Local Lifestyle  Saturday, Apr 20 2013 12:00 PM  HERB BENHAM: A
close shave -- and a few close calls    1. 1 of 2      By Henry
A. Barrios / The Californian      Jeff Lemucchi has gone back to
the old style of shaving using a straight razor. He likes the
closeness of the shave but is still learning the technique.
click to expand click to collapse   2. 2 of 2      By Henry A.
Barrios / The Californian      Jeff Lemucchi's straight razor is
getting a lot of use.      click to expand click to collapse By
HERB BENHAM, Californian columnist hbenham@bakersfield.com  A
few days ago, Jeff Lemucchi was shaving when Tessa, his boxer,
ran into the bathroom. Spooked, Lemucchi looked out the window
and cut himself.  But this wasn't just any cut. It was clean,
deep and impressive. Lemucchi bled for an hour. It stung in a
way that only shaving with straight razor can.  Yes, a straight
razor. A surgically sharp straight razor with a three-inch
blade. The kind that Jack the Ripper might have used and that
Lemucchi has em