The Shaving Thread

[Newfie]

Hey Newf,

So, I can never seem to get a proper shave with my straight razor. It always seems like I'm pulling the hairs out one at a time. Now, I know the angle you are supposedly supposed to go at. How do you do it? What have your experiences been? (I'm wondering if the damnt thing has just never been properly sharp? No clue.)

-W.

My guess is it needs to be honed Will. Ever hear of the "Hanging Hair Test"?? It's exactly as it sounds. With a properly honed & stropped razor, the hair will slice itself off just from the weight of itself "hanging" across the edge of the blade. "Honemeisters" say it takes years to learn it properly. Check out www.straightrazorplace.com for more info, and there's a few guys from T.O there.

This whole thing seems a bit metrosexual and narcissistic to my unsophistocated self. But each to his own.

I'll continue to keep it simple -- Edge gel and a Gilette in the shower.

Hey Ho, 2 things:

• I spent 30 years using the same shaving method you do now, and I hated every bloody minute of it. Now, I look forward to "me" time I spend shaving and I wish I had known about what it's like to "really shave" 30 years ago (probably before you were hatched).
• You like to use big words don'cha??? I'll admit that "metrosexual" and "narcissistic" aren't a part of my daily vocabularly. So that being said, I checked a couple of on-line sources in my attempt to grasp exactly what you were trying to say, and basically, from what I can gather, you were saying that anyone who goes through this "....has gay tendencies and seems to be wayyyyyyy too enamoured with themselves..............". Tell me I'm wrong???

As of this writing, you have 11 posts on this site, and the way I see it, only 3 can even be remotely considered as valuable info towards this place. You, my fine feathered friend, are a classic example of what the FOGs here are referring to when they say "Read more and post less".

I will refrain from putting my exact thoughts into print because by Hex's newly stated rules about attacks, he'd have every right to ban me.

So, that being said, have a good life and if you don't have anything of value to add to a thread I started, I'd appreciate if you didn't clutter it up.

[Monk]

My guess is it needs to be honed Will. Ever hear of the "Hanging Hair Test"?? It's exactly as it sounds. With a properly honed & stropped razor, the hair will slice itself off just from the weight of itself "hanging" across the edge of the blade. "Honemeisters" say it takes years to learn it properly. Check out www.straightrazorplace.com for more info, and there's a few guys from T.O there.



Hey Ho, 2 things:

• I spent 30 years using the same shaving method you do now, and I hated every bloody minute of it. Now, I look forward to "me" time I spend shaving and I wish I had known about what it's like to "really shave" 30 years ago (probably before you were hatched).
• You like to use big words don'cha??? I'll admit that "metrosexual" and "narcissistic" aren't a part of my daily vocabularly. So that being said, I checked a couple of on-line sources in my attempt to grasp exactly what you were trying to say, and basically, from what I can gather, you were saying that anyone who goes through this "....has gay tendencies and seems to be wayyyyyyy too enamoured with themselves..............". Tell me I'm wrong???

As of this writing, you have 11 posts on this site, and the way I see it, only 3 can even be remotely considered as valuable info towards this place. You, my fine feathered friend, are a classic example of what the FOGs here are referring to when they say "Read more and post less".

I will refrain from putting my exact thoughts into print because by Hex's newly stated rules about attacks, he'd have every right to ban me.

So, that being said, have a good life and if you don't have anything of value to add to a thread I started, I'd appreciate if you didn't clutter it up.

Hmm, my guess is no way mine would pass that test. I think step 1. would be to get a good fine stone as I saw briefly checking that site out. I'll need to look more on there. You on the forums there too?


As for the other, Metrosexuals are straight dudes like us who like to pamper themselves and look good and who are comfortable in their male sexuality to not give a shit what people think if they use a moisturizer or modern grooming methods Newf.

-W.