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Offline Antimidas

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Straight Razor Shave
« on: September 06, 2009, 01:07:35 PM »
I don't think I want to try this on my own.  :)  But damn!  That is a lot of hair to remove with just a straight razor!

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Re: Straight Razor Shave
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2009, 01:49:02 PM »
i got a straight razor cut the other day...didnt like it as well...not as smooth. 
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Re: Straight Razor Shave
« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2009, 10:31:47 PM »
So the growing out experiment is over, then?
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Re: Straight Razor Shave
« Reply #3 on: September 06, 2009, 10:55:51 PM »
That's nuts the way that hair just falls away like it's made out of butter and the blade is a hot knife.  How can that even happen?  I guess that's skill!
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Re: Straight Razor Shave
« Reply #4 on: September 07, 2009, 09:44:29 AM »
You'd really have to trust the barber, I mean really trust him.  Just think of the damage that blade could do in anything other than an ultimately trained and steady hand :(.
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Re: Straight Razor Shave
« Reply #5 on: September 07, 2009, 09:48:50 AM »
Quote from: Rusty Shackleford on September 06, 2009, 10:55:51 PM
That's nuts the way that hair just falls away like it's made out of butter and the blade is a hot knife.  How can that even happen?  I guess that's skill!

Tell me about it.  I swear I saw hair falling away before the blade could get to it.  I mean, I have a really sharp edge on my straight razor from using a 4000/8000 grit water stone and stropping.  But that was nuts!  It was like it had an invisible light saber edge.  I would think you would have to repair the edge periodically during a shave like that.

If you listen closely, you can hear the popping sound as the hairs fly away.
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Re: Straight Razor Shave
« Reply #6 on: September 07, 2009, 10:47:21 AM »
Quote from: Antimidas on September 07, 2009, 09:48:50 AM
Quote from: Rusty Shackleford on September 06, 2009, 10:55:51 PM
That's nuts the way that hair just falls away like it's made out of butter and the blade is a hot knife.  How can that even happen?  I guess that's skill!

Tell me about it.  I swear I saw hair falling away before the blade could get to it.  I mean, I have a really sharp edge on my straight razor from using a 4000/8000 grit water stone and stropping.  But that was nuts!  It was like it had an invisible light saber edge.  I would think you would have to repair the edge periodically during a shave like that.

If you listen closely, you can hear the popping sound as the hairs fly away.

Looks like he strops it 3 or 4 times during the shave. Did y'all notice the little television he had set up so his customer could watch.?
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Re: Straight Razor Shave
« Reply #7 on: September 07, 2009, 01:10:26 PM »
I went into a barbershop once for a shave, with about about six days' worth of growth.  I was a little nervous when he started lathering me up and started shaving without buzzing the hair off first.  A dry shave like in this clip?  I don't think I'd let anybody do that to me.
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