{"id":14289,"date":"2025-03-05T08:06:37","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T08:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=14289"},"modified":"2025-03-05T08:06:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T08:06:37","slug":"leaf-twig-and-thorn-razor-review-a-sharp-single-edge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=14289","title":{"rendered":"Leaf Twig and Thorn Razor Review: A Sharp Single-Edge"},"content":{"rendered":"


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It\u2019s dangerous to<\/span> have epiphanies while shaving. But in this case it was unavoidable: My epiphany was about shaving.<\/p>\n

For the past few weeks, my bathroom routine has been a little like George Clooney in O Brother, Where Art Thou?<\/em>, minus the smelly Dapper Dan. I\u2019ve been lathering shave soap with a brush and bowl and shaving with an old-fashioned single-blade, single-edge, unmedicated safety razor.<\/p>\n

Specifically, I\u2019m using the Leaf Thorn\u2014a stylish and well-marketed and self-avowedly \u201caggressive\u201d single-edge razor whose house blades are so wafer-thin the company imprints them with the words \u201cI am not plastic.\u201d The less aggressive Leaf Single Edge Razor is called the Twig, and it’s meant to be more gentle than the Thorn. It\u2019s all very cute.<\/p>\n

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But what I learned, after weeks of baby-smooth shaves with the Thorn, is that I\u2019ve been doing shaving wrong.<\/p>\n

Stay Sharp<\/h2>\n

The epiphany was something that seems obvious at first: The best and safest blade is always the sharp one. The best kitchen knife is the one you keep sharp<\/a>. The same goes for scissors and for the blades you put on your own face. The Leaf\u2019s low-tech, simple single-blade was cutting as closely and well as any fancy cartridge blade setup I\u2019ve tried. The reason was mostly that it was still sharp.<\/p>\n

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