Shavin’ it Old Skool
There’s something to be said about shaving with a blade that can cut your head clean off. It takes a bit more time, and a bit more work and maintenance, but as you get older, you definitely learn to appreciate the virtue of a job well done without being rushed. This one carbon blade steel represents that wisdom, which only comes with age.
Reasons to shave with a straight razor:
1) With an electric razor, I rubbed my skin with a hot and dirty/oily metal screen, only to have stubble (and pimples) again the next morning. Straight razor? I can skip a day, and my skin is clean, and not irritated at all.
2) This one blade will last longer than you if you strop and maintain it correctly. When I used disposables, I was buying $10 cartridges every month, and oftentimes they didn’t have the heads I needed, so I had to buy a whole new handle and blade set for $20. Fucking thing sucks!
3) On average, it takes about 4-6 months to get good with the blade. It’s an acquired skill. Once you have it, you’ll know. It’s awesome.
4) Forget the cheap $5 cans of shaving gels and foams that last you a month. Buy a $5 bar of Col. Conk’s shaving soap, and you’re good for 2 years.
5) Strops make great child/wife/puppy-beating whips. ;)
6) Your face feels *so* clean after a good shave. Ever sit down at an old school barber shop and get a $20 straight razor shave? It’s a luxury. You can have this every day if you invest a little time and money.
Try it out. You won’t go back.
Now I just put a piece of toilet paper here, here, here, and here, anywhere you have a little bit of blood. Then you put on the after shave. GRRRRRRRRR! ARRRRRRRR! UUUUNNNNNGGGGHH! And that is how we shave.
Hey DUDE! that Miata with teeth!
should i do that with my MR?
hahaha~ that’s too hillarious!!!
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