Hit 1500 straight razor shaves this week and my neck hair is finally gone

I hit 1,500 straight razor shaves this Tuesday (I keep a tally on a whiteboard in my shop). I started counting back in 2019 when I switched from safety razors to straights for my own face at home. The milestone hit me because my neck used to look like a war zone after every shave, but now I can do it in the dark without a mirror (don't ask why I tried that). It took about 400 shaves to really get the hang of the angle and pressure without irritation. Anyone else track their shave count or is that just my weird barber brain?

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matthew_wilson461mo ago

Seems like a lot of effort to count every shave...

the_julia1mo ago

Honestly, did you actually try it or are you just guessing?