Thread: The Straight Razor in Film

Love this movie


and this is a funny one to.

Series 3, episode 1 of "Sherlock"....After being tortured by a Russian thug, Sherlock is rescued by his brother Mycroft
and spirited back to London where he is treated to a straight razor shave.

Starz original series "Power" episode #2 has the lead bad guy getting a SR shave. In the close up of the "barber" stropping he flips the razor on the cutting edge. He then uses way too much pressure on the the actual shave. I guess the first would require the second. Sorry no film clip.

there is a newish mini-series I found on netflix called "copper" its set in the five points of New York during the civil war. pretty darn good show!! They have several scenes with straight razors.

I am watching Hell on Wheels on Netfix. Episode 8, Season 3 has Bohannon(protagonist) shaving Durant(weasely bad guy) with a straight. One nick and a some menacing strokes.

Pearl Harbor by Michael Bay has many scenes through out the film that show straights being used. There are several just in the bombing portion of the film.

Starz series "Outlander". Shaving with a particular ornate straight ties the timelines together in this time travel drama.

It'seems been said but plus one for "My Name is Nobody." One of my favorite movies. Also the TV show "Chuck" (nerd becomes super CIA agent) I forget what episode but a bad guy shows one off that he uses to "gain information."

There is a straight shave scene in the new movie 'Blind' where Demi Moore shaves Alec Baldwin. It starts not too horrible, but quickly degrades to 90 degree shave angles, and watching Demi rattle the blade around in a glass bowl to clean lather made me cringe.

Has anybody mentioned Crocodile Dundee yet?