Straight razor or Safety razor? Depends on how much you trust your Barber-a!
Posted By: g-man999
Re: I like to live on the edge, razor's edge that is!
A fun twist on this subject is to have my girlfriend, Barbara, do the shaving. She absolutely loves, so to speak, "having me by the balls."
Barb uses fresh, Japanese-manufactured double-edge stainless blades, with very hot lather and a shaving brush. She loves hearing me roar when she applies the hot lather!
Once we are under way, she will occasionally position the razor in a particularly aggressive manner and ask sweetly "What time did you say you'd be home tonight?" Again, she loves the control., and I say "Happy Wife, Happy Life."
When she's done, my junk is as smooth as a baby's butt. Shaving cuts, while rare, tend to coincide with my being argumentative.
For Christmas she's hinted at giving me a straight-edge razor!! Season's Greetings!!
There is an unproven rumor (started right here on TER) that King Gillette, inventor of the modern improved safety razor, was motivated by worry about his mistress shaving his privates with a straight razor. He was going to dump her for a younger model but had to wait until his safety razor was patented and manufactured so he could lock up (or throw out) the straight razors to protect himself from being bobbitted in retribution.