There's an independent barber downtown that does a good shave for a reasonable price but for my birthday, my lady bought me a Royal Shave from The Art of Shaving. A wonderfully decedent experience. I wanted to post this in the beginner forum because my shave today reminded me how much I learned about straight razor shaving my own face by having a professional shave me. I highly recommend it if you're getting started in wet shaving. I highly recommend it if you never intend to shave with a straight!

Sure, a real man shaves with a straight razor...but a gentleman is shaved with a straight razor. For those without a man servant, its nice to pretend for a day.