Shaving

[Mikey]

Ugh - thanks to a stout Eastern European heritage, I have a beard that - in coarseness and stubbornness - closely resembles an odd mix of boar bristles and copper wire. I cannot use an electric at all, even one of the wet/dry ones. They irritate my face and have the added value of just not doing the job. I used to use an old-style injection-blade razor, but you can't find the razors or the refills for them anymore. Most recently, I just replaced my Fusion Power with a new Fusion ProGlide (4 or 5 very narrow blades.) While the Power tended to shave slighty closer, the ProGlide gives a MUCH more comfortable shave.

For a medium, I prefer hot mug soap with a traditional boar-bristle brush. In the interests of convenience and speed, though, I often use regular old Barbasol loaded into a hot-lather machine.

*EDIT* Once every three months or so, I treat myself to a hot-towel and shave treatment at the barber; but that's for the luxury factor, as in fact a straight-razor shave doesn't shave as close as a modern premium multi-blade razor.

[RK_Striker_JK_5]

Multi-bladed for me. I grew a beard back in 1998, but it looked horrible and itched like a sunnuvabitch.

[Deepcrush]

Damn Mikey, its like planning a war for you...

[Graham Kennedy]

Electric razors always leave me with little red marks all over my face which itch like hell. I get a pack of disposable multi blade razors. I hate shaving, it's a pain in the ass, so I generally only do it once every few days.

[Mikey]

Damn Mikey, its like planning a war for you...

Unfortunately, it has to be. Use the wrong game plan, and I end up giving my wife a burn when I...














... kiss her goodbye.

[Tyyr]

Electric razors always leave me with little red marks all over my face which itch like hell. I get a pack of disposable multi blade razors. I hate shaving, it's a pain in the ass, so I generally only do it once every few days.

That's pretty much me. I shave when the Mrs. complains about my stubble. Can't use an electric, it just chews my face up.

[Mikey]

Consider yourselves lucky. If I skip more than one day in between, I look like Lon Chaney Jr. after make-up.

[shran]

I rarely, if ever, shave. It takes two weeks for me to get anything that resembles a stubble. The current amount of hair on my face is the result of 3 weeks doing nothing and I still can barely grasp the hairs.

[Reliant121]

It takes me about 3/4 days to get to stubble stage (I've just made the shift from..to use a lovely phrase my mother uses, "bumfluff", soft hair, to proper stubble). I tend to shave every 2/3 days, so I can get as much as possible. I hate having stubble face.

[Mikey]

It takes me about 6 - 8 hours to get to noticeable stubble; and I can see it earlier than that, even if I can't feel it noticeably, because of how dark and coarse it comes in.

[Reliant121]

Ah see, I'm naturally virtually silver blonde and my facial hair matches.

[Tsukiyumi]

Between the Irish and Italian in my family, I'm a bit like Mikey.

[Vic]

One can lay all ofthe evils of the world at shaving's feet IMO . Although when the wifey says that she would be happy with a hairless face that tends to trump all other considerations. I have allways preferred an electric except when a truly close shave is needed, so maybe a really good electric is in the offing as a bribe to shave daily.

[Mikey]

One can lay all ofthe evils of the world at shaving's feet IMO . Although when the wifey says that she would be happy with a hairless face that tends to trump all other considerations. I have allways preferred an electric except when a truly close shave is needed, so maybe a really good electric is in the offing as a bribe to shave daily.

If you don't have sensitivity issues with electric shavers, then the wet/dry types offer a closer shave than the regular ones. Leaving your face wet and using a shaving cream both help set your beard up for a closer shave.

[Vic]

Aaah, I've never used a wet/dry before. Regular blade razors make my neck break out despite all of the lotions, aftershaves, etc. that I've tried. My chin turns into a bloodfest thanks to a bad acne problem as a teen, electrics are the only ones that don't cause more than red skin for a few hours. I would love to be able to use a straight razor, talk about a close shave.