Leaf Twig and Thorn Razor Review: A Sharp Single-Edge

It’s dangerous to have epiphanies while shaving. But in this case it was unavoidable: My epiphany was about shaving. For the past few weeks, my bathroom routine has been a little like George Clooney in O Brother, Where Art Thou?, minus the smelly Dapper Dan. I’ve been lathering shave soap with a brush and bowl, and shaving with an old-fashioned single-blade, single-edge, unmedicated safety razor. Specifically, I’m using the Leaf Thorn—a stylish and well-marketed and self-avowedly “aggressive” single-edge razor whose house blades are so wafer-thin the company imprints them with the words “I am not plastic.” The less aggressive Leaf Single Edge Razor is called the Twig, and it's meant to be more gentle than the Thorn. It’s all very cute. But what I learned, after weeks of baby-smooth shaves with the Thorn, is that I’ve been doing shaving wrong. Stay Sharp The epiphany was something that seems obvious at first: The best and safest blade is always the sharp one. The best kitchen knife ... Read full article.