Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It is not surprising that the expression “a close shave” is used to describe a dangerous, often near-death experience. Trusting ...

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 ...

FOR A LONG time, I saw straight razors more as weapons than as grooming tools. Maybe it was Sweeney Todd, maybe it was the ear-cutting scene from Reservoir Dogs, but these nifty blades always seemed ...

Due to some continuing dissatisfaction with normal razors (Gilette Fusion, the Quattro, etc) I am thinking of going old school - i.e. the straight razor route. You know, the single blades that you see ...

Lynn Abrams is telling men to kick the can, ditch that safety razor and shave like you mean it. For the past 12 years he's moderated an online forum, straightrazorplace.com, for straight razor and wet ...

Many of us grow up learning how to shave with a cartridge razor, which believe it or not, is just over 50 years old. Gillette introduced the first cartridge razor, the Trac II, back in the early ‘70s.