Thread: Learning to shave my balloon

This has got to be fantasy propagated by the Balloon Lobby in Washington. They know they’d sell lots of balloons it I engaged in this practice.

Were it not for the danger of handing a str8 to a drunk, I would suggest balloon shaving as a ****tail party event.

Originally Posted by mysticguido

That's good, but if your angle is backwards or way off and You'll think You're shaving it off . The cutting edge wouldn't be right. You could learn bad habits.

What you mean backwards? Like a stropping motion? How the heck would you develop a bad habit like that.

I still say just go for it and abrade your face, humans heal much more quickly! ^^ As long as you have you styptic all nicks you can achieve by mistake with a straight will heal in a day!

when I shave my chin the blade is almost 90 deg's. I know that sounds bad, but it works on me. So going by that if your blade is say 89 deg's backwards ( the spine being the 89 deg's forward) You'll be pulling the lather off. With no pressure on a 90 deg's edge on a ballon you won't pop-it. Also Your face isn't shaped like a ballon so how would that be able to help.

Now I maybe wrong, & I hope I am.

My 87 year old father suggested the "baloon method" for learning how to use a straight razor, indicating that's what was done in barber schools in the early part of the 20th century.

I think it was just a way to mess with the newbie barbers... "Hey kid, you want to get good? Shave about one hundred ballons" wwhile we watch you pop lather all over the place...

As was said 3 years ago that was a method for teaching you how to shave someone else. Shaving yourself is very different.

I used to go to a barber who demonstrated the baloon shave for me one day. It's pretty impressive to see it.