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 ...

Most men take little joy in shaving. Keeping a clean-shaven face is an obligation — a chore that’s necessary for maintaining a professional appearance on the job, and perhaps to maintain some ...

Freemans Sporting Club—where the barbers (no hairstylists here, thank you) sport cut-with-a-knife parts and old-timey mustaches—is one of the last places where guys can go for an old-school straight ...

When 21-year-old Erik Fritz Unneland opened an old box in his parents’ living room, he had no idea what was inside. "It was in a glass table in our living room in Norway, I just never bothered to open ...