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Honed these three cousins today. all part of the lovely 14 family of razors. Two 🇫🇷 , one 🇩🇪 . #wetshaving#StraightRazor #14

Three 14s no a sharpening stone. From left to right, a Thiers Issard Médaille d'Or 14, a Delolme Le Thiernois №14 "Spécial pour Coiffeur", and my pretty Böker 14er
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today's draft #sonnet#poetry

control.

the handle of a straightrazor’s a guard
that swivels on a hinge - it doesn’t guide
the cut, its presence only serves to hide
the blade from accidents (it would be hard
to wield it like a dagger, though it’s starred
in many films as such). a barber’s pride
is scraping edge through foam in practiced glide,
with fingertips caressing tang unmarred

by hesitation; sensitive and light
enough to thread a needle, concentrate
on scalpel-fine adjustments - like a brush

for feathery calligraphy; a tight,
retentive grip would just exacerbate
the jolts that cause a jugular to gush.
wikihow image of a guy shaving with a straightrazor
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