African American Wet Shaver in da House!!!
Longtime lurker, brand new member. This site has been a godsend for a cat like me. Been on the "straight and narrow" for about six months now. Made all the bonehead beginner mistakes (first straight was bought in a beauty supply store, paid no heed to pre-shave ritual, didn't take the time to clock my beard growth, etc...), but now I've settled into a righteous groove, baby! An offhand remark to my dad a few months ago about my religious conversion from the store bought plastic devils resulted in him hunting down my grandfather's straight and sending it to me. There's nothing quite like a legacy shave, jack. Anyway, I've been trying to spread the gospel of the cutthroat to my African American bros, but all I get is the "razor bump" whines. I counter with telling them to check out any photos of African Americans from about 80-100 years back. I dare them to find any of those soul brothers with anything resembling razor bumps. Not in the glory days of the straight, they won't. Magic Shave, Bumpstopper, and all the other quackery marketed to us can't stand up to the might of a well-honed, properly stropped piece of steel. So, I ask you fine gentlemen of the facial sword, what more can I do to convince them to join this most hallowed of fraternities?
"A man got to have a code..." Omar ("The Wire")