What do you shave with?

[echnidna]

The post about beards in another thread prompted this poll.

[Daddles]

[grump]
You can have your electric razors - you just stand there sawing away for twice as long as a wet shave and you still wind up with gritty stubble all over your face - well, I do anyway - see the end of this grump.

I've got really sensitive skin, a beard that grows in more directions than the grain in a stick of pine around the knot, and a beard that reaches down to my collar bone (I'm not exagerating). I used to use the Protector razor blades - twin blades but with little wires over the edge of the blade. Great. Using them and shaving oil before the lather (not out of a pressure can which is crap and doesn't work at all), I used to be able to get a clean shave and leave the top layer of skin in place (I'm not kidding about that either). Mind you, I have to shave all areas of my face twice and my neck three times. Sadly though, those blades lasted a loooonnnnngggggg time so they took them off the market the bastards. Now it's back to unprotected, twin blade razors and a new exercise in blood spatter every day. Disposables just have every vampire in the district hanging around for a lick, so I have to buy a handle and use the throw away heads. The best at the moment seem to be the Wilkinson Sword cheapies. Dunno why but they are easier on my neck than anything else. As for the three and four blade jobbies - they don't take off any more bristles, just more skin. Still need the shaving oil and a good lather though.

Frigging shaving.

I used to have a full beard - had to be full because there was no point shaving my neck because that's where I have most of my trouble. Trouble is, I'm also cursed with a colourless and thin grown on my cheeks. Talk about a weird look, but it went well with the pony tail (I could touch it by reaching behind me, not over my shoulder).

It was a real blast on the motorbike. I never needed a neck warmer and after about three hours in the saddle, my beard would be blown into a handle bar 'moustache' that would have made a WW2 fighter pilot weep with envy - pity about the pathetic growth that was actually on my lip.

Shaving.
Pah.
Ten minutes a day wasted to look worse than before I started with the knowledge that by dinner time, I'll look unshaven again.

In contrast, my father has a full face, black growth. He spends three minutes with an electric shaver and doesn't need to touch it again till the next morning. He's also got a full head of hair the bastard.

Grumps
Richard

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[echnidna]

my father has a full face, black growth. He spends three minutes with an electric shaver and doesn't need to touch it again till the next morning. He's also got a full head of hair the bastard.

Grumps
Richard

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I assume that your mum's bald and you take after her

[craigb]

A Lie-Nielsen 3/4'' chisel.

Takes a lot longer than using a razor though.

[kiwigeo]

Veritas low angle block plane followed by 400 grit W & D. If Im going out on a date I slap on a bit of tung oil

[Caliban]

[grump]
You can have your electric razors - you just stand there sawing away for twice as long as a wet shave and you still wind up with gritty stubble all over your face - well, I do anyway - see the end of this grump.

I've got really sensitive skin, a beard that grows in more directions than the grain in a stick of pine around the knot, and a beard that reaches down to my collar bone (I'm not exagerating). I used to use the Protector razor blades - twin blades but with little wires over the edge of the blade. Great. Using them and shaving oil before the lather (not out of a pressure can which is crap and doesn't work at all), I used to be able to get a clean shave and leave the top layer of skin in place (I'm not kidding about that either). Mind you, I have to shave all areas of my face twice and my neck three times. Sadly though, those blades lasted a loooonnnnngggggg time so they took them off the market the bastards. Now it's back to unprotected, twin blade razors and a new exercise in blood spatter every day. Disposables just have every vampire in the district hanging around for a lick, so I have to buy a handle and use the throw away heads. The best at the moment seem to be the Wilkinson Sword cheapies. Dunno why but they are easier on my neck than anything else. As for the three and four blade jobbies - they don't take off any more bristles, just more skin. Still need the shaving oil and a good lather though.

Frigging shaving.

I used to have a full beard - had to be full because there was no point shaving my neck because that's where I have most of my trouble. Trouble is, I'm also cursed with a colourless and thin grown on my cheeks. Talk about a weird look, but it went well with the pony tail (I could touch it by reaching behind me, not over my shoulder).

It was a real blast on the motorbike. I never needed a neck warmer and after about three hours in the saddle, my beard would be blown into a handle bar 'moustache' that would have made a WW2 fighter pilot weep with envy - pity about the pathetic growth that was actually on my lip.

Shaving.
Pah.
Ten minutes a day wasted to look worse than before I started with the knowledge that by dinner time, I'll look unshaven again.

In contrast, my father has a full face, black growth. He spends three minutes with an electric shaver and doesn't need to touch it again till the next morning. He's also got a full head of hair the bastard.

Grumps
Richard

[/grump]

You're not on your pat malone.

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

Don't shave now, but my preference used to be the ol' Stanley No4 honed using the scarysharp(tm) system.

Quicker than a safety razor and didn't need to shave again for weeks. Not until the scars healed over, anyway... Can you guess why I gave it away as a bad joke?

[doug the slug]

i work outdoors in teh subtropics so i grow a beard in the hotter months to keep the sun off my face. when i want to take the beard off, its easy. the girlfriends daughter is doing hairdressing at tafe and the students need to mark off various competencies, including shaves and beard trims, so its no trouble finding a nice young lady to do the job to complete one of her assigned tasks

[echnidna]

So thats where the avatar came from

[Daddles]

So thats where the avatar came from

They shave those things :eek:

Richard

[Caliban]

They shave those things :eek:

Richard

No, he shaves with those things.

[ele__13]

Hmmmm but i dont usually shave i WAX !!! that will bring tears to eyes !!

[ozwinner]

I use a shard of glass.
Hurts like buggery, but its cheap.

Al :eek:

[JDarvall]

I use a shard of glass.
Hurts like buggery, but its cheap.

Al :eek:

Think thats tough !!! ....I just use my fingernails. Sharpen them up on the buffing wheel. Means, I can't pick my nose anymore though. ...And, I'll miss that....one of my most favorite passtimes, alongside peeing while gazing at the stars.

[Daddles]

Think thats tough !!! ....I just use my fingernails. Sharpen them up on the buffing wheel.

Arrrgggh ya big pussy. What's this about sharpening them first? :eek:

Richard