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Originally Posted by DavidB
Every once in a while I have my barber give me a shave. He does a great job with the straight razor, but I still don't think it's as close as the new blades.
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I am told that a barber with many years of experience of shaving with a high quality straight razor can shave you closer than possible with the disposable type blades because the blade will be constantly stroped during the shave (which obviously cannot be done with disposable blades) and the fact that the quality of the metal of a good straight razor is so much greater than the metal Gillette and the rest of the guys use for disposable blades and therefore the blade will be noticably sharper than the disposable blades.
I was never able to reach that status on my own. I have heard some states have outlawed the use of straight razors due to fear of spreading HIV???