Straight Razor Shave Demonstration - A Quick and Easy "Watch and Then Try it at Home!" Tutorial

This is just a morning shave before I head off to my job with the local transit authority as a city bus driver. I find that nothing gets rid of the anxiety and dread I feel before each shift at my thankless job quite like shaving really, REALLY fast with a murdering-sharp edge. But hey, we've all got to keep our sanity somehow, right?

I'll mention a little of what's going on in the video now. I used a hot towel on my face in advance so I wouldn't have to film it, and I also pre-lathered some shaving cream (Taylor's of Old Bond St - Lavender) with my "Shavemac" Silvertip Badger brush, with faux-ivory handle. (In addition to the Depression-era razor I'm using, the brush is ALSO an example of a finely crafted German product! Those efficient Germans - if there's one thing they know how to do really well, it's corralling and exploiting in the name of narcissism! "Oh no you dih-int!!" Oh yes. I "went there.")

Where was I? Oh right, the brush. Well, as you probably already know, the hairs that make up a "Silvertip" brush (the softest, most comfortable, and therefore most EXPENSIVE grade available) are the ones plucked from unborn badger fetuses. I know, it's gross, immoral, sadistic, and ALMOST unbelieveable -- but what the hell else are badgers good for, right? Go ahead, try to name ONE reason! And don't say anything about "balance" in a habitat, because that's nonsense. What's that? You can't think of any reasons? Yeah, that's what I thought! Even when they're brought to life in children's fiction, they're total assholes. Take THAT, The Wind in the Willows! I totally "went there" again, didn't I? Is anyone still reading?

Back to the shave! Okay, well, as the subtitle in the video mentions, it's a Boker straight razor that's being used, originally crafted between 1924 and 1935. "Did a Nazi ever shave with it back then?" you're probably wondering.
Well, without concrete historical evidence tracing previous owners, I can't say with any certainty. However...I'm going to go out on a limb and say that yes, some bat-crazy SS officer probably shaved with it daily.




The footage of the shave was shot continuously, with only a bit of the monkey-like face rinses edited out prior to relathering mid-shave and at the end. This was just to keep the clip a little shorter.

Music:

"Best of Me" - Colin Lake

I chose this song from a list of tracks YouTube provides. See, there were a few copyright claims over this, the video's original soundtrack:

Alice Cooper - Is it my Body
Neil Young (interlude) - Ride my Llama
Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around with Jim

While I did choose Lake's song because the others were TAKEN from me, I think it's a good fit! Not only is it a good track, but its length perfectly matches the video's.

Check out Colin Lake's website and then buy his music: http://www.colinlake.com/

Anyway, thanks for watching.

Also, if you try this at home, go slow at first so you don't bleed out all over the tile and end up writing a quick goodbye note with your index finger. It took me at least two or three shaves before I could do it at this speed.

Have fun.

Category:

Howto & Style

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[dmacowski]

Man, you are inspiring!

hUAHUAHUA

[johnnytastetest]

@dmacowski - Thanks, dmacowski! I appreciate you watching my video.

[JironCFC]

bus driver takes a huge swig before work haha

[johnnytastetest]

@JironCFC - Heh heh. It's the only way to do it, my friend. ; )

[bennra26008]

right fucking on!!

[johnnytastetest]

@bennra26008 - Hell yeah! Woot!

(Thanks for watching and commenting, bennra26008!)

[joker43602]

you are bad ass

[johnnytastetest]

@TheCycleRabbit - Since I filmed this video, the transit company fired me. Turns out they don't like it when their drivers are intoxicated.  *Shrug*

[johnnytastetest]

@TheOldJollyRoger - Hey, thanks very much! : )

[TheOldJollyRoger]

Amazing video. Loved the swig pre shave. Rock star.

[johnnytastetest]

@svennemax100 - And thank you. I'm happy to know this video's encouraged a few people. Hope you have fun with your razor(s).