Even the best straight razor can be a hard sell, especially since Sweeney Todd went and maligned them. Many of us happily lean back in the barber’s chair and get a brilliant straight-razor shave from ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Celia Shatzman writes about fashion, beauty and grooming. What makes a straight blade different? The straight blade is unique ...

For hundreds of years, a trained barber used an extremely sharp blade known as a straight razor to accomplish a close shave. When the first self-contained “safety razors” became widely available, many ...