We've shown you how to use a safety razor and save on overpriced blades, but if the ultimate in close shaves is what you're after, you can't beat a straight razor. This video from the Art of Manliness ...

<p>When I was growing up in North Dakota, our neighbor was a 90-year-old blacksmith from Austria. He loved drinking fresh raw milk (preferably, before it was chilled). His eyesight was failing, but he ...

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 ...

For hundreds of years, a trained barber used an extremely sharp blade known as a straight razor to accomplish a close shave. When the first self-contained “safety razors” became widely available, many ...

The first rule: Take your time. Done right, shaving with a straight razor should take about ten minutes. So use it only when you have time to spare. For your regular morning shave, stick with your ...

Men started using metal blades to shave their faces around 3,000 BC when copper became the medium of choice for all things utilitarian. Since then, shaving has advanced to electric razors that clean ...

Face it: you need a change in the shaving department. We’re here to tell you that a straight shave is a good shave, especially if you’re willing to take a little extra time every morning and you ...

With nothing but his nose peeking up through a steaming towel wrapped around his face, Tim Sullivan’s body seemed to gently melt into the reclining chair. In the chair beside him, barber Juan Naranjo ...

ALBANY, N.Y. – It’s too close a shave for most barbers these days, made cautious by fear of lawsuits and not willing to go against the grain of economic trends and changing fashion. And so, the ...