Off it came....

Time for a change, the goatee came off after 25 years, figured it's time for a change, and with the poundage I've lost over the years, I actually have a chin.

Ohhh....I've also decided I have an very sensual mouth, wife is afraid now the chicks will be dropping drawers for me, told her they always did kitten.

Also, WHAT A BLAST IT WAS DOING AN ENTIRE FACE SHAVE WITH A STRAIGHT!!!!

Took a whole lot longer, definitely bled a bit as the skin is so sensitive, but thoroughly enjoyed doing the entire shave...think I'll keep it this way...turn 55 in September, time to fight back a bit harder.

Be gentle, gentlemen.....:o

Looking great brother!

Careful around those curves phrank! Draw blood almost every time I lose the stache’.
Lookin 10 years younger my friend!
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Now you can be a real straight razor shaver, and not just high grading the easy parts.

Looking good!

Yeah, I think I'll hold off on showing this photo of the handsome dude to my wife.

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Yeah, I think I'll hold off on showing this photo of the handsome dude to my wife.

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I tell myself positive things, maybe one day it will work....LOL.

Definitely feeling "the burn" now...also, chuckling at the feeling of a constant breeze against my face, like my heads sticking out the car while driving, except it's also on fire....:rock:

The dome will be next.

Looking good, Phrank. I guess if I was one of those guys, I could say ...ya gotta perty mouth. :rofl2:

I've only shaved off my stache, once in my whole life. The chin...every so often. It gets my wifes panties in a bunch, so I refrain from doing so, or until it gets crooked during a bad trimming.

Without the goat, your gonna need to use a napkin more.

Hat's off, Phrank! I figure the chin and 'stache are tough.
Have had my moustache and van-dyke for all my life.


Get it on!

I couldnt even think about loosing the goat and stash. Its been on my face sense late 80s. I bet it does feel odd to feel a breeze on the chin. Nice job and keep it up. Soon you will get that sweeping round move down the chin with no issues.

Well.........since the pic is gone, I guess I'll just say, you must be a looker from the comments.


Especially Mike's :roflmao

I’ve had my Beard since I was 18. I’m creeping up on 70 now. Don’t think I could do what you did Phrank - and I’d miss the taste of soft ice cream in my facial hair.

:roflmao :roflmao

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I’ve had my Beard since I was 18. I’m creeping up on 70 now. Don’t think I could do what you did Phrank - and I’d miss the taste of soft ice cream in my facial hair.

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You've had a beard for 52 years and you hang out on a shaving forum!! Your legs must be smooth LOL!!

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Well.........since the pic is gone, I guess I'll just say, you must be a looker from the comments.


Especially Mike's :roflmao

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We are a polite bunch here at SRP. You dodged a bullet Deieseld!!

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Shaving cheeks with a straight is easy. Shaving a chin...not so much. Time to take your skills from the minor leagues to the majors.

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Ohhh....I've also decided I have an very sensual mouth, wife is afraid now the chicks will be dropping drawers for me, told her they always did kitten.

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That’s awesome right there. Made me laugh!

As for shaving the goatee, I alternate. It only takes me 3-4 days to get it back as I keep it pretty short when I do have it. Then one day *poof* I shave it right off. A few days later it’s back then one day *poof* and then.....you get the picture. I wish I would have had the chance to see your picture.

Good for you for all the changes you have made and keep on fighting the good fight!

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You've had a beard for 52 years and you hang out on a shaving forum!! Your legs must be smooth LOL!!

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I’d post a selfie, but I wouldn’t want to frighten anyone. :rofl2:

My beard morphs frequently. Right now, no sideburns. The straight is the perfect way for me to keep a straight jaw line on my neck and on my cheeks. I have never shaved my chin or moustache, and probably never will.

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I’d post a selfie, but I wouldn’t want to frighten anyone. :rofl2:

My beard morphs frequently. Right now, no sideburns. The straight is the perfect way for me to keep a straight jaw line on my neck and on my cheeks. I have never shaved my chin or moustache, and probably never will.

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Man, I got to start up a you can do it group lol!! It's a whole other world!! But I get it ... and of course I'm only having some fun, but yeah, you'd LOVE my collection of 4/8 shorties!! Perfect for what you are doing!

Holy Cats! The last time I did that, I was having a bad reaction to hydrocodone after knee surgery...Stuff made me crazy, and I thought shaving my beard was somehow curative...Wife took me to the doctor, changed pain meds and grew back the beard. Hats off, but I have this mental picture of you hanging your head out of the car window which will be hard to forget...

Just do us all a favor, OK? If-and-when you decide to have a go at "Shaving Private Ryan", keep it on the down-low. :rofl2: (no pun intended, but I'll take it, just the same)

Whew! When I first saw this, all I could think of that someone was shaving in the shower...Yikes!

I don't see a picture in the OP, but the handful of times I did a full face shave were humbling. Shaving the areas I usually grow out, especially around the mouth were challenging for me.

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I don't see a picture in the OP, but the handful of times I did a full face shave were humbling. Shaving the areas I usually grow out, especially around the mouth were challenging for me.

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I'm on about my 5th shave now without a goatee, clean face....tell you, whole different ball game using a straight and doing the entire face.

Tonight was the first shave I came away with no little cuts anywhere, nor any nicks.

What I found interesting, in that my entire time spent shaving with a straight, I always loved the big blades. Well, maybe the reason they were called, "For Barber's Use", was that you had to have a pretty darn skilled hand to get the upper lips and chin areas of your customers, and maybe the width of the blade gave the barber's more visibility.

