Thread: shaving a balloon

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

I feel the best practice for something is to do it. If you want to climb well, climb. If you want to shave balloons well, shave balloons...

If you want to shave well, shave.

If you want to shave someone else well, find someone else and make sure they leave shaven and well...Or practice on balloons first .


Mick

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

I feel the best practice for something is to do it. If you want to climb well, climb. If you want to shave balloons well, shave balloons...

If you want to shave well, shave.

Are you offering your face to be practiced on?

Originally Posted by edhewitt

Are you offering your face to be practiced on?

I would offer mine, I think it would be great to have someone come over every morning to give me a shave before work. I could imagine the looks I get from people: "why are you late for work", "oh sorry my barber showed up late for my shave" ha it would be great

Originally Posted by sinnfein

I would offer mine, I think it would be great to have someone come over every morning to give me a shave before work. I could imagine the looks I get from people: "why are you late for work", "oh sorry my barber showed up late for my shave" ha it would be great

Well it'd be great once they got past the trial and errror stage anyway.

In days past most barber schools had a working shop and the public could come in and get a shave and haircut for practically nothing. You didn't even have to sign a waiver-har har.

I shaved a balloon with my first ever razor before trying it on myself. It went pretty well, but probably didn't really help with learning to shave myself. I guess what it did do though was give me some confidence that I had a steady hand.

And in the end, confidence is important so if you need to shave a balloon to get some confidence, go shave a balloon. If it works out OK and you don't pop it, take note of the angles you used and the grips that worked. Those kinds of things are important.

James.

I shall go to the yard and start practicing right now.

Originally Posted by Jimbo

I shaved a balloon with my first ever razor before trying it on myself. It went pretty well, but probably didn't really help with learning to shave myself. I guess what it did do though was give me some confidence that I had a steady hand.

And in the end, confidence is important so if you need to shave a balloon to get some confidence, go shave a balloon. If it works out OK and you don't pop it, take note of the angles you used and the grips that worked. Those kinds of things are important.

James.

I was going to suggest a weather balloon for those with little confidence, but Darl beat me too it.

If you do decide to shave a balloon you may want to do it outside. Or plan on being the one to clean up due to rapid lather Implosion.

I remember in Barbers College we practiced the 14 on cream covered balloons but it wasn't part of the state boards. Just the big Three... Sanitation,sanitation,and of course sanitation. Barbicide is not only great for sanitizing all items it can strip the shine off a pair of boots quicker than you can blink.