Ever thought of trying straight shaving?

[LarryDarrell]

They say you should do something every day that scares you. Shaving with a straight you can have that done before breakfast...
It takes time and practice, and the razor need care and attention, but I think of it as the grooming equivalent of Slow Food.

 

[David in Boston]

C'mon in guys, the water's warm, the beer's cold and the chicks are hot.

A recent study by the CDC and a team of medical researchers from Johns Hopkins determined that the average life expectancy of a straight shaver is slightly longer than that of anyone else in their neighborhood and that some of the other side benefits include:

Better posture
Clearer skin
A sense of irony
Rakish good looks sometimes underscored with a mysterious scar
An ability to ignore aggressive flirtation from beautiful women out of slavish devotion to the love of their life and mother of their children.
Greater lung capacity
Understanding of mysterious and ancient texts
A puzzling ability to recognize names and faces of complete strangers they've never met or seen before.
A supple, languid way of moving
Obsessiveness over small things such as whether an edge was sharpened on a belgian, japanese or man-made stone or film.
An aversion to cant
Fear of clowns and nuns (oops, sorry, that's just me)
Preference for dogs over cats
An avuncular humor
Ability to outrun angry bears and fathers
Inability to outrun mothers and daughters
Great teeth

If this sounds like you, then join us.

Oh that's just great.

Now I feel like a dork because I don't use a straight razor.

You just had to rub it in.

 

[Obiwan]

You know what Obiwan; you are an enabler! I hold you responsible for my future actions....

Stand in line friend....stand in line.

 

[Obiwan]

Oh that's just great.

Now I feel like a dork because I don't use a straight razor.

You just had to rub it in.

Pretty sure that was his goal, lol.

 

[Obiwan]

I've always wanted to try it but I fear that the stropping and honing would eventually drive me insane.

Stropping is easy......Honing? Hmm, wonder if the winner might get free honing for life????

 

[viper16]

Stropping is easy......Honing? Hmm, wonder if the winner might get free honing for life????

Or, which would be better in the long run, some film and a cheap GD to practice honing on, probably add about $10 to the total cost, less than even a poor-man's strop from whipped dog.

 

[Giant Kiwi]

Stropping is easy......Honing? Hmm, wonder if the winner might get free honing for life????

Sounds like this is gaining momentum........

 

[Wality]

Or, which would be better in the long run, some film and a cheap GD to practice honing on, probably add about $10 to the total cost, less than even a poor-man's strop from whipped dog.

Sorry to ask a noob question, but I searched and just cannot find what "GD" stands for.

 

[catherix]

Sorry to ask a noob question, but I searched and just cannot find what "GD" stands for.

Gold Dollar. It's a cheap but pretty darn decent straight razor(if properly fixed up and honed).

 

[Wality]

Gold Dollar. It's a cheap but pretty darn decent straight razor(if properly fixed up and honed).

Thank you. Interesting. I'll try to have a look at one.

 

[global_dev]

An aversion to cant or can't? Cause straight razors users def'ly have their own language vernacular no one else understands.

 

[Shyguy]

I be using a shavette for a while and found it more fun and a closer shave than a safety razor. I love to get hands on proper straight razor like a dovo Bismarck (need to save) up and compare with my shavette.