Thread: "Don't do it you will cut your throat"

As most people of my age I started out with a Bic style razor, and my face did not like it at all. I had razor bumps with every shave; so I stopped shaving for a long time. When I started looking into using a straight razor, a barber told me that I should not do it because I would cut my throat. I told him hell yah I'm going to cut my self and quite possibly my throat. If you don't try new things in life it things get stale, so I set off in to the inter web to find out about straight razor shaving. After reading many articles and watching lots of videos on the benefits of using a straight razor, and how when your son grew up you could teach him the art of the shave, and hand him down your razor and so on down through the generations. Thats when I knew that this was for me. I still don't shave all the time but when I do I have a good time doing it.

That's what my GF thought as well, 8 years later I'm still standing lol!!

Silly barber. I got into straights partly because was in the best Sheffield barbers and the lass offered a straight shave after doing my hair. Was such a pleasant experience. Now I really enjoy doing it myself, but I also recommend a good barber shave once in a while. The "manly" version of pampering.

You want real excitement? Shave your neck with a straight razor on a cruise ship in 20 foot seas!!
I have done it and came out without a Nick.

Bumps from carts have caused many a man to seek alternative hair removal methods.

Originally Posted by bouschie

You want real excitement? Shave your neck with a straight razor on a cruise ship in 20 foot seas!!
I have done it and came out without a Nick.

Shaved during Hurricane Ike. No power = pitch black and no hot water, wind howling around, trees crashing down all around. No problems. Though it did take a few minutes longer.

Originally Posted by mparker762

Shaved during Hurricane Ike. No power = pitch black and no hot water, wind howling around, trees crashing down all around. No problems. Though it did take a few minutes longer.

I think that in circumstances such as those, I would not bother with shaving.

Originally Posted by mparker762

Shaved during Hurricane Ike. No power = pitch black and no hot water, wind howling around, trees crashing down all around. No problems. Though it did take a few minutes longer.

Sorry you just can't make a statement like that without an explanation. What was on your social agenda that was so important that you needed shave? And how did you get there??

Yes please share, I am wondering the same thing!

When you are on a cruise vacation you shave every night for dinner. Back then you dressed in shirt, tie and jacket. The shave was successful with no problems. The cruise ships were much smaller then, only 40,000 tons.