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" Up there with say, hammers, axes, rifles, and the Swiss Army knife, the straight razor is amongst the most mythical tools of men. But since they don&amp;#039;t come attached to smart phones (and require the scheduling of actual calendar space to use), it&amp;#039;s likely you&amp;#039;re not regularly shaving with one. Also, it&amp;#039;s 2013 \u2014 we&amp;#039;ll guess you may never have. We get it, and we&amp;#039;re not about to full-on endorse going back to a ritual that technology has rendered obsolete. But we will say that possessing the skill is still pretty badass. Enter the guys at Barber and Supply, who recently started Cut Throat 101, a 90-minute class that&amp;#039;s aimed at connecting you, ye man of the modern world, to the traditional tonsorial ritual. You&amp;#039;ll learn the vocab and proper technique, shave a balloon, and then your face. And if you pay attention, you won&amp;#039;t actually, you know, cut your throat. Luckily, if you do slip up, instructor and Old World shave enthusiast, Michael W. Haar, is on the ready with styptic matches, hot towels, and a studied hand to make sure don&amp;#039;t leave looking like you went a few rounds with an exacto knife. Along with the class, you&amp;#039;ll also get some academic-like reading on the history of shaving and beards wherein you&amp;#039;ll learn, among other things, that the shaving of men was actually the job of women back in ancient Greece (just don&amp;#039;t tell your girlfriend and expect her to be on board).  You&amp;#039;ll find Cut Throat 101 on the first Sunday of every month inside Barber and Supply&amp;#039;s Brooklyn flagship, alongside classic 1960s Belmont chairs and an antique apothecary filled with hard-to-find old school stuff like Musgo Real and buzzed-about indie brands like Upper Cut. The class costs $100, and you&amp;#039;ll receive a 25% discount on all shaving products.   "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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