Thread: SE head shaving

Hi all and thanks for all the info on this site. (Prepare for a little rambling. Sorry.) I've been shaving my head, and usually have had some form of facial hair going on, for lots of years. I've always enjoyed shaving and I get taken in by the power of advertising. So, I have a Fusion Power and I have to admit it is even better than the last powered Gillette razor. I love it. All of my shaving life I've used a mug and brush (okay except the two times in my life when I purchased Norelcos and hated them) but I've always wanted to add a straight edge to the mix. Well, I finally took that plunge and have spent a lot of money recently. Started with Mama Bear's soaps, then checking ebay for other mugs (getting outbid on the ones I really wanted), and then saying "What about finally getting a straight edge?". I read as much as I could and purchased: John West's DVD (thank you Lynn for mentioning it in your great video); and a 3/8 Filarmonica Doble Temple, 5/8 Dovo Classic "Special", and a Dovo strop from Classic Shaving. The DVD hasn't arrived yet, I'm waiting for some mugs, and Lynn should get my razors soon. So, I'm like a kid on perpetual Christmas Eve. Finally, after all that background, I just wanted to know if anyone shaves their head with a straight edge? And if so, any advice? Thanks again because without this site I wouldn't have purchased a SE. Or be broke.

Get used to the broke part. They make a special razor for shaving the dome, which I think would be preferable to a straight, merely because of the "so much I can't see part". I'm sure cranial epilation with a straight is done, but it's not a common thing. Personally, that scares the poop outta me. Maybe somebody else will have something more useful to add. lol

You got balls man. I hope this endavour works out for you and that you have the slickest head going! If you were a swimming I don't think you would need to even do any strokes because your head would guide you like a missle

One SRP member shaves his head with a straight. Forgot who it is, but you should find the thread if you search the archives. He says it's very easy.

Edit: easy --> shaving large, relatively flat surfaces.

Originally Posted by FiReSTaRT

Edit: easy --> shaving large, relatively flat surfaces.

So what you're saying is it's easy as long as you've got a huge flat melon perched on top of your neck?

Ok, I'm good to go then I guess... Oh, but wait, I don't need to shave my head, nature took care of that for me!

-- Gary F.

What I meant is that you'd have to have a REAL knobby head to make it more difficult to shave than your average adams apple, chin and jawline. We have one member who does THOSE without even seeing, so I really don't see any problems with doing the head with a straight, other than having to touch up the blade more often.

Originally Posted by FiReSTaRT

One SRP member shaves his head with a straight. Forgot who it is, but you should find the thread if you search the archives. He says it's very easy.

Edit: easy --> shaving large, relatively flat surfaces.

Halwilson I think . . .

Thanks for the response. Unfortunately my melon isn't like Frankenstein but I'm blessed with a big smooth oval. When I shave it people think I've oiled and buffed it. I've been shaving it for so long I do go by feel. The thought of a SE on it does scare me a little. Oh and as far as the search feature goes I don't have much luck with it. Very frustrating. Maybe I'm doing something wrong but I guess that's a different thread.