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Interest in Straight Razor & Wet Shaving Clinic (or table)??
- Thread starter Joshua223
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My Dad was a barber and it was a right of passage when you got the back of your neck lathered up and shaved as a young man.I remember as a child sitting on a board in the barber chair.He would sometimes put shaving cream on you and shave it off with the back side of the blade.You also learn at a young age that strop was useful for more than honing that edge.It would tear that ass up.
Lot of them really old strops are pretty cut up!My barber uses a shavette. I asked him why he used that style and not a traditional razor. He basically told me that he's not very good with a strop.
Heard those strops were multipurpose at the time.
That smooth, broken in leather probably didn't feel any better either when slapped that hyde lol.
Never had a straight shave but it’s interesting to me. Just in a lost art kinda way I guess.
Knew an old man that carried a straight razor at all times. I assume he shaved with it but also used it in place of a pocket knife. Always thought it was neat.
Knew an old man that carried a straight razor at all times. I assume he shaved with it but also used it in place of a pocket knife. Always thought it was neat.
Some have very heavy grinds and would work as knives. The real old ones were close to being true wedges. I wouldn't want to shave with an edge that been used to cut tougher materials though.
I remember someone telling me they had skinned deer with a straight razor.
I've seen ONE example of a razor with a mechanism for keeping the blade closed and that was on a razor forum. The pivot would need to be tight if I was going to carry it in my pocket.
Traditional all the way. Everything about the place is old school Americana. That's one of the reasons I go there. Even the chairs are vintage.
I don't think I have ever seen anyone in there who was younger than me.
Ice pick in the 70's
