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 A LONG time, I saw straight razors more as weapons than as grooming tools. Maybe it was Sweeney Todd, maybe it was the ...

Was there ever a thing so misnamed as safety razors? Safer than what? For decades, men went to work with little pieces of tissue attached to their faces to staunch the bleeding. All the same, as city ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." I didn't see my dad without a beard until I was in college. For more than 20 years, he kept his face ...

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Given their greatness, we wanted to test the top metal razors from the best-known brands to find the safety razor to rule them all. That’s why SPY has spent the last 10 weeks meticulously testing the ...

Many of us grow up learning how to shave with a cartridge razor, which believe it or not, is just over 50 years old. Gillette introduced the first cartridge razor, the Trac II, back in the early ‘70s.

Some men do not like facial hair, which means they have to incorporate a shaving routine every day or after a day. However, one of the biggest challenges is finding the perfect razor to make your ...

Yates Precision Manufacturing in Greene County caters to connoisseurs of safety razors in the United States and around the world. Editor’s note: This is one in a weekly series featuring businesses ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Like getting a haircut, shaving isn't a one-size-fits-all process, but having the ...

Happy over winning a Federal court decision, the managers of the International Safety Razor Corp. last week hastened to advertise the sale of their corporate stock. The American Safety Razor Corp. had ...