Pipes and Double Edged Razors?

[Mr_houston]

FYI, here is the pipe & cigar section of a great shaving forum.
The Brown Leaf - Badger & Blade

 

[username]

I love my double edged razor. I use feather blades and get a super close shave.

 

[Chasing Embers]

I love my double edged razor. I use feather blades and get a super close shave.

Put Feather blades on a Feather razor and you've got a katana!?

 

[Alex.Jr]

Merkur here with rapira blades. Smoooooooth…

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Pipes and razors just sounds so... Westside Story...

 

[CoffeeAndBourbon]

OI use Astra SP blades in a 60's Gillette adjustable (have 3). I also love the Chiseled Face line of shave soaps

 

[smokiespipesmoker123]

I use a Merkur myself and am getting through a 100 blade sampler I bought off Amazon. Love the shave, love the cheapness of it. I still haven't chosen my go to blade, but Im leaning towards the Feathers..

Theres two working theories as to why pipe smokers would also gravitate to DE and straight razors.

One.. an affinity towards old timey stuff.. I can only speak for myself when I say that I absolutely love old timey ways and things..they seem so much more deliberate than the modern plastic disposable superficial world we inhabit currently. Are they as efficient? No.. a cigarette gets nicotine into your blood much more efficiently and quickly than a pipe..and a Mach 3 will shave your face in one pass (ostensibly). But its not deliberate, its an afterthought.

Two: It cheaper.. Speaking for myself again.. a smoke for 5 cents vs 50 to a dollar? a shave for a nickel vs 4 bucks?
Whats not to like?

Maybe Ill embrace the healing power of "and"

Im a cheap luddite... thats why...

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I don't shave. I don't even own a razor, and I'm not even remotely attracted to the idea of one of them old razors. I just use a bit of broken glass and sand paper to smooth out the unwanted hairs on my neck every now and then.

 

[frozenchurchwarden]

Title edited for capitalization. Rule 9! -jpm

I am curious what the relationship is between pipes and razors. All the tobacconists I have come across (including online) seem to sell nice razors and shaving brushes.

Could it simply be that both products appeal to the same type of gentleman?

The double or single edged razor being a device that can't be rushed and requires a bit of learning how to use.

For the record I use a 1912 Ever Ready single edge razor. Also have some Gilette DE's

 

[burleybreath]

I like to shave every day because it makes my face feel new, and my face needs all the "new" it can get.

Above the Tie R2 w/Atlas handle:

 

[anotherbob]

But I don't shave. (In fact a nebulous notion has flitted through my mind that there's some sort of irony built into a hyper-masculine culture of removing the most publicly visible sign of mature male-ness.)

Two things. When people trying to get me on the are you a man type of stuff my reaction is look at my stubble so close enough. The other is it's funny I was reading about growing beards, fashion, believes, and their relation to masculinity. The funny thing is how much they change. Like right now beards are common here and it is the clearest example I've seen since hip hugger jeans of how fashion trends happen. Someone does something not typical and it really works on them then everyone starts doing it and well it doesn't work so well. In the Victorian era they thought beards would work as a filter for the air, they don't. And sometimes beards are seen as masculine and sometimes they're seen as what not masculine guys do to cover up a weak chin (basically). Just funny how hair that grows out of some ones face could incite such strong opinions.

 

[anotherbob]

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funny thing is that guy is actually a pretty decent dude and a good musician and he's from the middle of bum fuck West Virginia. Oh and he's entertained last I heard by this meme.

 

[anotherbob]

Put Feather blades on a Feather razor and you've got a katana!?

so you are saying that the only thing that can handle my beard is a Katana. O.k. feathers are the only blades that don't do a shitty job.

 

[pauls456]

I have thick hair and thin skin. After suffering with double edged razors for years, I went back to Gillette Sensor (double blade cartridge) in an aftermarket handle. If you have thin skin, nothing beats Gillette cartridges for an effortless close comfortable shave. And yes, they are expensive..

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I have thick hair and thin skin. After suffering with double edged razors for years, I went back to Gillette Sensor (double blade cartridge) in an aftermarket handle. If you have thin skin, nothing beats Gillette cartridges for an effortless close comfortable shave. And yes, they are expensive..

If you have thin skin, I apologize in advance for anything I say that might offend. Knowing is half the battle.

 

[pauls456]

Yes, please nobody disagree with me

 

[SBC]

In the Victorian era they thought beards would work as a filter for the air, they don't.

Wait WUT?
... why am I even bothering then??
;-)

 

[anotherbob]

Wait WUT?
... why am I even bothering then??
;-)

because if your wife hasn't seen your chin yet, it will probably be fine if she does. But why risk it!

 

[MRW]

I love my Merkur Vision. Memories of my grandfather brought me into many now vintage things. I wish all men still wore fedoras.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I wish all men still wore fedoras.

Why the hell would you want that? Then your hat would mean nothing.