Former UM savant Glenn gave us some insight awhile back into the importance of wet shaving.

Our rogue scholar readers offered plenty of suggestions via the comments as well.

I’ve committed myself to purchasing a straight razor sometime this year, and since I’m still rather baffled by all the choices on offer was intrigued by an article on Thrillist about a man who can custom craft a straight edge to your exact specifications.

Frank Warner, grooming guru and apparent self imposed shut-in has studied the art of shaving for years.

Frank has a ready-to-buy model sporting a spalted grapefruit vine handle. But if you’ve got the patience for a custom order, he also makes grips with everything from carbon fiber to fossilized mammoth’s tooth — a material vastly underappreciated by caveman barbers.

When you email Frank, the two of you will work together to develop the perfect straight razor for your prickly jowls. Although it’s pricey, you’ll cherish it forever — not only for its masterful if dangerous shave, but also because it was crafted by a man who’s one pee jar away from making a knife handle out of his own face.

It’s hard to argue with a man so fluent in the language of sharpened steel.

via Thrillist