Shaving with a straight razor is the best way to get a close shave, but the easiest way to filet your face. Here’s how to avoid becoming steak. The catch is that safety razors, which have a guard so ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Celia Shatzman writes about fashion, beauty and grooming. What makes a straight blade different? The straight blade is unique ...

The straight razor is intimidating. Powerful. If shaving were a sport, the straight razor would be the chosen blade of the big leagues. It’s also a luxurious experience. A labored process. There is ...

Some say traditional shaving—also known as wet shaving—is a lost art. Everyone is in a rush these days, so shaving with a single edge razor is a thing of the past. It takes more time than shaving with ...

Straight razor shaving isn’t a popular at-home shaving method because it’s so difficult to master. It does give you complete control of a razor, though (safety razors offer only partial control of a ...

Hands up if your first leg-shaving experience looked nothing like a pink and sparkly razor commercial, but, rather, it was a hurried and kinda bloody mess with your dad’s razor behind a locked ...

Like many young men these days, my dad taught me to shave with an electric razor. The lesson was rather short: “Press this button and swipe it over your face a few times.” I thought of the TV shows ...

It is not surprising that the expression “a close shave” is used to describe a dangerous, often near-death experience.