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 ...

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Barber Tracy Crouch deftly wields a straight-edge razor, scraping the blade through the shaving cream to shape and trim a beard. Crouch is the barber at 19th St. Salon & Spa, 3915 S.W. 19th St., a ...

A German craftsman forges a small blade in a workshop where sparks are flying, water is gushing and business is good, thanks to a worldwide revival of the straight or cut-throat razor shave. "At our ...