Watching some old video's. To remember him when he still had 2 ears.

I was never knew fear when shaving, whether using a cartridge or a DE. Then, I sat down for a haircut at a base in Afghanistan with an Afghan barber who didn’t speak English and always seemed a little angry. After cutting a good high-and-tight, he unexpectedly whipped out a straight razor and proceeded to shave my neck. I’m man enough to admit that I kept my right hand very close to my pistol for the rest of the shave. He did a great job and I made sure to tip him well.

Your blade wasn't sharp enough. Honing a blade to be sharp AND smooth takes a lot of experience. If you haven't already, send it to a pro so you know what to aim for when you do it yourself. It took me a year or two before I could get consistently sharp and smooth edges on all my razors. A properly honed and stropped razor should mow through arm hair hovering about a 1/4" inch from your skin.

Straights can be honed to give a very comfortable shave, the thing is, you shouldn't start out honing it yourself. Get it honed by a pro, not a knife sharpener, and learn to shave which in itself, is a process. It can easily take mire than 50 shaves to get your muscle memory and techniques down. Learn to strop, stropping can make your blade last very long without the need for honing. Straight razors are not for everyone, if youre not pacient and ready to spend time and money on this, use DE razors. Your razor wasn't shave ready, your stropping wasn't efficient and you haven't got your technical skills down. The fact that you also honed it, which took me years to get perfected, is a setup for failure. Its sad when someone makes videos without having the background to really tell, that straights can shave fantastic.

Blades not sharp enough, you need only one pass with a sharp and smooth razor, u need a clear or black Arkansas stone , and then finish with 100 strokes on the leather , It takes long to learn how to sharpen and smooth the blade than it does to learn to shave with it ., And you can bring out the fear of god in a thug with one , without even using it , had to convince teen who was insisting on $5 . At a truck stop .

“We have a bleeder!!!”

13 years of using straight razor you can hear how it’s not cutting

The paper test isn't really a precise enough test for a blade that sharp. A common test is to cut standing hair and that would be cutting your arm hair with the blade just touching the hair not the skin of your arm. I've found if it's not sharp enough to do that than it's not sharp enough to shave

I actually woke up early for it (7.30am on a holiday ) only to realize it’s tomorrow not today!! The excitement is strong with this one ☝️

This video gave me anxiety for 30 minutes lol

I just love how good he is at constantly talking and not making the video awkward

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I remember the only BBS shave I got from a straight razor was in the hands of someone I understand to have been an old-school barber sometime around 2000. Sequence went: massaging my face with a touch of vicks--yea you read that right--then leaving a hot towel on for maybe 10 minutes, followed by a slick layer of shaving foam, then just one pass of the warm stropped well-worn-narrow old sling blade. It ended with another few minutes of rest with a hot towel, then awakening with a splash of osage. The smoothness from that particular session sadly was never replicated even by later barbers who shamelessly charged more.

The aptly-named Safety Razor is one of the greatest inventions of all time. My hands would cramp up if I had to wrestle with a straight razor.

So stoked! This will be marvelous! I love these premiere reminders! It's almost like a tease.

Always been curious about straight razors love the video( :

I was the same way in the beginning, I started and stopped a couple times but stuck with it this last time and love it. It gets easier over time and the shaves get better. The against the grain pass is the money pass. I get a bbs on my cheeks but still not there on my neck yet. Hope you stick with it, nice shave man.

You've taught me a lot about wet shaving, im proud of you for trying "new things"!

Can't wait! Good luck brother. You won't catch me using a straight razor lol.

Black beards are the best because after shaving you get a greenish tint and that looks really sexy.