"And learned what's called the 14-stroke shave, which is the original shaving method," she said. Stern began honing her craft at a salon, supplemented it with online research, then dug into old textbooks. And, he looks good." Honing her craftĭavenport got her straight-razor start in Arizona, where a couple of 70-something members of the state barbering board "just took me under their wing," she said. "It's usually like little wires poking, and it's way soft now. "I can't believe how soft his beard is," she said.
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"It's awesome," he said, seeing his face transformed from a somewhat scraggly state to one with a neat goatee and skin that Thompson pronounced as smooth as the proverbial baby's behind. "So kind of 'Thank you' for doing plumbing."Īfter about 30 minutes in the hands of Davenport and her practiced routine - beard-softening pre-shave product, shave oil, a multistroke pass with the straight razor, more oil, a hot towel, another pass with the straight razor, a second hot towel, a splash of lotion and, finally, a bracing cool-towel finish - Bingenheimer was doing the thanking. "He replaced a water heater for me on a Sunday night," Thompson said. Recently, Davenport, whose fingers are tattooed with Viking runes (they symbolize joy, partnership and journey) applied her skills on Jim Bingenheimer, a 37-year-old maintenance man from West Milwaukee whose girlfriend, Lisa Thompson, was popping for a beard trim and a shave. "I've been shaving professionally for over 10 years now," said Patti Davenport, Groom's director of shaving and author of a text on the subject. In 2011, the "barbettes" at Groom (they're all women) unsheathed their straight razors for 455 shaves. "And a lot of the old-school trends are back." A boom at Groom "I definitely think it's cool, and it's old-school," Stag owner Jess Stern said of the rebound of traditional shaving. The backlog on new orders is three years.Īnd the droll how-to videos of shaving everyman and Oconomowoc native Mark Herro, with their '50s-documentary style, have captured some 6.5 million views on YouTube. Now, she said, the firm produces 3,000 a month. The art of making the bad boys of shaving "almost sank into oblivion," Anne Rothstein, an export sales representative with Dovo, said in an email. Old-line manufacturers such as Germany's Dovo, meanwhile, are straining to meet demand for straight razors. There were 36 Art of Shaving outlets when Procter & Gamble Co. Groom, in the Third Ward, has seen shaves more than double in just two years.Īt Mayfair mall, the Art of Shaving store that opened in mid-2012 joined a growing chain where men can buy $320 razors and $175 brushes.
Stag Barbershop, a Bay View spot with a caribou head mounted on the wall and a cowhide rug on the floor, is doing 20 to 30 straight-razor shaves a week. MORE TO COME! Check back every few weeks for updates.The growth has been subtle as the emergence of late-afternoon stubble on a man's cheek.īut even as Schick and Gillette have taken us from one blade all the way to five and who knows how many more, interest in traditional shaving is putting a new face on what many have long regarded as a chore. Watch for my wares on fleabay! Miscellaneous Stuff such as cigar rolling and just whatever I think someone might need or that I need to quickly access remotely The Shave Den, or TSD, is another forum where I am active as Slash McCoy.My Nomme de Plume there is CrescentCityRazors. SharpRazorPalace, SRP for short, is another forum that is maybe a bit more straight razor oriented.Badger and Blade, or B&B, is a very popular wet shaving forum with considerable activity in the straight razor subforums.
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