Robert Duvall using a Straight

reggiano · Post by **reggiano** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 1:34 pm

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010 ... html?hp#12

matt321 · Post by **matt321** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 2:01 pm

Cool.
I watched several times and I'm not sure it's real?

Post by **drmoss_ca** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 2:10 pm

There are times when the blade is nearly perpendicular to the skin. I'd guess it has been breadknifed and is a prop razor.

Chris

Hawkeye5 · Post by **Hawkeye5** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 4:29 pm

I'd cut my self with some of those strokes.

EL Alamein · Post by **EL Alamein** » Sat Dec 11, 2010 2:30 am

drmoss_ca wrote:There are times when the blade is nearly perpendicular to the skin. I'd guess it has been breadknifed and is a prop razor.

Chris

+1

That's definitely a prop. The "blade" doesn't even have a real straight edge shape - hollow or wedge. And there's no hint of any whiskers coming off in the lather.

Chris

Life2short1971 · Post by **Life2short1971** » Sat Dec 11, 2010 5:32 am

Either way look at his cheeks just below and around his sideburns. I would never leave the house half shaven and spotty like that. What an aweful job. thats a DPS(Damn poor Shave) in my book. I shaved better when I was 12.

brothers · Post by **brothers** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 6:03 am

A celebrity endorsement presented with sincerity as opposed to poking fun can be a good thing. I am wondering what was the occasion for Duvall to do it for the camera. Real or not, it might be viewed by some as encouraging.

a-cut-above · Post by **a-cut-above** » Thu Dec 16, 2010 2:13 pm

The title of the article was "Fourteen Actors Acting". They were acting out brief emotion-laden scenes. (Check them out.) I think he did a good job showing the satisfaction of a man enjoying a "manly" shave. Only us shave geeks would spot the technical flaws. I enjoyed it. Made me feel manly.....until she told me to do the dishes.

matt321 · Post by **matt321** » Thu Dec 16, 2010 4:50 pm

a-cut-above wrote: I enjoyed it. Made me feel manly.....until she told me to do the dishes.

Tell her Robert Duvall doesn't have to do the freaken dishes!

a-cut-above · Post by **a-cut-above** » Fri Dec 17, 2010 2:11 pm

matt321 wrote:
a-cut-above wrote: I enjoyed it. Made me feel manly.....until she told me to do the dishes.
Tell her Robert Duvall doesn't have to do the freaken dishes!

And that's what he said to his three ex-wives.

(I think "Hollywood" and "doing the dishes" are mutually exclusive terms.)

On to the lawn........

fallingwickets · Post by **fallingwickets** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 3:48 am

great thread thanks

clive

a-cut-above · Post by **a-cut-above** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 10:40 am

That's gotta hurt! The blade is perpendicular to the skin with the majority of it off his face from behind the point to the heel. Look at the point digging into his skin! (Good thing it is fake.) It's still a good video if you like macho actors.

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/1 ... rs-10.html

(I tried copying the picture but it's obviously copyright protected.)

ScottB · Post by **ScottB** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 2:14 pm

Got a kick watching Nigel Hawthorne use a straight in The Madness of King George.

But after watching a few moments I realized he was already closely shaved and they had merely applied lather and gave him a prop straight razor with which he was just wiping the lather off. I'm pretty sure anyway.

matt321 · Post by **matt321** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 7:25 pm

Ouch, this would draw blood. (Nice lather though.)

stagger · Post by **stagger** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 2:12 am

Cool video starring my favorite actor. That is obviously a prop razor.

brothers · Post by **brothers** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 8:20 am

Hi Mark, what's up!

SmallTank · Post by **SmallTank** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 7:14 pm

Yea..i was gonna say..looks a bit fake..but its fits him well

mme29710 · Post by **mme29710** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 2:02 pm

RD, there is a man's man