Thread: shaving in the military

Thanks all for your respective service.
Wouldn’t be where we are without your collective commitments at the various times we needed them.

For me, it was a Gillette Trac-2 and a can of that foamy shaving cream that got hot (so-so) when sprayed onto your palm. I don't recall knowing anything back then ('71-'76) about DEs or SEs, or straights -- just that I had to shave every day. Thanks for sharing!

PS: After the PLF, yiz was a "leg", like the rest of us

I never served. Thank you to all of you guys. My dad was a Deck Seaman on an LST during WWII. Probably could have used a straight on that thing. He used to say they said LST was abbreviation for Long Slow Target. Anyway he was in the Normandy Invasion loading troops on to Higgins boats. A few months later coming back down the Seine River in a line of ships his happened to be the one that hit a mine. He was lucky. He said he was in the head shaving when it happened. The ship rocked up toward him and his head hit the bulwark, split his brow, gave him a gash on the forehead and a broken nose but that was all the injuries he got.

Purchased a personal hygiene kit for the Great war ..The old english razor and the entire kit
Can not hardly wait till it arrives

If the item on the left is a nail clipper it is the most important item in that kit. We had just one for our entire rifle squad. Nail clippers are priceless for the troops in the field.

I'm a bit newer service member 2006-2012, but I did use a DE for a lot of that time. It was faster/more convenient than a straight, and with my level of skill at the time, much less irritation with daily shaving.

I'm still active duty Coast Guard, 22 fun years and counting. I've been shaving with my Straight Razors for the last few years

Active duty Navy. Been shaving with a straight for a decade, although keeping them rust free in maritime environments is a challenge...

Dry well and use VCI paper.

Originally Posted by RezDog

Dry well and use VCI paper.

Yes... I also air dry, unless I can't, and then I use a silicone impregnated sleeve.