[Urbane Guerrilla]

I use old school Trac IIs when I'm after the last word in "nice and clean." If it's a bit more of a hurry I'm in, the Remington electric gives me a buzzjob, but that just isn't as close, no matter what.

I've used a straight razor a few times -- trickier to get the edge angle right than with a handled razor. It's a far slower shave than with doubled blades, which I am not convinced shave any closer or "below the grade" but which does complete the job faster, so the multiblade head is really a plus.

In boot camp, even with the Trac II I never could pass the ultimate test of a close clean shave: the edge of a military ID card scraped along the jawline, listening for the scratchy sound of the merest stubble. My beard was too hefty.

I look very vaguely like that Players guy -- after he retires from the service. The mustache gets about that big if a little leaner drawn, and now the beard is going steadily more gray.