Before every shave, you\u2019ll need to run the blade down a leather strop to keep it sharp. In addition, every few months the razor will need to be honed. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThis process involves wetting a sharpening stone and running the razor carefully along the stone to give it its edge.\u00a0You can do this yourself or send your razor to a professional to have it honed.\u00a0Honing takes time and repetition to master, so while some men may enjoy the process, others may not want to invest the time that is necessary to keep a razor in top condition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
You may have seen men shaving with a straight razor in movies or on tv and wondered if it might be worth a try. For some men, a straight razor is their daily grooming choice and for others, it is reserved for a special occasion. Let\u2019s examine some pros and cons to determine if the result is…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":441,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":8,"label":"Razors"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/imustacheyoutoshave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/pros-and-cons-of-a-straight-razor_featured-1024x683.png",1024,683,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Joshua Bartlett","author_link":"https:\/\/imustacheyoutoshave.com\/author\/joshuaebartlett\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":8,"name":"Razors","slug":"razors","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":8,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":54,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":8,"category_count":54,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Razors","category_nicename":"razors","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imustacheyoutoshave.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imustacheyoutoshave.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imustacheyoutoshave.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imustacheyoutoshave.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imustacheyoutoshave.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/imustacheyoutoshave.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imustacheyoutoshave.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imustacheyoutoshave.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imustacheyoutoshave.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imustacheyoutoshave.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}