Thread: My own worst enemy for learning to use a straight razor

Originally Posted by Jwtruth45

Sooo glad I went ahead and tried the night shave!!

I resisted for a while for whatever reason. My hair, and beard grow fast, but my beard isn't heavy, so I have always been able to "get away with it" in the past without looking unshaven. It just seemed odd to plan on shaving at night though, so until this thread I never actually decided to make my shave time then, but I think I'm hooked.

There was a guy that suggested shaving at night when I first started shaving/posting here, and made a thread mentioning not having the time, and I wish I had listened to him.

I had this huge mindshift because I knew I didn't have to be ANYWHERE, which allowed me my best shave to date with a straight razor. Everything was relaxed for a change, instead of tense, and at times (especially when the girl wants to be in there) almost chaotic.

I eventually got to everything except the adams apple, and area right around it, and most of my face was actually decent, as far as closeness. Of course its all WTG, but I did throw in a little XTG in the end in a couple spots that needed it. Which I never felt I had the time to try before.

I really didn't want to try the night time slot, but I'm glad I stopped being hard headed.

The difference is Day and Night.

Pun intended

I'm glad you went ahead and gave it a go--Funny how we can get preconceived notions in our heads.

This is completely Off Topic but George Carlin was talking about how he was a fussy eater and his mother would serve him something new and he'd look at it and say: "I don't like that" and his mother would try to use Logic on him and say "How do know you don't like it, if you've never even tried it"?

And George would reply: "Well I know I don't like it and if I ate it I'd like it even less"!

Glad that you can now enjoy your shave after 'Trying It'

I've always been an am shaver. That's when G-pa shaved, that's when Dad shaved, Lord knows that's when my drill sgt had us shave. Old habits are hard to break. Even when I was on 3-11 shift, I always showered and shaved 1st thing in the am. The whole "shave in the morning, love your job. Shave in the evening, love your wife," sounds like it came from a guy who didn't like to get up in the morning. Nonetheless, I just set my alarm 30mins earlier than when I used a DE.

Originally Posted by AcesandEights

I've always been an am shaver. That's when G-pa shaved, that's when Dad shaved, Lord knows that's when my drill sgt had us shave. Old habits are hard to break. Even when I was on 3-11 shift, I always showered and shaved 1st thing in the am. The whole "shave in the morning, love your job. Shave in the evening, love your wife," sounds like it came from a guy who didn't like to get up in the morning. Nonetheless, I just set my alarm 30mins earlier than when I used a DE.

I wore a full beard for decades because my then wife noted that she like my whiskers a lot more than
my stubble that would scour burnt oatmeal off of an old rusty iron pan. I did use a str8 to keep my
neck tidy enough all those years.