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New Hygiene Regimen Not Sharp Idea

Just a head’s-up. If I’m found face down in a large, semi-coagulated pool of blood, don’t bother calling in a forensics team. Against all better judgment and warnings from my lovely wife, Sherry, I have been attempting to defoliate my mug …With a straight razor. From the way my maiden voyage went Monday morning, I’ll be needing a transfusion before Friday’s shave rolls along. Hard to believe that just a few generations ago, the straight razor was used daily by men who wanted to remove their whiskers. True, those were also the days when guys rolled their own smokes, drank hooch from metal flasks while driving and sometimes relied on corncobs instead of Charmin. Don’t laugh. As harsh as it sounds, these raw-knuckled lugs still managed to build the whole damn country. Now we’re living in a world of wimps/ Doug Clark , SR. More here.

Question: Have you ever shaved with a straight-edge razor?

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog