Thread: Having your shaving routine thrown off

Everyone,

I was just wondering if anyone else has had their shaving routine thrown out of whack by being in some other place than what you are used too? Let me explain...

I'm just a simple blue-collar worker. Don't make a hell of a lot of dough and by the time the bills are paid and the kids needs are taking care off...well, there's not much left to go on (I'm sure most can relate). Anyways with that in mind, my wife and I don't get out that often and getting away without kids in tow is next to zero. So anyways, our 8th anniversary was this weekend and yes! we got to get away without the kids. I took some of my favorite shaving gear with me and was determined to have a nice, enjoyable shave. Wow, was I wrong...

Everything was out of place and not where it's supposed to be. I swear, I was so thrown off by the situation that I suddenly noticed that I was shaving ATG on the first pass of my neck and to top it off, I was shaving commando style (a la Rich). Man, talk about being off your game! Anyways, I fixed everything (except the commando) and still ended up with a beautiful shave but, man did I ever find out that I am most certainly a creature of habit.

-Pary

Want a real challenge? Try shaving while camping….
No hot water
Mirror was a somewhat polished piece of steel tacked on the wall
No paddle strop, had to tie my hanging to my shoelace and put my foot on a stump
Amazingly, no cuts. And while I wasn’t commando, I sure felt macho at the end of it.

The awed looks from my campmates who left their electrics at home didn’t hurt, either.

-Michael

I was going to shave last night, but by time the kids got to sleep I was just too whooped to do it. So after getting up this morning I figured I would hop in the bathroom and and do the routine, shower, strop, lather and shave..wrong. I got the blade to my face and the kids decided they all had to use the bathroom. Things got settled down again. and was just starting to shave again and the wife decided she had to go too. Well I finally go to finished about an hour after I first started and my concentration was shot. Nicked my face several times in the process I havent done this since I first started shaving with a straight. So from now on I will just do it after they got to school or when they got to bed.

When I was in Chile, I usually shaved after everyone in that 6 person household had taken a shower, so the water was luke-warm at best. I had to hang the strop off the toothbrush holder and if I pulled on it the wrong way, it would pop the plastic insert right out. The roadtrips were even worse. A DE and no brush, so I tried to do all of my shaves in the shower.
Camping has never been too bad for me. I'd bring a little mirror and we'd have a stone and grill setup, perfect for heating a kettle. The trees in Algonquin are usually just fine for hanging the strop, but I'd unhook it and leave it in the tent after every shave.

I always take my gear with me when I travel. The first time I shaved some place other then my bathroom was quite a different experience, I totally blotched my prep and so the rest of the shave kind of went down hill from there. On the last couple trips thoug, the shaves have been fine. I just need to concentrate a bit more in the new environment.

I look forward to shaving in the great out doors on my next camping trip.

Matt

I had to shave in a hotel recently. I was hired as a flair bartender for St. Patty Day along with another "flairtender" and we had to fly to the next island (boy were my arms tired...*badum chhhh...*).
I took a shower and heated water on the stove and lathered up (not shaving ala Rich). My friend, the other bartender, always wanted to shave with a straight, so he watching me in awe.
The surroundings were a little weird, but it didn't bother me too much..

Kentriv, after you shave you should write the next page in the SRP Alphabet of Manliness. You should track down a bear and ride him back to the camp site to prove that not only are you manly (for shaving with a device that could take you head clean off), but also a sensitive animal lover (you didn't suplex the bear, did you?)

Nope, I didn't suplex the bear. Initially he wanted to suplex me. But not only am I a strong man, but I am an intelligent man as well. So I reasoned with the bear. I gained his trust. I also threatened to shave him and that seemed to speed things a long haha.
Matt