I was thinking today about the fairly high corelation between ex-military members and straight razor use as it is shown on the forum here, and I came up with a bit of a theory. I hope it doesn't offend anyone, it's just a thought and feel free to disagree.

Most people who were milatary became so at a young age, usually around 18-20 it seems. A time in your life when you're beginning to really find your feet as a individual. Military training, however, is in part meant to break individuality to a certain degree. To repcale it with a sense of team and so on. The milatary, as far as I've seen from anyone I know who has been involved with it is an organization that places a huge importance on heritage.

So, my thinking is that perhaps, later in life the youthful sense of individuality that was driven out by military training begins to emerge. Former military men want to do something individualist, something not everyone around them is doing as well. So, when you combine that with the importance of heritage that was driven in to them and their sense of masculinity... Something like straight razor shaving just makes sense.

What do you think?