Thread: Moonlight vs Sunlight?

Just wondering when people shave, Night or Day and if that has changed since you started using a straight razor?

Before using a straight razor I commonly would hack it out quickly in the morning. However, since starting to use a straight, I've developed and enjoyed such a relaxing ritual that I shave exclusively at night now as a calming thing before sleeping.

Interested in others' experience/preference...

I was MUCH like you about a month ago...and before that. (I used to hack quickly in the shower with a lousy multi-blade plastic thing...then developed a passion for straight shaving that I used to relax in the evenings).

Recently, I have switched back to shaving in the morning because I faceterbate all day and like to feel smooth...and shaving in the evening resulted in noticeable roughness in the AM.

Great thread, and I suspect there are no wrong answers

Faceterbate... That is hilarious and my new word for the day! I never thought of that angle before.

For now I am still shaving in the evenings, but maybe once I get used to shaving with a SR I might shift it to a morning routine, but that is debatable since then it would mean getting up at about 4-4:30 in the morning and I do enjoy staying up a bit late most nights.

I shave at night during the week. If I happen to get the weekend, or any other day off, then I have a good ol' morning shave. The shaves after the shower are always the smoothest though.

I always shave in the morning. From my first shave with disposables, then cartridges, then DE, then shavette, and now a SR, my shave routine has always been for the morning. I have noticed that my morning routine takes longer now that I'm using a SR, but it's time well spent.

The twelve to fifteen hours after a shave my face feels best. To enjoy that most I shave in the morning.

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@ EisenFaust... That bird would be a good animal symbol for politicians! Too funny!

Originally Posted by Mike1969

I have always shaved in the evening right after my shower.

I usually do the same. Sometimes I don't have time to do it for two days, too. I always love that second-day shave because the before/after difference is much more dramatic.