With the end of summer nigh, minds turn to the coming year of study. As the requisites of student life begin to suss themselves out, one starts to look for ways to save money, perhaps for some extra reading week funds, perhaps for a couple extra pints of lager on...

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The straight razor. Not as clumsy or random as an electric. An elegant tool, for a more civilized age. Once the only way to get a shave, the skill needed from a barber was so developed that very often the town surgeon was the same man - who else knew...

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The first time I shaved with a straight razor, it took me forty-five minutes. Forty-five minutes is a long time to spend shaving. I hadn’t shaved in a few days, and the last time I had, it was with a five-blade cartridge razor, and foaming cream from an aerosol can...

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