DECATUR –The treatment starts with a hot towel covering Chuck Durbin's face. Then comes the thick white lather. Designated shaver Adam Griffin lifts his straight razor into position. The mound of ...

For hundreds of years, a trained barber used an extremely sharp blade known as a straight razor to accomplish a close shave. When the first self-contained “safety razors” became widely available, many ...

FOR A LONG time, I saw straight razors more as weapons than as grooming tools. Maybe it was Sweeney Todd, maybe it was the ear-cutting scene from Reservoir Dogs, but these nifty blades always seemed ...

Barbershop shaves are making a comeback among men in their 20s and 30s, says Dianna Stropes, a barber instructor at Ray'z Barber and Styling College in Moline. "It's a personal experience," she said. ...

Even the best straight razor can be a hard sell, especially since Sweeney Todd went and maligned them. Many of us happily lean back in the barber’s chair and get a brilliant straight-razor shave from ...