Oh, you think that shaving with a straight razor is hardcore? Don’t tell that to Alexander Karpenko, a Russian professor who has been shaving with shovels since he was 16. While he was growing up, his grandfather, a veteran of World War II, told him that it could be done. So Karpenko tried it with a very sharp shovel and found that it worked!

Link (Google Translate) -via Oddity Central | Photo: Tden.ru

This ad for Gillette by the French agency CLM BBDO is less than a hundred microns across. It was inscribed on a hair that was shaved off with a Gillette razor. The agency has contacted Guinness World Records to establish its claim for the smallest advertisement in the world. You can view a video about the production of the ad at the link. Link -via Copyranter

Back when I drove a forklift for a living, we had driving contests, like picking up and transporting an egg without breaking it. Helicopter pilots, however, are a more daring breed, as you can see from this video. Among other tricks, the pilot shaved a man on the ground. No — not with the blades of his aircraft. Presumably he’s still working on that stunt. Rather, the pilot had a safety razor attached to a landing strut and maneuvered the chopper so that he shaved a volunteer’s face without drawing blood.

via Geekosystem

Boris, a friend of YouTube user mattinbrooklyn made a helmet that will shave a person’s head in twenty seconds. Activating it spreads shaving cream over the head. Then four electric razors inside pass back and forth, giving the user, as you can see at the end of the video, a clean shave.

via Gizmodo

UPDATE 2/16/11: The video is a hoax! Or more specifically, a viral marketing stunt.

In this Japanese-language razor commercial, a man shaves his face after he’s jumped out of an airplane. It’s one part of a whole ad campaign in which men shave under extreme conditions, such as while engaging in pro wrestling or riding a mechanical bull. More videos at the link.

Link via Japanator

A fun stop motion video showing a guy shaving off his beard using his bare hands.

Link [YouTube] – via Beyond The Invisible