Thread: In The Deep End

Still goin' at it I guess.

X

X,

Good post on the ol' blog. I think we still haven't nailed this linen thing down. My copy of an old barber's manual says that the linen is to be used "when the edge of the razor gets too smooth from continued use." Huh?

Lately, with my discovery that the best shaving edge for me is around 6K, I'm thinking there might be something to this idea of "roughing up" the edge again. Like the teeth get a little too refined to cut well if you stick to the leather only, and need the linen to do... something.

That's all I got.

Josh

Forgive me fathers for I have sinned. It has been five weeks since my last shave.

It all started innocently enough. I had an audition where I wanted to add a little age to my face so I didn't shave for a few days and went in with some stubble. Then remembering how differently people would respond to me with a beard and the holidays coming up I thought I would just let it grow to see if it earned me some more respect at the dinner table, that sometimes being a challenge among my somewhat sexist sisters-in-law. Who knows if it worked or not. No incidents to report. Now I've just got the beard on to see how long I can last before I slaughter it. I'm moisturising this time, which I never did before and it's decidedly less itchy than in earlier years. I'm still shaving of course, but just the sides and neck and trimming 'round the moustache which i can honestly say is much easier with a straight razor than it ever was with a twin blade.

It has been a long time since I posted on this thread and I'm not really blogging any more so this seemed like the natural place for this post. Nice to keep the old thread complete with all my n00bness alive.

X

Woah... that's a lot of grey in there, X! Bet that wasn't there last time you grew it.

Kids'll do that to a man.

Originally Posted by xman

It has been a long time since I posted on this thread ...

Dahaha, this turned up after hitting the [New Posts] button. I thought I'd entered the Twilight Zone! Thread started by Xman, over 6,000 posts, ... and he's talking about working on his shaving technique! Wait a minute... yep, same Xman, the very Xman with the shave videos that include the fabled fool's pass.


then I figured out the first post was dated 7-24-2005.

Originally Posted by majurey

Woah... that's a lot of grey in there, X! Bet that wasn't there last time you grew it.

Kids'll do that to a man.

heh ... Right on both counts.