RaVis
Oi!
- Jun 19, 2011
- 2,192
WW1 style.
Let's shave!
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circleshooter
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Seems a bit extreme. I think a hatchet would have been sufficient.
ESHOREhunter
Member
- Aug 16, 2012
- 31
Looks like my brother in law!
What you don't see is the third guy about to yell "TEN-HUT!"
budman93
Ultimate Member
Clearly we need to ban axes, no one needs an assault axe like that just to shave! Think of the children!
RaVis
Oi!
- Jun 19, 2011
- 2,192
circleshooter
Ultimate Member
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!)
RaVis
Oi!
- Jun 19, 2011
- 2,192
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.
circleshooter
Ultimate Member
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.
I've been shaved with a straight razor, by a barber, a couple of times. It's a treat. If they're good your face is smooth as a baby's ass for a couple days. They're great and I recommend it to anyone. There's a cool place in downtown Baltimore called The Quintessential Gentleman that has that service and many more. Neat place!
Gillette Mach 3?!? And a blade aficionado at that? Shame...shame...shame.
RaVis
Oi!
- Jun 19, 2011
- 2,192
They work. I am becoming increasingly annoyed by the prices of the cartridges for them, though. $15+ for a 5-pack and getting higher.
cb51
Active Member
Shaving?
What's shaving?
What's shaving?
RaVis
Oi!
- Jun 19, 2011
- 2,192
No blade - big or small... can cure you of your beard. I'm sorry. There's nothing we can do.
cb51
Active Member
No blade - big or small... can cure you of your beard. I'm sorry. There's nothing we can do.
Whew! For a moment there I thought I might have been n some trouble.
Vile Shadow
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- Feb 28, 2013
- 28,953
Aww hell, try it once. You'll like it. Works good for me
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circleshooter
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See that 1/2 inch scar? That was not obtained through a knife fight over a card game at Rick's Place in Casablanca. That happened one evening while shaving with a Merkur Safety razor. The bathroom looked like a murder scene. Straight razor? I don't think so. 
***Most if not all of the people in this country who had to use a straight razor to shave are dead now (fortunately of old age as opposed to shaving accidents..) My grandfather was in the barber business and he used a straight razor on folks back in the 40's and 50's but only because they grew up using them.
I understand that safety razors have been around now for some time and have perhaps lost some of their romance but they were nothing short of revolutionary back in the day. After watching that scene in the Godfather there is NOOOO way I am letting anyone near my throat with a straight razor..
I also don't want to have to crank start my car nor use an old film camera over a modern digital one either..
I understand that safety razors have been around now for some time and have perhaps lost some of their romance but they were nothing short of revolutionary back in the day. After watching that scene in the Godfather there is NOOOO way I am letting anyone near my throat with a straight razor..
I also don't want to have to crank start my car nor use an old film camera over a modern digital one either..
Mooseman
R.I.P.- Hooligan #4
I shave four or five times a year. The axe would work fine.
- Nov 11, 2009
- 30,925
I miss my old Land Rover 109; I never had to use the crank to start it, but it was good to know that it was there if I needed it.
There's something exciting about a stone simple mechanical object that is so well thought out, and so suited for venturing into places where there are no mechanics, no spare parts; you're on your own, and your vehicle has to function or you will be walking home for the next thousand miles.
My grandfather, cheap SOB that he was, had a device, basically a handle into which he could clamp his used razor blades, and re-sharpen them with a strop.
There's something exciting about a stone simple mechanical object that is so well thought out, and so suited for venturing into places where there are no mechanics, no spare parts; you're on your own, and your vehicle has to function or you will be walking home for the next thousand miles.
My grandfather, cheap SOB that he was, had a device, basically a handle into which he could clamp his used razor blades, and re-sharpen them with a strop.
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.
ReticulateLemur
Active Member
- Oct 29, 2012
- 158
Depending on how close you are to Baltimore, you could try Quinntessential Gentleman. I go there for my haircuts and have never been disappointed.
Back to the topic at hand, I've been shaving with a Merkur razor, Gillette blades, and Mystic Water soap for almost a year now and I couldn't imagine ever going back to a multi-blade monstrosity and canned shaving goop. I'm probably going to pick up a straight razor at some point this year and have a go at that as well.
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