Thread: Questions for the Relapsers

Originally Posted by JMS

I used to switch back and forth when I first started using a straight razor. I finally decided to shave only with a straight. If I didn't have time I would just go without shaving! just recently I switched to shaving at night. So now the only excuse I have for not shaving is lazyness!

Are you calling me lazy Mark? ---- you mean I could at least spend some of the time I watch TV and chat on forums to give myself a nice shave? The nerve -the nerve I say.
My honor has been tarnished! --- pistols at 20 paces ---


Justin

I use a DE when I really:
a) must shave and am in a rush
b) must shave and don't feel well
c) sometimes just for a change of pace

In all cases the beard has to be reasonably short. If I'm already sporting a week or so of growth the straight is faster than anything else (by the time I use the beard trimmer to shorten it enough for DE/cartridge/electric to work reasonably well).

A good DE shave is definitely nothing to scoff at. I can about the same overall closeness with a DE and there are several places I can get closer than I have managed with a straight so far. Generally it allows me to safely cheat a little more (first pass ATG, etc.) in the interests of time. For me, the overall quality of the save isn't as good as it is with a straight but is far better than I got with the cartridge or electric.

Ant

Justin,

The Feather AC is great--I LOVE mine--but it actually requires more concentration than a straight. The edge is sharper and you need to use less pressure.

A DE does well for those days when you have to shave when you're rushed, stressed, or upset.

Josh

Originally Posted by JoshEarl

Justin,

The Feather AC is great--I LOVE mine--but it actually requires more concentration than a straight. The edge is sharper and you need to use less pressure.

A DE does well for those days when you have to shave when you're rushed, stressed, or upset.

Josh

Gotcha Josh --- appreciate it my man.


Justin

I haven't gone back ... yet.

X

Originally Posted by jaegerhund

Are you calling me lazy Mark? ---- you mean I could at least spend some of the time I watch TV and chat on forums to give myself a nice shave? The nerve -the nerve I say.
My honor has been tarnished! --- pistols at 20 paces ---


Justin

Your as funny as ever Justin, but to set the record straight I was calling myself lazy

Originally Posted by xman

I haven't gone back ... yet.

X

Very good X --- Poe's one disturbed southerner --- and I'm glad to see others have at least the fleeting notion of whipping out his razor of yore.


Justin (can't go wrong with Poe)

Originally Posted by JMS

Your as funny as ever Justin, but to set the record straight I was calling myself lazy

Oh --- I'm lazy alright--- lazier than a blood bloated tic on a hound dog . It's the southern heat --- makes me talk slow too and causes me to drawl out my ill-gotten words. But I get by,


Justin

I still use a DE quite frequently. I enjoy it. It's not the same process, and sometimes, I just don't feel like stropping. And if I'm not going to to it right, I don't do it at all. But I would never go back strictly to a DE. Never.

RT

After switching to a straight in November '05, for awhile I still tossed my M3 into my travel bag (along with a straight) in case I was rushed or whatnot. I think I used it two or three times, but since early '06 it had been sitting in the back of a drawer. This weekend a friend and his wife were over for dinner and he mentioned having lost his M3 on a recent trip to Berkley for research. He hated the thought of buying another because of the cost--he'd been using his wifes Venus for a week. I tried to give him a straight to try out, but the look of fear on his face and the snide remark from his wife told me that there was no way I was going to make a sale here. Anyway, I finally tossed away my last crutch...gave him my M3 and 4 cartridges.

No going back now baby!

Cheers,
Ed