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Foil? Ha! Hand Me My Epee!
by mshawpyle | May 08 '00
Among the many lost arts in the MTV Age is, sadly, shaving. There are the adjustable trimmers (sounds like a pop group composed of politicians, doesn't it?), which allow the maintenance of that oh-so-attractive days-of-stubble, Arafat look. There are...Return to opinion
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I can't get a straight razor (Reply to this comment)
by cornelia
in my 'rest home' either. And they won't let me keep matches, either. What is the world coming to?
Elegant, elegant writing, Mshaw.
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May 09 '00
7:21 am PDT
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Razors (Reply to this comment)
by gogigantes
Since I purchased (and reviewed) the Mach III razor, I too have come to the conclusion that no disposable or electric razor will suffice. I still think back to my first barber-shop shave--by a Sicilian in Milan. For a shave like that, any price is a mere pittance.
Thanks for reminding me about the splendor of the straight razor shave.
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May 08 '00
10:34 pm PDT
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Two Bits or Nine Bucks... (Reply to this comment)
by caravan70
I've long lamented the disappearance of the reasonably priced shave; there's nothing more enjoyable than a straight razor stropped often and applied appropriately by a congenial, experienced barber. In the absence of the ability to enjoy this luxury, I've adopted first the safety razor (Gillette with disposable blades), and now a Norelco electric with three fine whirring heads which seem to get the job done (a cave-in, really, to my general laziness).
I have to say that I prefer the rotary version of the electric razor; my last foil thing, a Braun, was far from adequate. But I enjoyed your evocative comments on the disappearance of ritual most of all in this review; we no longer seem to have time for the apparently small moments that we prize most in retrospect - head tipped back, straight edge sharpened to perfection, Tex Waring and the Pennsylvanians on the radio, for example. The barber I went to when I was in high school passed away just last month; I remember vividly the massage device he'd place behind my head every time I came in, and the feeling I had that though my skull was turning into an individual maraca the sensation was quite pleasant and I knew I was experiencing a shade from a bygone time. Many of us seem to spend our mornings shaving grudgingly as we slouch towards our places of employment or imprisonment, which are frequently one and the same; thank you for the reminder that the quotidian can be rendered special in the right circumstances.
Darren
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May 08 '00
10:00 pm PDT
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