Shaving with a straight razor is the best way to get a close shave, but the easiest way to filet your face. Here’s how to avoid becoming steak.

Shaving with a straight razor is the best way to get a close shave, but the easiest way to filet your face. Here’s how to avoid becoming steak.

To shave with a straight razor is to indulge in luxury. But with all great things, it takes technique, preparation, and patience.

While the user-friendly safety razor dominated in many households in the late 19 th century, nothing came close to a barber’s hot straight razor shave.

DIY web site Instructables goes step-by-step on how to shave with old-timey style using a straight razor—you know, like Sweeney Todd but without the blood. The tutorial includes lots of photos ...

In the cutthroat world of shaving, traditionalists swear by the venerable straight razor. If using one seems a little too Sweeney Todd for you, chin up. A steady and experienced hand can result in ...

I'm Asian, so this means I only have to shave my face every other Tuesday. However, if I let myself go, it will be only a matter of time before the Fu Manchu overpowers my chin and upper lip. I may ...

2 Prep your face. The best time for a straight shave (or any shave for that matter) is right after a hot shower. Never shave a cold face. Don’t have time for a shower? Run a towel under the hottest ...

Lifehacker reader lllcoco never learned to shave with a manual razor. So we’ve made a step-by-step video guide, for lllcoco and for everyone else who’s been relying on electric shavers only.

That is because shaving with a straight razor requires time, above all else, to learn the technique and engage in the methodical process.