Thread: Ex-Military and Straight Razors, my theory

HM1 US NAVY (Ret)...present. GO NAVY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


There is not better job in the NAVY than taking care of my Marines as a Hospitalcorpsman....








RPR.

I was never in the armed military services compliments of the Draft Lottery.
If so many ex military men use straights, don't you suppose it is because they are competent, confident individuals?
I haven't a clue as to my excuse.
Ken.
Retired-United States Merchant Marine.

US Navy, 83-87.
Used to get dinged at inspections for my lousy shaves.

Not sure if it is a military/armed forces thing, so much as a connection with past, tradition, and honor. Respect for the way Granddad did things, if you will.
I do think the armed forces does draw people with a sense of national pride, perhaps a little more attuned with tradition and history. There is a family element, too. It isn't just that the armed forces encourages these things (and straights fall right into place nicely) as the type of person who joins typically already has those tendencies. Other jobs have similar ideals and draw the same type of people. Which is why quite a few members here are also firefighters, EMTs, police officers, attorneys(the honest kind) and teachers.
There are other groups that are drawn to the same things, just not for the same reasons necessarily. All roads leading to Rome, and all.

John P.

I'm a professional stage carpenter. I'm also one of the most old school guys in the shop where I work. I almost never use a hammer to hammer in a nail. Tap something into position, yes. Pull nails, sure. Put in a mechanical fastener (read, "staple") pneumatic all the way. Just the way it is. . . . .

Originally Posted by rickypr

HM1 US NAVY (Ret)...present. GO NAVY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


There is not better job in the NAVY than taking care of my Marines as a Hospitalcorpsman....

Former USMC here. I loved having you docs around, except for the newbies that were learning to draw blood. Find the vein already sheesh

Army Reserve, 97-04. I'll add a vote to your theory. I'll also add a corollary: the military can awaken you to how bad shaving can be. At Basic Training, those found at any time to have an unsatisfactory state of facial smoothness were handed a Bic disposable and observed as they dry-shaved on the spot. And there's nothing like trying to get a close shave with a Mach 3 in the field and "properly dispose" of cream/gel whatever. I got to the point where I just dry-shaved in the field, and lived with the misery of it all. So the Army taught me to hate shaving, and straight razors showed me how if done properly shaving can be thoroughly enjoyed.

On a slightly different note, I'll add another corollary: there seems to be a lot of "self-sufficient/self-reliant" folks around here. People who appreciate the "do it right, do it yourself" mindset. I find that marksmen, craftsmen, hackers (the real kind who solve problems creatively and effectively, not the idiot crackers who cause problems), and other types of folk who appreciate solving a problem or overcoming a challenge (in this case facial hair) in a personalized, highly effective, worthy-of-pride kind of way seem to be well-represented here. It just so happens that these are also traits that seem to be well-represented in soldiers.