Thread: Heddiw dda i chi o Gymru (Good day to you from Wales)

Originally Posted by MickR

I gave myself a haircut today (no I didn't shave my head, just clippers 1, 2 and 3 progression) and I usually shave the back of my neck with a cut-throat. Not always Just depends on my mood. So I don't see that shaving ones pate would be much more difficult.


Mick

I attempt to cut my hair with clippers, but my crown grows every single way and my wife always cracks up laughing when she sees it. I don't seem to be able to NOT leave a little Krishna tuft. So then she has to fix it up. I think it's all a lie, and there's no tuft at all; she's just saying that so I have to kneel on the bathroom floor as she fixes it up. It's a power thing.

So, Mick, clearly you're saying you're 'in' for shaving one's pate come November?

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

Oh that's a bit harsh. I'm nowhere near as esoteric as Jimbo...

Call me Carl, Edhe Witt...

Sorry Carl I really couldnt resist. Like Mick I tidy up my neck and shoulders with my straight, usually dry and it works fine, though those areas are fairly flat, as opposed to my head which is more contoured, I don't think a single pass would necessarily be too hard, but if you slip and cut yourself it might be messy, esp as you would have to do around your ears. Now that's got me thinking about reservoir dogs.

I may be mate. Just today the girls were asking me to shave my head "Just becoz we wanna see wot choo look like with no hair Daddy!" Personally I'm not so sure, but it is only hair, so there is a reasonable chance I might.
The swirl of a crown is a bugger, but I seem to manage my "tuft" by going over and over it every conceivable direction one can think of, with the clippers.


Mick

Originally Posted by edhewitt

Sorry Carl I really couldnt resist. Like Mick I tidy up my neck and shoulders with my straight, usually dry and it works fine, though those areas are fairly flat, as opposed to my head which is more contoured, I don't think a single pass would necessarily be too hard, but if you slip and cut yourself it might be messy, esp as you would have to do around your ears. Now that's got me thinking about reservoir dogs.

Oi! Listen 'ere ya werewolf, I never said I shave my shoulders!


Mick

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

I attempt to cut my hair with clippers, but my crown grows every single way and my wife always cracks up laughing when she sees it. I don't seem to be able to NOT leave a little Krishna tuft. So then she has to fix it up. I think it's all a lie, and there's no tuft at all; she's just saying that so I have to kneel on the bathroom floor as she fixes it up. It's a power thing.

So, Mick, clearly you're saying you're 'in' for shaving one's pate come November?

Carl, you count the directions the hair grows in and that's how many your crown is ie mine grows in three directions at the crown, so I have a triple crown, which obviously makes me more important than those with only one or two crowns.

Originally Posted by MickR

Oi! Listen 'ere ya werewolf, I never said I shave my shoulders!


Mick

Well you may be happy looking like an ape.....

This is becoming the all purpose thread here now it seems ? Just wanted to chime in on shaving the melon with a straight. I've done it many a time and it's easier than you might think. But, It seems through my experience that it dulls the blade quick. Dunno why ? Not a fan of the fully shaved brainbasket anymore either as it just seems to be more maint. than it's worth. No. 1 clippers and I'm good with an occasional touch up with the blade.

Originally Posted by Nightblade

This is becoming the all purpose thread here now it seems ? Just wanted to chime in on shaving the melon with a straight. I've done it many a time and it's easier than you might think. But, It seems through my experience that it dulls the blade quick. Dunno why ? Not a fan of the fully shaved brainbasket anymore either as it just seems to be more maint. than it's worth. No. 1 clippers and I'm good with an occasional touch up with the blade.

I think it has to do with the volume of hair being removed, probably 2-3 beards worth at a go, and I think head hair is more dense.
All purpose or just a thread that Mick and I are involved in, you decide..

Yes, it is. And yes I've heard it does dull the blade. I like a nice number 1 but a 1, a 2, and a 3 (from bottom to top of the head) is nice. Esp when you need to conserve the top (reforestation is required).

And, tea and buns can definitely make the world a better place. We need a Wind in the Willows thread. Shall you start it or shall I?
Did Toad shave with a straight? Or Badger? It wouldn't have been Ratty or Mole...

Sorry, I should also give Carl a noteable mention in the "all repurposing" club.