I used it for a few years, and then went back to an old-fashioned safety-razor, which is what I use these days.Loren wrote: So are you happy you made the switch? Do you feel the shave is better?
Cool looking dog!
Loren
THREE WEEKS?!? Man, I'm lucky if I get three shaves off a two-sided safety razor.Tony wrote:I usually get 3+ weeks of daily shaving from them.
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Perhaps I should switch to something cheaper, regular soap or something...?
This just in: Beards can be washed just like other parts of the body. Film at 11!djm wrote:THREE WEEKS?!? Man, I'm lucky if I get three shaves off a two-sided safety razor.Tony wrote:I usually get 3+ weeks of daily shaving from them.
I went through the beard thing when I was a teenager. They are filthy things, full of dead skin and sweat and other stuff for making soup stock with. I got sick of long thick hairs from my mustache sliding into my mouth when I was trying to eat. Now I shave a few times a week. Thanks to Don Johnson for making the unshaved look stylish (and everyone knows I'm nothing if not stylish
djm
I got both the triple-bladed Mach Three and the four-bladed Quattro with the vibrating handle (the things relatives give me for christmas....heh)..I like the three bladed better. It seems to give a smoother shave.fel bautista wrote:My dad was a barber and I have all his straight razors. They are the carbon steel variety and are incredibly sharp. I 've got the sharpening stones, leather strop, boar brushes as well. I remember him sharpening them on his day off. I think one of the handles is ivory.
I tried to use one, way back in the begining of time and failed. I did use one of those blue steel gilette blades ( two edges and you had to take the holder apart to put the blade in).
I use one of those tripple edge jobbies, but since my beard ( being filipino, it don't happen) is light, I can make it last and last.
Actually I've always found it strange that so many women feel compelled to shave their legs and underarms. It's a weird tradition and seems totally unnatural. I don't find smooth, shaven legs to be any more "feminine" or attractive than unshaven legs; quite the opposite. I know hairy legs look weird under nylon hose, but the whole nylon hose thing is weird to begin with. You would think that women would question these practices and rethink them -- usually it's men who get caught in the "this is the way it's always been done" trap; women are generally smarter than that, but for some reason these practices persist.missy wrote:first of all - you GUYS are cracking me up.....
TRY HAVING TO SHAVE YOUR LEGS AND UNDERARMS ALL THE TIME!!!!
When I grow a goatee (which is nearly always), I get that little wedge growing from under my lip down into the goatee...that's just the way the hair grows. I don't have to shave it into shape.The Weekenders wrote: What is big out here are these strange tiny wedges of hair below the lower lip. I guess its a cyclical thing, working downward from goatees, which remain big with sports types. When I ponder these things, I always get the mental picture of the dude staring in the mirror too long to be a manly man....Vanity strikes. I'm too old to spend a lot of time looking in the mirror, especially since I can't see that well, and what I do see, I don't much care for.
The facial hair cycle reminds me of eyeglasses, which went from completely big and round to little, square and flat over the years. In each case, there was somebody thinking they just looked GREAT that way...
The little things (soul patches?) look kinky to me. I notice that white jazz guys have 'em, along with the little African-y caps.
Don't forget high heels.bradhurley wrote:Actually I've always found it strange that so many women feel compelled to shave their legs and underarms. It's a weird tradition and seems totally unnatural. I don't find smooth, shaven legs to be any more "feminine" or attractive than unshaven legs; quite the opposite. I know hairy legs look weird under nylon hose, but the whole nylon hose thing is weird to begin with. You would think that women would question these practices and rethink them -- usually it's men who get caught in the "this is the way it's always been done" trap; women are generally smarter than that, but for some reason these practices persist.missy wrote:first of all - you GUYS are cracking me up.....
TRY HAVING TO SHAVE YOUR LEGS AND UNDERARMS ALL THE TIME!!!!
Well, those are just bizarre, not creepy. The creepy thing about shaving underarms and legs is that, if you look at it objectively, it seems to be designed to make women look like prepubescent virgins. For most people, hair under the arms and hair on your legs doesn't happen in earnest until they reach puberty. So by shaving off those hairs it's as if you're trying to give the impression you haven't reach puberty yet. And that's supposed to be more attractive to men? That's creepy! It implies that all men are into child molestation. Maybe that sort of thing was attractive at one time, but I can't imagine why it would be now.Flyingcursor wrote:
Don't forget high heels.
So since I shave my head, women who are attracted to me must have a deep subconscious drive to mate with a honeydew melon. Ok.So by shaving off those hairs it's as if you're trying to give the impression you haven't reach puberty yet. And that's supposed to be more attractive to men? That's creepy! It implies that all men are into child molestation.
Or an infant male...they're pretty bald most of the time too...Ro3b wrote:So since I shave my head, women who are attracted to me must have a deep subconscious drive to mate with a honeydew melon. Ok.So by shaving off those hairs it's as if you're trying to give the impression you haven't reach puberty yet. And that's supposed to be more attractive to men? That's creepy! It implies that all men are into child molestation.
How do you shave your head, Ro3b? I've been thinking about going cueball,Ro3b wrote:So since I shave my head, women who are attracted to me must have a deep subconscious drive to mate with a honeydew melon. Ok.
