Originally posted by Larkieyes absolutely, you need proper brush and soap and to prepare the face, no rush out in the morning job, no siree. 😀
You are probably right - but it does require practice.
My own barber seems to spend an age lathering my chops with a good old-fashioned badger brush first, really working it in - I guess it opens the pores properly before the razor. I think this process is also key to the closeness of the shave. It ain't a rush job!
I was once travelling by car through the former Yugoslavia. I had been some days on the road and was looking rather scruffy. I had tried shaving myself with a so-called safety razor and bungled it, leaving a scabby slash on my lip a couple of millimetres long. I decided to get a proper barber to give me a proper shave, with lather and a straight razor. My, what a difference: the man even managed to shave the whiskers around the cut without opening the wound! I tipped him handsomely.
My grandfathers knew how to handle a straight razor, and to keep one sharp. I wouldn't risk it. This is something best left to professionals, IMO.
EDIT: you may find that Turkish barbers singe rather than cut the hairs in your ears. This can be startling, for those not expecting it.
Originally posted by moonbusyou fluffed it wit a safety razor? I somehow pictured you out there rather deftly skimming the five o'clock shadow off with a samurai sword.
I was once travelling by car through the former Yugoslavia. I had been some days on the road and was looking rather scruffy. I had tried shaving myself with a so-called safety razor and bungled it, leaving a scabby slash on my lip a couple of millimetres long. I decided to get a proper barber to give me a proper shave, with lather and a straight razor. My, w ...[text shortened]... e[/i] rather than cut the hairs in your ears. This can be startling, for those not expecting it.
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Originally posted by moonbusIn Belgrade's center, at Kralja Petra Street there are two old fashioned barber shop, like from brothers Coen's films.
I was once travelling by car through the former Yugoslavia. I had been some days on the road and was looking rather scruffy. I had tried shaving myself with a so-called safety razor and bungled it, leaving a scabby slash on my lip a couple of millimetres long. I decided to get a proper barber to give me a proper shave, with lather and a straight razor. My, w ...[text shortened]... e[/i] rather than cut the hairs in your ears. This can be startling, for those not expecting it.
A Danish writer, friend of mine, had his hair cut in one of them and he said to me later that he reckons the barber was drunk.
This is the pic of other one:
http://24sata.production.rvc.ha.rs/prica-o-najpoznatijem-beogradskom-berberinu-koji-je-zbog-podviga-postao-istorijska-licnost/36115
Originally posted by vanderveldeVanders have you ever been to Slovenia?
In Belgrade's center, at Kralja Petra Street there are two old fashioned barber shop, like from brothers Coen's films.
A Danish writer, friend of mine, had his hair cut in one of them and he said to me later that he reckons the barber was drunk.
This is the pic of other one:
http://24sata.production.rvc.ha.rs/prica-o-najpoznatijem-beogradskom-berberinu-koji-je-zbog-podviga-postao-istorijska-licnost/36115