DC85 Critique: Sustainable Shaving Tools

In which Tim Keirnan and Mike Beasley discuss vintage shaving
tool designs, featuring the safety razor and straight razor.
Shaving with these old methods has many advantages,
including:
* Closer shaves that last longer before the dreaded 5 o'clock
shadow appears
* Improved skin condition due to premium creams and soaps
used
* Lower cost of ownership (unless you start collecting gear as a
hobby)
* Sustainable technology compared with disposable
plastic-dominated, modern, overpriced crap
* Better user experience due to mindful nature of single-blade
shaving that many find relaxing and even fun, due to the
"gourmet" shave creams and soaps, brushes, and blades used. As
Mike says, it's more classy.

Two forums in particular helped us convert from multi-bladed
cartridge monstrosities with industrial "goop in a can" to
vintage shaving:
http://straightrazorplace.com/
Mike frequents this forum and likes it a lot.

http://www.pogonotomy.com/
Tim favors this one for forum owner Bruce's blog and the very
international nature forum that is small enough to feel
neighborly and doesn't overwhelm you with millions of posts per
day.

Legendary Zack's article on boar bristle shave brushes, and some
other blogs:
http://www.shavemyface.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35880
http://www.shaving101.com/
http://sharpologist.com/

YouTube channels that helped us greatly include:
http://www.youtube.com/user/mantic59
Legendary Mantic59's Shave Tutor channel. Excellent how to
videos.

http://www.youtube.com/user/geofatboy
Geo does a lot of terrific reviews of razors old and new, shaving
with them while doing his reviews.

http://www.youtube.com/user/mokujingris1
http://www.youtube.com/user/MrGuysRazors

And Michael Ham's reference how-to book on safety razor shaves:


http://leisureguy.wordpress.com/shaving-book-reviews/