DeaconKC Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 I still enjoy a nice shave. Use Derby blades, a Colonel Conk Badger brush and definitely like a good shave soap. A couple older Gillette's handle the main work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Shave? I did used to enjoy shaving with a straight razor. Hot water, mug of soap, shaving brush, strop, and razor. Dress the strop about once a month, strop the blade before and after each shave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Just 360 odd days a year. Williams Shaving soap, The Colonel from Simpsons, various razors from cutthroat to disposable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 It was kind of fun shaving at reenactments. I still had a chin beard and moustache, but kept the sides, cheeks, and neck clean. I'd wait to shave until the camps were open to the public so I could put on a little show of how it was done "back in the day." Nothing flashy, just went about it as normal routine. Answered questions as they came up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 I’m all electric!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 5 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: I’m all electric!! A different vibe, obviously! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okie Sawbones, SASS #77381 Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Always been a blade man and Barbasol. Before they went out of business, Burma Shave. Hardly a driver / Is now alive / Who passed / On hills / At 75 / Burma-Shave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Depends on the body part Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 7 minutes ago, Okie Sawbones, SASS #77381 said: Always been a blade man and Barbasol. Before they went out of business, Burma Shave. Hardly a driver / Is now alive / Who passed / On hills / At 75 / Burma-Shave Those signs were great!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 I use a Gillette safety razor with Wilksinson Sword blades or a Gillette Mach 3, Colonel Ichabod Conk's Badger brush and his Bay Rum cake shaving soap, (in an old fashioned green rubber cup) and sometimes finish it off with Grand Bay bay rum after shave. I finally gave up my old German throat cutter a few months back after my hands got so unstable that I was afraid that the old straight razor would live up to its nickname. I'm leery of cutting, freezing or breaking off parts that I'm still using. I'm a near antique collector's model and they don't make parts for us any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantankerous Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 I have to shave as a requirement of my job. Wet shave, brush, different razors. Been doing that for decades. Upon retirement I will throw that habit out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 I wet shaved until 1990 then switched to electric for a few years then went back to wet. Then one day it seemed like razors jumped way up in price in the early 2000s and I have shaved electric since. Braun electric razors. It’s easier to trim around a beard with an electric. I shaved my beard off today. Got tired of sweat tickling my face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 21 minutes ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: I wet shaved until 1990 then switched to electric for a few years then went back to wet. Then one day it seemed like razors jumped way up in price in the early 2000s and I have shaved electric since. Braun electric razors. It’s easier to trim around a beard with an electric. I shaved my beard off today. Got tired of sweat tickling my face. Same here, I shave my neck under the beard and my cheeks. The ones on my face! I also have a WAHL beard trimmer to keep it under control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Had a moustache for more years than not. Can't do a beard, even if you call it whiskers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Graybeard Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 I have only shaved a couple of times since I got out of high school. I consider it a waste of time and money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderRiverCowboy Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 2 hours ago, The Original Lumpy Gritz said: Depends on the body part This entire thread just went down an rabbit hole I have no desire to pursue . way to much TMI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 9 minutes ago, Old Man Graybeard said: I have only shaved a couple of times since I got out of high school. I consider it a waste of time and money If I ever want a divorce all I have to do is shave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Last week Today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 I wet shave about twice a week. Used to use the 5 blade whatever they were razors but blade prices got to be outrageous so I switched to the Schick disposable razors that cost $20 + tax, for a 20 pack at Sams or BJ's. Not as smooth but they're comfortable for about 10 shaves with Edge Sensitive Skin Gel. I don't like shaving but it's way too hot and humid in Florida for facial hair...been there, tried that for a year...no thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 15 minutes ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: Last week Today You cut off about 10 years of age with that shave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Never trust a clean shaven man, he's trying to hide something. After all, how many bearded politicians do you see? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantankerous Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 On vacation from work I'll let my facial hair grow. Damn! Where's the brown? It's about half brown and half grey anymore. I need to retire before its all grey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 1 hour ago, Dantankerous said: On vacation from work I'll let my facial hair grow. Damn! Where's the brown? It's about half brown and half grey anymore. I need to retire before its all grey! I used to grow a beard for camouflage for bow hunting. Now it looks like a deer tail. Whitetail! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 1 hour ago, Dantankerous said: On vacation from work I'll let my facial hair grow. Damn! Where's the brown? It's about half brown and half grey anymore. I need to retire before its all grey! I AM NOT GREY! I am prematurely blonde. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 43 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: I am prematurely blonde. Nope.... not gonna touch that line..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 2 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: I AM NOT GREY! I am prematurely blonde. I plan to use the term “Arctic Blonde” when asked about my hair color when it’s gray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Some guys shave? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Shave the mustache every day, and the neck as needed. Use mostly Gillette disposables. They last a long time with that routine.... I've had the beard since my early 20s, always without the mustache. Put on a straw hat and I can pass for Amish easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still hand Bill Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Started wet shaving 5 years or so ago. Use a slant for the first pass, then a Rockwell T6. Much better shave than the 3 and 5 blade mass market razors. Also $25 for 100 blades vs a few $$ per. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BigBelle Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 You mean who else waxes their head? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 8 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: Same here, I shave my neck under the beard and my cheeks. The ones on my face! I also have a WAHL beard trimmer to keep it under control. me too , just like you , i kiinda like not cutting my facil hair every day but i do for the occasions and when im thinking its needed , my good friend gifted me a razor - it was his fathers , i use it in remembrance but ill be honest , i would use my old one if i had it , im just lucky my good friend thought so much of me - i love the shave i get , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smuteye John SASS#24774 Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 I do the cheeks, neck and shape the mustache only these days with cheap disposables and can shaving cream. Don't want to lose body parts to a straight razor and Grandpa made me promise to never buy buy blades for his Gillette when he gave it to me. I screwed up the goatee about a year ago and grew the beard so I could carve another one out. Eventually, I'll get around to doing it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 I used to have a barber that I had take off my winter beard every year. Miss getting a straight razor shave. It was an experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawMan Mark, SASS #57095L Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Shaved every thing but the 'stache for years, due to job policy. Current job allows facial hair as long as it's neat. Been wearing a goatee and the 'stache for about 11 years now. Barbasol and a good quality disposable razor. After wearing a hat all day, my horns came out. Wife had to capture it for posterity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 1 hour ago, Michigan Slim said: I used to have a barber that I had take off my winter beard every year. Miss getting a straight razor shave. It was an experience. When I was a kid, and the barber would shave the back of my neck, he used a straight razor. The barber nowadays - and it seems like every time I go in there it's a different barber - uses a disposable. I miss that "whap whap whap whap" of him stropping it before he went to work on my neck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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