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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Whether you’re neatening the edges of a bushy beard, or keeping everything completely clean shaven, figuring out the best grooming routine can be tricky — not to mention expensive. As a grooming ...

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I didn't see my dad without a beard until I was in college. For more than 20 years, he kept his face reasonably tame with drugstore disposables and an electric beard trimmer. My oldest brother keeps a ...

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 ...

A fashion & grooming writer by day, and a petrolhead the rest of the time, Mehul is fuelled by coffee, tea, and some really bizarre ideas. Hates being on social media unless you're talking about memes ...

John Peter Whitney is confident about the advances in robotics. So confident, in fact, that he recently let a robot take a straight razor to his face to give him a shave. No, it’s not some kind of ...