Thread: Beard Growth After Straight

Dayumm!!! That's a nasty cut! Hope it gets better soon!!!!

Originally Posted by bassguy

Except when I play music. I won't even bother with upright bass yet, but I have a weeklong gig on electric bass and that has taken quite a bit of adjusting. I didn't realize how much my fingers hit my thumb with each pluck.

Here's thumbs up for straight razor shaving Mother Pluckers!

You could always play like Cliff Burton and rest your palm flat on the bass. Not even use the pickups as a rest. It looks funny but damn could he play!

I cut my index finger the other day,I was doing a restoration. Your right about the blood volume! Your gash is much worse than mine....you win!

If you ever get picked up by the cops for some reason, you may be unidentifiable by your thumbprint!


But -- back to beard consistency -- I also noticed that if I go as many as two days without a shave (I've got about 50-60 SR shaves under my belt), my beard feels different from what I remember before going to SR. I would describe it as uniform (both in consistency and growth direction) all over my face, but also much stiffer. After two days without shaving my face feels like 250 grit sandpaper. Previously, the beard would feel flatter to the skin and would be irritating because as it wrapped around it would poke my skin.

I kind of like the feel of the beard now, but I get the impression that if I were to go a few more days I would look like Grizzly Adams. I'll be shaving tonight for sure.

Those Utopian-honed blades are SHARP!

I'm still stubbly. Coming up on a week of growth. I think that the smoothness was a effect of the suprising uniformity of the cut hair growing back, because it is starting to feel closer to what I remember.

I've had highly questionable thumbprints since I started playing music! I'm no Cliff Burton but I do my best My left index and pinky finger tips are rubbed smooth and unidentifiable... mwahahaha... Thanks for all the kind wishes for my healing, yesterday was a big improvement. I feel like my whole hand is back, instead of hand-stitch-thumb. Can't wait to get the stitches out thursday... Thanks again everyone!

There must have been something going around last week.

My co-worker decided to try a straight razor he acquired from his late grandfather. He has never shaved with one nor has any of his family or friends. He also didn't ask me for any small fry advice or read anything on here.

Sadly, when he was about to place the blade on the cheek he dropped his razor... this is where he learned his first and hopefully last mistake.
He tried to catch it!

Sorry, for the bad image as I had to take the picture from my BlackBerry Pearl. But, you get the idea. A nice little "U" shape across his left index finger and one of the stitches had to go through his fingernail. 9 stitches.

New for 2009 the drop razor test !!!
any less than 5 stitches or a clean removal of finger - it ain't shave ready .


Lucky guy tho .. at least he'll live to tell the tale .

lets hope his next attempt is more fruitful

cheers Garry

Better your finger than cutting your face like that!

Originally Posted by Disburden

Better your finger than cutting your face like that!

Now repeat after me:
never shave naked.
never shave naked.
never shave naked.

Originally Posted by bassguy

Now repeat after me:
never shave naked.
never shave naked.
never shave naked.

I'm sure RichZ would disagree nekid shaving ain't for the light hearted ....

( a covered up ) Garry