Thread: Blindfolded shave...have you?

Guidry, I'm ex UK Army. When going on exercise and on deployment to Bosnia, I carried a ladies folding small make up mirror. They're cheap, take up next to no room and they come in handy for all sorts of uses.

Originally Posted by Guidry

I've never shaved with a DE ... it's on my to-do list

For your field kit DE you might want to try a travel DE like this Merkur Travel Razor Merkur at werd.com . Others make them too. A stainless steel pocket mirror works well too for shaving with among other things. Add a Palmolive shave stick in a prescription tube and a small travel brush like this Simpsons Classic 1 Synthetic Badger, if you have room for it, and you have a complete kit.

Bob

A more practical & multi-role mirror than a ladies compact would be one of these...
http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Survi.../dp/B001H9N8CA

They float, boast being nearly indestructible, and allow you to accurately aim signal flashes (should the need arise). I've sometimes carried one in my back pocket at the bakery on days it was entirely likely that I might wind up with a breadcrumb in my eye. Didn't have to abandon my area (or wait an hour to be given a break) to run to the bathroom to fish the bugger out of my eye.

Btw, they can also be found at the local big box stores in the camping section. That's where I got mine.

Some great ideas above on travel DEs and brushes. I probably could have gotten away with a mirror in a tank - there's lots of places to hide stuff. There are two reasons I did not carry a mirror besides I never really thought I needed one: first is they are very shinny and shinny isn't a good think in the field - helps bad guys find you easily. Second is that I 'm pretty sure I would break it, scratch it, smash it, bend it etc. etc. 63 tons of pig iron is pretty unforgiving.

Guidry, if you've never shaved with a DE but you shave now with a straight, then the transition will be painless and likely blood free my friend. I recently shaved my face with my DE and the difference after a few recent years on the straight was that it was so easy - effortless in fact. Not a bad shave either. Not nearly as much fun though! There no sense of satisfaction when you get to the end of a pass and your not bleeding into the sink...

Yah I was thinking the same thing for mirror... I would need something really unbreakable....or I could try to use my trucks mirrors. ...might be to weird of an angle thoigh

Ya, truck mirrors work fine. Should be easy on a Humvee but on a Bison ambulance or similar armoured ambulance may be a little inconvenient. You'd have to go a long way to break a stainless mirror.

Bob

Ha...never thought about a non glass mirror....>.>
Not sure why I did not think about that...

So back on topic lol, we seem to be running out of days for this contest, are the admins going to come to a decision?

Haven't and won't be. I have enough trouble with very good mirrors.

I don't drive blindfolded and won't shave blindfolded.