RaVis
Oi!
- Jun 19, 2011
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WW1 style.
Seems a bit extreme. I think a hatchet would have been sufficient.
Or a straight razor.
I've never had the courage to use a straight razor. I have a pretty good scar on my face from not paying attention while using a SAFETY razor. I'd be afraid I'd cut my throat with a straight razor.
(incidentally, I shave with a single-blade Schick Injector - all those folks that say you need 2, 3, 4, or more blades to get a close shave are full of crap!)
I've had the privileged of being a customer to a barber shop that had been around for 40 years by the time I became a regular customer for a while. A father and son team - both Navy veterans (father: Korea, son: Vietnam). Although I never had a straight razor there touch my face, nothing could beat the warm shaving cream on my neck with the straight razor finishing off the haircut. He even stropped the razor on a leather strop old school like.
I've played around with a Safety razor. I have a German Merkur, a badger hair English made brush and various kinds of soaps. I'll give this old set up a whirl once in a while. I hate to admit that a Gillette Mach 3 gets used the most.
Gillette Mach 3?!? And a blade aficionado at that? Shame...shame...shame.
Shaving? What's shaving?
No blade - big or small... can cure you of your beard. I'm sorry. There's nothing we can do.
I've never had the courage to use a straight razor. I have a pretty good scar on my face from not paying attention while using a SAFETY razor. I'd be afraid I'd cut my throat with a straight razor.
(incidentally, I shave with a single-blade Schick Injector - all those folks that say you need 2, 3, 4, or more blades to get a close shave are full of crap!)
Anyone know of a GOOD barber shop? Straight razor shaves are a plus, but not a requirement. Looking for a real barber, not these cheesy trade school "cosmetologists" like you find at the Hair Butchery. I used to have an awesome barber, he cut my hair for almost 20 years but he unfortunately passed away about five years ago.