Thread: James Bond -- Skyfall

Either way it is one hell of a close shave! You will notice that through the rest of the movie, without any stops to even rest or eat over several very hectic days, Bond stays just as smooth as immediately after the shave.

There are several comments made in the movie that show the Bond character returning to the more primitive tools of the trade, such as when the new "Q" tells Bond that they dont go in for exploding pens anymore. This whole movie revolves around the premise of Bond aging.

I think there is a certain "machismo" that comes along with straight razor shaving. In today's modern society, where we are so focused on having too little time in the day for anything, or we need the newest most hyped up gadgets to get through our daily lives. Its nice to see more and more people returning to the tools of the past and taking more time for the seemingly medial tasks of our day. Of course there is also the school of thought that you havent lived until you've pressed a sharpened piece of steel to your own throat on a daily basis.