So I was thinking

Of some of the reasons that drew me to useing a striaght razor and I wanted to see if forum members could add any thing, now mine is still out for sharpening so I can't relate as yet :rant:

1) The grand tradition:p
2) The art that goes into the razor:D
3) Its the shave method with the steepest learning curve. :w
4) It's got the market on masculine cornered :tu nothing like shaving with something that can take your neck off. My son can use this to his advantage when he starts dating :nj

5) My great grand pop did it:yhis sons however abandon the method
6) It's something that I can pass on down to my son when he gets old enough and ultimately it will save him tons of dollars even if I have to spend the dollars myself.

7) In a pinch I can defend myself and my family with it.
8) Something to get hooked on

#3

So many people say straight razor shaving has the steepest learning curve, but so far to me it seems like the shallowest :p It took me about four shaves to learn how to shave with a cartridge razor when I was a scrawny lad (I still am, actually). So far I have shaved over a hundred times with my straight, and I am still consciously improving daily with a long way to go. Maybe there will come a point when my skill will suddenly shoot up and that's where this fabled steepness is :shrug:

Don't get me wrong though, I'm happy for those who catch on really quickly. There are a lot of great resources here :)

#7

hahaha, straight razor in one hand, bottle of tabasco in the other

[Edit: Just noticed the little man whisting a tune with his eyes lifted gazing at the wall next to #3 - perhaps this indicates sarcasm (duh)]

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Originally Posted by hoglahoo

hahaha, straight razor in one hand, bottle of tabasco in the other

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Now that's funny!!! :roflmao

How masculine can a cartridge razor be, or one of those terrible electric shavers. Imagine someone trying to say - "Hay, I am a manly man, I use an electric." :roflmao A cartridge seems to me to be really wimpy ";" and a double edge is much cooler than the others but still the straight has the market cornered on manly.

Throw-away razors are a chore. No one likes to use one. Shaving with an open razor makes you take your time and makes you pay attention to yourself.

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Originally Posted by geoffreyt

Throw-away razors are a chore. No one likes to use one. Shaving with an open razor makes you take your time and makes you pay attention to yourself.

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What he said. :bow

and................

Stropping is sexy! :D

When one of the guys is over and ends up using the bathroom and then asks "you shave with THAT?!?" :eek:

I get to respond "yeah, what do you use NANCY?:cool:"

Let's not forget gents that though straight shaving may well be "manly", there are quiet a few of us ladies now turning our hands to the skill too!;) Speaking for myself I wasn't drawn to it by the being butch angle, I just love blades...........:y

That and the whole PCR thing, hehehe:cool:

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