Thread: What is it that you like best about shaving with a straight razor??

I must say that the reasons for me are very much tied to wanting to connect in a meaningful way with a "simpler" time. I say "simpler" but I know that is not the case, it's just that life's challenges were just different and more tangible. Early yesterday morning, I found myself walking through the historic site of Daniel Boone with a very good friend of mine. This site has many homes from the late 1700's and early 1800's (very young when you compare it to European Historical sites). The temperature for the day was approaching 106 degrees Fahrenheit and I commented to my friend "We have it so much easier than these guys did....and I bet every one of them used a straight razor". That being said, the things I connect with the most: a connection to the past, all the hardware/software, the nature of self suffieciency that comes from getting a blade shave ready and maintaining it, a tremendous sense of self accomplishment, the great shaves, but above all, it reminds me that no matter how complex the world gets, it is the simple things in life that provide the most perspective. That, and of course the fine gentlemen that I am proud to call friends on this fine forum.
Glenn