I shake my head with pity when reading threads proclaim some new fangled product with glycerin lanolin and oil extracted from the milk of a virgin yak and then scented with frankincense and myrrh and prepared by a hermit living in a secret house in Machu Picchu is extolled as the best lubricant for shaving.
Any real man knows that the best lubricant is blood.
I don't know how it works but I do know that once you give yourself a decent nick and the claret starts flowing the shave becomes so much smoother and closer.
And remember chicks dig guys with scars.
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