Step back in time with me as I experience a classic straight razor shave at New York Shaving Company, a barbershop preserving the vintage shaving traditions of the 19th century. This old-school ...

When I was nineteen, my dad gave me a pair of extra hollow-ground straight razors in a small box marked “Gentleman ... 17 Fleet Street” which means that these blades were probably custom made for a ...

But the best straight razors for you—for at-home use—come with some genius tweaks to make them easier to shave with than you might expect. They tend to have shorter blades, typically fold into ...

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 appreciate history and a good deal of custom. You don’t ...

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 ...