Thread: Straights around the world

just looking at the world map we got here of members. im just wondering about the pervasiveness of straights around the world.

I understand this site is in english so the membership favors those areas where english is more common, but still it is clear that most of asia, africa and central/south america are not exactly well represented.

so maybe my question is in two parts, the first, historically was straight shaving a mainly "western" thing (i assume not) but then where are all these other antique razors from around the world?

and 2. why has it not caught on (in modern times) within these other areas (if thats even true. maybe the russian or mongolian member can inlighten me here).. or even with other say ethnic groups (from what i gather the forum seems rather caucasion biased).

just curious about use and culture.

thanks

edit: maybe the mods can bump this to the general razor discussion section.. sorry