Tonight I used an Heljestrand Mk.32 in tortoise shell scales, 5/8 I believe, and the shave went easy as pie.

One thing I am really enjoying about this is, it's like starting all over again, everything's brand new again, and even though I've had my nicks and cuts, I know it's just a matter of practice, and I'll be right back where I was, so that's exciting personally.

Gave my face a break once with a shave with a Schick Adjustable SE, got some burn, but a clean shave with no cuts...actually had to put it away so I wouldn't get lazy and just go for the safety razor.

I encourage all fellow straight shaving brethren to give it a try, much different experience that wiping a couple of passes along the cheeks and under the chin.....:rofl2:

Although my looks might likely improve with the addition of some facial hair, I refuse to diminish the enjoyment and satisfaction I get with my full-face shaves. Haven't started shaving my head yet and still use a Wahl trimmer for that, but I do frequently clean up the back of my neck sight-unseen. It's so awesome to be able to do this myself rather have a barber attack it on a monthly basis.

Oh, and for me, the XTG/ATG strokes employed on my chin/moustache area determine how well a razor is performing for me.

I agree, the moustache area is where blades get tested. If an edge is off much at all that spot will be very difficult. I have always said that goatees were for people that couldn’t decide if they wanted a beard or to be clean shaven. Then when I started with a straight, I thought they were just shaving the easy parts. I’m glad Andrew decided that it was time to be a real straight razor shaver. Also I to have been using some small blades lately. They are are great, at different times. For the longest time 7/8 was my go to.

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I don't see a picture in the OP, but the handful of times I did a full face shave were humbling. Shaving the areas I usually grow out, especially around the mouth were challenging for me.

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Agreed! Achieving smoothness in this area was my final accomplishment (plus eliminating the usual random missed hairs).

You'll know you're there when you catch yourself frequently faceturbating the fantastic results of the day's glorious shave. :p

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Oh, and for me, the XTG/ATG strokes employed on my chin/moustache area determine how well a razor is performing for me.

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This is the shave test.

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The mustache area can be made more difficult if you use a motorcycle and asphalt roadway to make unwanted modifications to one side.:beer1:

I've been sporting friendly mutton chops for over ten years now, but go for a full clean shave once in a while.

I noticed that the less real estate I shave, the longer my shaves take. Funny how that works.

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Hat's off, Phrank! I figure the chin and 'stache are tough.
Have had my moustache and van-dyke for all my life.
Get it on!

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Sorry to jump in so late, but wait a damn minute! Reading this thread I just realized that I've been taking shaving advice from lots of people with significant unshaved facial hair :dropjaw:

I'm appalled, that to you guys BBS means for 35-60% of your face, as Rezdog said early in the thread, "high grading the easy parts" :shrug::cry::banghead::gaah:

There is a head shaving section....

Maybe there should be a chin section and upper lip section?

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Sorry to jump in so late, but wait a damn minute! Reading this thread I just realized that I've been taking shaving advice from lots of people with significant unshaved facial hair :dropjaw:

I'm appalled, that to you guys BBS means for 35-60% of your face, as Rezdog said early in the thread, "high grading the easy parts" :shrug::cry::banghead::gaah:

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I know your tongue is firmly in your cheek, as it should be when shaving around your mouth.

Seriously though,it takes me as much or more time and attention to sculpt my beard with a straight as it would to shave my entire face. The tough to shave bits on my neck below the jaw line and around my Adam’s apple provide the same issues as for you guys with totally bare faces. Granted, I don’t worry about under my nose and around my lips, but it takes me some time to get the line right from under my ear to my mouth.

Besides, I really enjoy my straight razor shaves and I am terrified to find out what I look like under my beard. My cousin shaved his off once and his wife said he looked like his mother and insisted he grow it back immediately.

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I know your tongue is firmly in your cheek, as it should be when shaving around your mouth.

Seriously though,it takes me as much or more time and attention to sculpt my beard with a straight as it would to shave my entire face. The tough to shave bits on my neck below the jaw line and around my Adam’s apple provide the same issues as for you guys with totally bare faces. Granted, I don’t worry about under my nose and around my lips, but it takes me some time to get the line right from under my ear to my mouth.

Besides, I really enjoy my straight razor shaves and I am terrified to find out what I look like under my beard. My cousin shaved his off once and his wife said he looked like his mother and insisted he grow it back immediately.

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I dunno, I had a goatee, and could literally get a complete scuttle BBS shave in about 7 minutes, nothing to it.

Add in the upper lip, the entire chin area, having to "join" the neck under the chin, with the chin area, so it's smooth from under your chin and onto your face....not easy.

Try it for a couple of weeks, frankly, I now see why there are so many DE/SE guys, it's a steep learning curve if you're clean shaven.

Glad I did it, still going strong, wife has mentioned she likes the goat, but not going back as of yet.

You're right guys...I was teasing, but I am surprised to see so many of you have (or have had) some significant facial hair. I used to joke that most of the pics of my ancestors the men had full beards, and I wondered if it was because SRs (or a barber shave which they probably couldn't afford) were the only option.

There's also some jealously mixed in because while there was a time I could grow a beard, my mustache area has always been very "sparse". Now if I grow a beard, it's all white, and only half of my head has gone gray/white, so it makes it look like I'm dyeing my hair, which I'm not.

I enjoy the humor here as much as the advice and support!