I was on a trip to Vietnam last year and the guys I was with found a barber shop with a gal giving straight razor shaves. They were falling all over themselves to get a shave - I held back for reasons I couldn't have articulated at the time. Sure, I went and watched and even had a beer or two while these guys got the full treatment (um, ok, well not the *full* treatment...).

The gal used a real straight razor - not one of those with a disposable blade. It occurred to me later that night that the gal and her mom and her grandmother have been probably shaving people in Hue with that razor for the last 50 years. Hmmm. The first thing that came to mind was hepatitis.

So... something to think about...