Thread: shaving in the military

I am curious if anyone used a straight while in the military. I actually started carrying a straight razor in my jump boot thinking I might need something to cut my parachute suspension lines. I eventually started shaving with it. When I re enlisted it was confiscated during a shakedown. My next duty station was Germany where I promptly bought another razor which I still have.

Great picture! Is it a Dorko? Care to share a current picture of the razor?

I wish that I had started using a straight back then. I carried a Gillette Fat Boy, a couple pucks of Old Spice, and a cheap synthetic on each of my two tours in Vietnam. Your straight looks like a Fritz Bracht Dovo to me.

Me too a fatboy and they never bothered me on that. And my knife was always good enough to cut chute lines, never needed a razor

Thank you guys.

I am glad that I have never had to worry about cutting my chute lines!

Coastie, and currently that is my shaving tool of choice.

This is the same razor I have had for all the years. The only change was the wood scales that I made for it. It is a 1 Pirolo Solingen and I doubt if I paid more than 20 DeutschMarks for it. It is part of my rotation but not the best razor I have.

Sometimes it’s about how much you value your razor, not the value of your razor.

When I was in the Naval Reserve I used a cart razor and canned goo like most others at that time. If I was doing it today it would be a DE, soap and a brush. I would never consider a straight razor for shipboard use at sea on a destroyer escort. I can be way too rough many a time.

Bob

Thank you for the memories! A very familiar sea state.
Was given a cheap Gillett in boot camp. When I had leave I bought a new Schick. Agreed, no straight razor on a DE.
Two years duty on one, half the time at the Arctic Circle as a plane guard and Distant Early Warning radar picket. Have to admit, not everyday was hell!
Richard