Thread: Do you think this is Bad Ass?!

You guys are making me hungry and I don't know where I can buy a scone, let alone a fresh pumpkin scone with jam and cream.

I didn't vote because you said this has come up in posts. The posts I've seen it come up in haven't been about straight shaving being badass but more about the shaver wanting to be perceived as a badass because they shave with a straight. Martial arts are badass. People who do martial arts because they need you to acknowledge they are a badass are not. Same for shaving with a straight.

Oh, yea, what drew me to shaving with a straight in the first place? I wanted a perfectly straight line on a closely cropped beard. This is the only way to get it.

When I picked up straights, it was because I could not get an irritation free shave from any disposable. As such, it was not till I saw people on here refer to straight shaving as "badass" that I considered it.

I do not think anything about shaving with a straight is "badass." I take my time shaving, and I enjoy it. After I shave and clean up, I go find my girlfriend and rub my face on her. She says "Oh, my baby is so soft." On the few occasions that I have shaved in front of other people, there are typically three reactions. Either they get bored pretty quickly, they ask about why I'm doing what I'm doing (pertaining to technique, not why I'm shaving with a straight), or they say "huh, that's weird" and walk away.

With regards to the "using a straight for something other than shaving" comment, that would be badass, but I don't think any of us would use a straight as a weapon. Some will say that it's impractical, because they don't lock and the edge would be ruined very quickly. Personally, my thoughts are "Oh no, that would ruin my pretty razor; I'd have to remove so much metal to get a good edge again." My own response is, I think, very un-badass.

So maybe it's the honing; taking a blunt, jagged POS off ebay and making it sharp enough to pop a hanging hair; that's badass. Wrong again. Try having someone who has no interest in honing watch you hone. When my girlfriend saw me and JoeD honing, her comment was "So that's it? You tell me on AIM that you're going to go hone and then you sit there with a razor and a stone for hours?" Then she and CarrieM went and made some lotion. (I will say that watching my girlfriend and CarrieM make lotion on the stove seemed rather "womanly," but it didn't make me feel any more badass about honing.)

Indeed, the only thing about my straights that I might even call "manly" is the scent I have after using aftershave. But that doesn't make straight shaving "manly," because I could just as easily use the same aftershave after shaving with a DE or cartridge, or I could just buy similarly scented cologne.

So, in my most humble opinion, there is absolutely nothing "badass" about shaving with a straight razor.

Restoring, honing and using a straight: badass

Having several different brushes, soaps, pre and post shave products to pamper your tender skin: not badass

Verdict: meh.


P.S. I shave my head with razor & water only, do that make me bad ass? Yes. Yes it do.

Originally Posted by xman

At tea time silly. What you should be asking is "what's for tea"? But we haven't decided on scones or crumpets yet.

Oh this is definitely bad ass.

I thought more about this today; I don't think it's bad ass. How is it anymore so than chopping vegetables quickly with a large extremely sharp knife? The bad assness comes from the real or perceived element of danger and risk of injury. There are many things that are either daily or frequently completed tasks that have potential for messing you up even more so that shaving with a straight razor IMO.

Chris L

Originally Posted by joke1176

Restoring, honing and using a straight: badass

Having several different brushes, soaps, pre and post shave products to pamper your tender skin: not badass

Verdict: meh.


P.S. I shave my head with razor & water only, do that make me bad ass? Yes. Yes it do.

Yes, that is the ultimate level of bad ass shaving. Especially if you do it without a mirror

Jordan

If shaving with a straight is bad ass then what is getting behind the wheel of a motor vehicle and driving on the Southern California freeway and highway system?

Originally Posted by JMS

If shaving with a straight is bad ass then what is getting behind the wheel of a motor vehicle and driving on the Southern California freeway and highway system?

Stupid

Originally Posted by Quick Orange

Stupid

Thanks for giving my self esteem a lift there brother.