Razors are engineered to effectively shave your body hair with as little pain and/or irritation as possible. Most blade razors are designed to be dragged against your skin at approximately a 30° angle ...

James N. P. O’Brien, co-founder and president of ShaveFace, a Nashville, Tenn.-based company that makes shaving strops for disposable razors. When a friend told O’Brien that disposable blades could be ...

Old-fashioned straight razor shaving is in a bind: business is too good. Straight razor sales are on the upswing globally, and the industry can barely keep up with demand. “[About ten years ago,] we ...

LINDEN, Texas-The practice of "stropping" doesn't occur often anymore. But, it used to be an activity that a barber did every weekday and sometimes on Sunday before church. A barber strops the ...

THERE'S A reason why getting an old-school shave from barbers gives you such a close shave, and it’s not because they use some sort of magical goop or secret shaving cream. They’re merely ...