Thread: Morning Shave vs Evening Shave

I read this wondering about something my Grandfather used to say. " Old men shave in the morning. Young men shave at night."

Yeah, thanks a lot.

I do neither. My shaving frequency is directly aligned to my beard growth. As in, I shave when my beard achieves an average length of 0.86mm. For me this occurs every 14.2 hours, so over the space of a month I'll do some morning shaves, some evening shaves, some lunchtime shaves, some midnight shaves etc.

James.

Originally Posted by Jimbo

I do neither. My shaving frequency is directly aligned to my beard growth. As in, I shave when my beard achieves an average length of 0.86mm. For me this occurs every 14.2 hours, so over the space of a month I'll do some morning shaves, some evening shaves, some lunchtime shaves, some midnight shaves etc.

James.

Wow and I thought I over analyzed things. How do you take your facial hair measurement and not put excess pressure on the skin surface giving you a false positive reading? Do they make facial micrometers? 14.2 hours does that take in consideration for dietary and vitamin supplements which would vary the hair growth. Does your hair grow towards the water similar to the grass on the putting greens at the PGA course? What about daylight savings time that would mess everything up?
Thats awesome thanks for the chuckle.

Originally Posted by Jimbo

I do neither. My shaving frequency is directly aligned to my beard growth. As in, I shave when my beard achieves an average length of 0.86mm. For me this occurs every 14.2 hours, so over the space of a month I'll do some morning shaves, some evening shaves, some lunchtime shaves, some midnight shaves etc.

James.

Sir James

Does this routine apply to the weekends?

Dave

Originally Posted by rolodave

Sir James

Does this routine apply to the weekends?

Dave

I'd hate to see him out for an evening and the alarm go off to have to go shave

Originally Posted by Jake77

I'd hate to see him out for an evening and the alarm go off to have to go shave

I'm guessing Jimbo would just be like Batman when he sees the bat-signal up in the sky... Drop everything, disappear into the shadows, then reappear BBS... Baby Bat Smooth.

I'm a little late chiming in on this one. I am new, too. I started in early September and it still takes me 40 minutes for a 3 pass, irritation free shave. I'm not a morning person, so I chose to do an evening shave as well. I am still nearly BBS in the morning, but I become a socially acceptable shave by 5pm. This works for me so I can take the time I need to take. Early this week, I tried to rush it and ended up with a lot of stinging and irritation on my neck. I learned my lesson and only straight shave when I have the proper time to devote to it (late evening). I'm sure speed with come with experience. I keep a DE around in case I absolutely have to get it done quickly.

Originally Posted by 10Pups

I read this wondering about something my Grandfather used to say. " Old men shave in the morning. Young men shave at night."

I musta been born old then.

Bob