/fa/ - Fashion

>>14150767
hipsters didn't ruin them. They're the same as they've always been. I've been smoking one for 8 years now. Don't based your tobacco choices of the preferences of others.

>>14150799
do hipsters even exist anymore?

>>14137277
>>14136103
Maybe straight razors come off the production line with a poor edge, which is often necessary for shipping around in a factory full of workers who might be look lapse in their safety.
You're going to want to put your own edge on, which is not about removing metal, it's about creating an edge. There is no difference between knife and razor sharpening. Get it right on a thrift store non-stainless knife, and you'll get it right on a razor.
It took me two stones to do it - a cheap combination stone from a hardware store, used with water. And a black arkansas stone, used with water or oil... or spit. And even before the sharpening I had to thin down the spine to make it a non-wedge, and thus allowing me to get that good acute angle. Your blade geometry might be different. It took me 20-50 passes for each stone on a carbon steel pakistani $5 razor, and about 10x that on a stainless one. Stainless makes for lousey razors.
Allow ony the blade's own weight to do it, don't press, take your time, and then strop the blade. I use my chinos leg, then my inner arm, [or the pad of my thumb while shaving] to channel those little micro saw teeth inline.
Strop every shave, dry your razor, and keep it out of the humid bathroom.

... and smoke a pipe.