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"  Nobody likes to shave every day. It&amp;#039;s time-consuming and irritating, but it&amp;#039;s what men do. At least the ones without beards. And the ones who haven&amp;#039;t embraced the Age of Scruff, who know that a few days&amp;#039; stubble doesn&amp;#039;t make them look a little bit like Clooney; it makes them look tired and sloppy. We&amp;#039;re not saying you can&amp;#039;t lay down your blade every now and again -- what else are weekends and vacations for? You just shouldn&amp;#039;t make a habit out of it.  To prove my commitment to the cause, and to get the closest shave possible, I recently used a straight razor for a few weeks. It&amp;#039;s not for the hurried or squeamish, but there were some things about it -- the eerily smooth results, the victorious feeling that comes with not killing yourself -- that I liked. Below is a beginner&amp;#039;s guide to handling one. Most of these steps also apply to shaving with multiblade razors, which, I should admit, I&amp;#039;ve recently started using again. Every day. How to Wield a Straight Razor 1. Wet the face with warm water and use a glycerin and/or lanolin-based shaving soap or paste.  2. Take a razor, like the one pictured here ($150; theartofshaving.com), to your face so that the blade sits at a 30 degree angle on the surface of the skin. Shave with long, slow strokes and go with the grain of your beard. Start with your cheeks and move on to your chin, upper lip, and neck. 3. Change hands when switching to the other side of the face, with your right hand working the left side and vice versa. Use your free hand to pull the skin taut.  4. If you get cut, splash with cold water to tighten the capillaries. If it&amp;#039;s still bleeding after a few minutes, use a styptic pencil to clot.  5. If you didn&amp;#039;t get cut, then rinse, dry, and apply an alcohol-free aftershave -- or, better yet, a moisturizer. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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