With the constant (dubious?) improvements to razor technology it’s easy to forget that before the safety razor—with one blade, can you imagine—there was an even purer expression of the shaving ritual: the straight razor. Conceived as an easier, safer alternative to its more menacing cousin, the safety razor has since grown more and more complicated with blade-counts exceeding the number of fingers on one hand. Five blades must surely perform five times as well as single-bladed shaving?
By making the cutting edge a disposable quantity a multi-billion industry has sprung up around the daily ritual of shaving. But choosing convenience over tradition isn’t always a win-win. All those razor blades you’ve been chucking is money down the bin.
So what’s a frugal-minded guy to do? Learn how to use a straight razor like your forebears probably did. Depending on your morning routine you can end up shaving off more than a hundred dollars off your yearly budget. And don’t let Sweeney Todd scare you-used properly you are no more likely to cut yourself with a straight razor than with safeties.
Learn how to shave with a straight razor.
Michael, Paul. “Save Over $100 a Year by Shaving with a Cutthroat Razor.” Wise Bread. <http://www.wisebread.com/save-over-100-a-year-by-shaving-with-a-cutthroat-razor>
“Straight Razor.” Wikipedia Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. July 27, 2009 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_razor>
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