Thread: The Goatee Massacre

I has a full beard unti a week ago. I shaved it off for the same foolish reason. I was happy as a clam just maintaining my neat beard line and shaving was stress free and fun. But I hacked through the beard (without the preliinary trim) like I was hacking through a jungle with a machete. Ten minutes ago I finished the fifth shave since the beard went and I am finally getting it all. Still some spots that make me curse but it's presentable.

Tomorrow will be my last shave for at least a week so it's all pretty much immaterial.

I've a goatee, had it for years before I went straight razor. I have to admit I'm not sorry about missing shaving the chin and mouth area. Actually though, one of the reasons I wanted to try a straight razor was I thought it would make it easier to keep the lines of the goatee straight. With a regular plastic razor I couldn't keep the edges of the goatee straight. I'm not an artist and my handwritting is horrible, so I have trouble shaving a straight line too. It has helped a lot, but the left lower corner of my goatee always seems more rounded than the right lower side. I think part of it is that the direction of hair growth is different on each side and therefore cuts differently. Oh, well. My two cents.

Originally Posted by Chady

I thought it said Goatse Massacre, and I have no idea why I feel disappointed that it did not
I've been on the net for too long I think

'Odsbodkins, man, keep it PG. Think of the children!

That said, I too keep some facial hair (a chinline beard and full goatee) and I'm horrified of the idea of taking the blade across that frontier. The chin and goatee don't worry me all that much -- a few cuts here and there don't bother me -- but as a trumpeter I really can't afford to go hacking off chunks of my lip. I suppose I'll be staying bearded for a while yet.

Also, I too look like Uncle Fester without the hair.

You gentlemen give me hope. I 've been straigt razor shaving for about 3 weeks. My chin and mouth look like I have herpes. I'm glad you more experienced types and having the same troubles I am.

Wow...what a timely thread. I've been shaving with a straight since September of last year, but I always grow a Vandyke (or goatee...but I won't restart this debate) from Labour day weekend (Sept. 1-ish) to Victoria day weekend (May 24-ish). A couple of weeks ago I took on the chin and upper lip for the first time...wow - I can really appreciate the huge learning curve newbies must go through if they have to shave their entire face to start off with! Even with 8 months of shaving under my belt, I make a hack job of it.

I did the same thing though - re-watched Lynn's DVD, read some more, and proceeded at it very carefully. I'm nowhere near great at the area yet, but at least I'm not donating a pint of blood to the shaving gods every time I shave now!

Mark