It is not surprising that the expression “a close shave” is used to describe a dangerous, often near-death experience. Trusting another person with a sharp blade up against your neck in any other ...

For hundreds of years, a trained barber used an extremely sharp blade known as a straight razor to accomplish a close shave. When the first self-contained “safety razors” became widely available, many ...

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 control of a ...