxE5RsFnKo

[Alacrity59]

I love what this guy does. I've watched many of his youtube presentations and found them to be quite educational.

[GoldenBacon]

Dang, thats a nice knife!:w00t:

[HoratioCaine]

And we wonder why women roll their eyes at us.

[Omnichron]

Chuck Norris shaved the machete.

[verdict]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg9dKvV4psk&playnext_from=TL&videos=QKxE5RsFnKo

Wow,cool vid! Is that all there is to straight shaving? "All" you need is a Waterstone of some sort and a leather strop?


And we wonder why women roll their eyes at us.

:laugh:

[mattbikes1]

Wow,cool vid! Is that all there is to straight shaving? "All" you need is a Waterstone of some sort and a leather strop?



:laugh:
Pretty much. That and good technique. You can easily cut yourself much deeper than you can with a DE, but it is 1,000 more fun to shave with the straights. Way less irritating as well.

[michiganlover]

Pretty much. That and good technique.

+1

Straight shaving doesn't have to be madly expensive: you need one shave ready straight razor, a leather strop, and some means to touch up the edge (be that a barber's hone or similar stone, or a piece of balsa, and fine cutting pastes).

Most straight razor users turn it into a hobby, with multiple razors, strops, and the full set of hones, so they can restore badly damaged razors.

[diamondtim]

Kewl:thumbup1:.