I don't shave with a straight BECAUSE it is badass. That, however, does not take away from the fact that it IS badass.
A good friend, who is a lot more manly than I am, built his own house with his own hands, can fix cars, do his own plumbing and electrical work, hunts, lives way out in the woods, etc, told my wife that I am into "really manly stuff like straight razors." My dear kind wife said something along the lines of "Yeah, he spends an hour in the bathroom in the morning, uses more products than I do, and comes out smelling like flowers half the time (Coral skin food, I'm guessing)...real manly."
Ahhhh...nothing like having your wife swoon at your manliness. At lerast she is impressed by my knowledge of the woods, survival and martial arts. Except jiu-jitsu, or "rolling around with my boyfriends" as she so lovingly calls it.