Thread: Why shaving with the featherlite blade is the better than the rest

"Ok... let me be the first to have a crack at it.
I understand what you are saying, but somehow I just feel that you are missing the whole point of using a straight razor (a real one, I mean...). There's more to it that just shaving. That's my point of view. I enjoy stropping and prepping and all the things related. I understand that you think that the feather is the ultimate in shave closeness. Ok. Good for you. But you are missing out on a lot, my friend. But to each its own and as long as you are having fun and getting a good shave...

Now, concerning the Bad Ass thing: why? Why does this keep coming up?! Just because it's a sharp blade it doesn't make you a hooligan! To me the straight razor represents the ultimate in deportment and gentlemanly behaviour. And a gentleman is not bad ass... I seem to stumble upon the bad ass argument too often. I just might be a bit old fashioned, then, if I find this to be a thing of gentlemen... maybe I'm wrong."


Before this goes to far on this track, let me explain a few things: This is a discussion board and I have listed the pro's for the Feather artist club, so if you want to give pros and cons for one or the other have at it, but I quite clearly listed the "pros" for the Feather artist club. Your rebuttal was mostly reduced to a general statement tantamount to "you are wrong." Secondly, I resent the implication that the Feather artist club is not a "real straight razor." Is it not straight? is it not a razor? Is it not handled? Does one not use it the same way with the exception of stropping?

As to the "bad ass" comment, you are either missing the spirit of my post, or you have no sense of humor, or it is lost in translation. I do not mean to insult you with this statement. I am only interpreting why other people are using this word to describe it, but when I use it, it is meant to be in fun. However, Bad Ass would just describe the masculinity of this method of shaving in this case. It has nothing at all to do with being gentlemanly or not. Bad ass simply as stand in metaphor for "more masculine" and not "hooligan". I don't think that I am wrong in believing that most men who shave with a straight razor do it because it is somewhat of a lost art that represents a certain masculinity. It is a connection with something that is strictly within the domain of being Male and nothing else. Women have Makeup, nails, facials (although some men do this too, NOT FOR ME!! ), etc. etc. With the shaving technology available today, there is absolutely no reason to use a straight razor for only the purposes of getting a close shave. I can get a close shave with a Mach 5 razor. But for me, it is less of a challenge, and it is too fast to derive any sense of connection with the "manliness aspect." I understand that everyone has their reasons, but I am old school in many ways, I believe in traditional values, I am a bodybuilder, I own a business and work hard to provide for my family, I believe very much in being my own man. ANd I believe that I am a "bad ass" AND a "gentleman." My guess is that if we took a poll of straight razor users, we would find that many of us have these things in common.

So thanks for your comment, I hope I clarified my position and would love to hear some more. I am sure there are a lot of people who disagree with me and have their reasons for it.