Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most of us learn how to shave with a cartridge razor, which has a pretty simple learning curve—call it the “automatic transmission ...

THERE'S A reason why getting an old-school shave from barbers gives you such a close shave, and it’s not because they use some sort of magical goop or secret shaving cream. They’re merely ...

FOR A LONG time, I saw straight razors more as weapons than as grooming tools. Maybe it was Sweeney Todd, maybe it was the ear-cutting scene from Reservoir Dogs, but these nifty blades always seemed ...

Even the best straight razor can be a hard sell, especially since Sweeney Todd went and maligned them. Many of us happily lean back in the barber’s chair and get a brilliant straight-razor shave from ...

Over the past 4 years of my life I've gotten really sick of paying out my ass for disposable razor blades. Doubly so for the past couple of years that I've been shaving my head. Anyway, so I've been ...

Due to some continuing dissatisfaction with normal razors (Gilette Fusion, the Quattro, etc) I am thinking of going old school - i.e. the straight razor route. You know, the single blades that you see ...

Barber Tracy Crouch deftly wields a straight-edge razor, scraping the blade through the shaving cream to shape and trim a beard. Crouch is the barber at 19th St. Salon & Spa, 3915 S.W. 19th St., a ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." This comes down to the design. A straight razor is a single, exposed blade that folds into its handle and ...