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 ...

While a manual razor is a tried-and-true grooming tool in its own right, it’s hard to beat an electric shaver’s efficiency, speed and convenience. To determine the best electric razors for men, I ...

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 ...