I was just responding to a member in another thread and it got me thinking.
As the title of this post says "this whole thing is amazing". What I mean is, here we are, grown men, sharing wisdom and techniques as well as technical and artistic theory and practice about something that only men can share with other men, something that has been done by almost every man that has walked this earth at least one time I would guess, for thousands of years. Something that is in fact for most men a necessary evil, an arduous and dangerous task of literally scraping your own face with the sharpest instrument we can get our hands on whether that was a stone or volcanic glass or as progress in man's evolution it became copper and bronze and iron and we scrape the natural hair growth off of our faces. That is something only man does. No other living creature on this planet scrapes the fur off of their faces and or bodies. For as far back as recorded time goes there were clean shaven men.
Not that shaving ever goes out of style but beards and mustaches come in and out of style and the use of the Straight Razor almost went the way of the DoDo with the help of the disposable cartridge, electric razors, and others.
But, enough men enjoy the nostalgia, and the tradition, as well as loving the great results from a Straight Razor shave. Enough men kept the art of the daily face scraping alive, and look at what has become of that passion. There is a community world wide that has made shaving a hobby and something that should be enjoyed and discussed among men.
Who would ever have guessed ? Not me.
Thanks Men.
As the title of this post says "this whole thing is amazing". What I mean is, here we are, grown men, sharing wisdom and techniques as well as technical and artistic theory and practice about something that only men can share with other men, something that has been done by almost every man that has walked this earth at least one time I would guess, for thousands of years. Something that is in fact for most men a necessary evil, an arduous and dangerous task of literally scraping your own face with the sharpest instrument we can get our hands on whether that was a stone or volcanic glass or as progress in man's evolution it became copper and bronze and iron and we scrape the natural hair growth off of our faces. That is something only man does. No other living creature on this planet scrapes the fur off of their faces and or bodies. For as far back as recorded time goes there were clean shaven men.
Not that shaving ever goes out of style but beards and mustaches come in and out of style and the use of the Straight Razor almost went the way of the DoDo with the help of the disposable cartridge, electric razors, and others.
But, enough men enjoy the nostalgia, and the tradition, as well as loving the great results from a Straight Razor shave. Enough men kept the art of the daily face scraping alive, and look at what has become of that passion. There is a community world wide that has made shaving a hobby and something that should be enjoyed and discussed among men.
Who would ever have guessed ? Not me.
Thanks Men.
