Straight Razor Primer

Here's a great article from Men's Essentials online about learning to shave with a straight razor. The tone is awesome. Shaving with a straight razor is an expression of your manliness. With lines like:

Absolutely nothing is more masculine than a shave tool that can take your head clean off. Straight razors practically drip testosterone from their unprotected blades.

and

...sharpen your razor with a leather strop. [...] To strop the blade, fix one end of the strop to some immovable object like a bedpost or mother-in-law...

you'll feel an uncontrollable urge to master the one blade. Engarde!

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