Thread: Jawing in the Locker Room

"You must be a patient man."
"Why do you say that?"
"I see you here everyday. I mean you're really into this stuff."
"Shaving ritual, you mean."
"Yeah. The brush. Soap. That — straight razor."
"It's my daily drink from the fountain of civility."
"It's nice to be passionate about some things."
"Passionate enough so that you can't wait till morning — so that you can slap on warm, fragrant lather and hear the scraping of the razor against your skin."
"Scary."
"Well, it's like having butterflies just before you step on the stage. Then you roll."
"Takes some kind of skill, I guess."
"It does. And it's a philosophy, too. A way of life. Gives one a sense of individuality. In a way you're your own man — I sound like a TV commercial."
"No. Watching you, I see what you mean."
"It's being one's self."
"How long does it take you?"
"Here at the gym? An hour. Hour-fifteen."
"Man, that's a long time to be shaving."
"That's counting some of the jawing I do with the guys. Always been a sucker for a good conversation."
"Me? I hate shaving."
"That seems to be the general consensus."
"Most people don't have that kind of time."
"Most people can make the time if they want to."
"I suppose. Most of the time I plug in the electric and shave in the car."
"You do hate shaving, don't you?"
"You ever tried the electric?"
"Long time ago. For a short time. It felt like bathing without water."
"What happens if somebody gives you an electric for Christmas?"
"I'd look at it as the Lord's punishment of a sinner."

Regards,

Obie

I also shave at the gym about 90% of the time these days.

Mostly I get a "wow, haven't seen one of those in ages..."

There's this sweet Russian/Turkish bath I've been going to in the East Village, if it weren't so busy in there I would LOVE to shave there. nothing softens the beard like an hour in the sauna! But there are only 2 or 3 sinks and I would be afraid of attracting attention or catching someones elbow, etc...

Tonight will be my first trip to the gym and I'm taking a straight with me. I think I like the idea of getting attention.

Lol. Our gyms explicitly say, no shaving. But shaving at the frat gets a lot of that kind of convo too. Especially if I'm in a hurry and can actually shave faster than some poor dude dealing with a clogging cartridge or endless passes with an electric.

Perhaps my best experience was I was shaving in well, my towel, and a girl comes in to use the bathroom and she just starts staring right- I mean, how often do women walk in on an almost naked man, shaving with a straight? And just then a brother of mine comes in and is like, "Damn girl, you really think he's that good looking?" and she like blushed and started stammering and man we just cracked up. HILARIOUS. Absolutely HILARIOUS.

Obie, always a pleasure reading about your escapades at the gym. I think you're starting to convert them, little by little. Maybe someday you should whip up a shavette / DE for him to try?

Originally Posted by khaos

Perhaps my best experience was I was shaving in well, my towel, and a girl comes in to use the bathroom and she just starts staring right- I mean, how often do women walk in on an almost naked man, shaving with a straight? And just then a brother of mine comes in and is like, "Damn girl, you really think he's that good looking?" and she like blushed and started stammering and man we just cracked up. HILARIOUS. Absolutely HILARIOUS.

LOL! Yep, I get some pretty funny looks and remarks, as well, when shaving in a public venue.

I recently tried a straight shave just before skydiving .....(I think I posted somewhere that I was going to try it). Took my trust StraightRazorPlace TI to the dropzone, and shved before the load boarding call.

1) Was funny to hear these Skydivers with thousands of jumps tell me that what I was doing was far too 'dangerous' for them! LOL!

2) The sweet shave from those blades is still unparallelled

3) Freefalling at over 120 MPH face first after a new close shave was simply amazing! It added to the enjoyment; to the exhilaration, to the total immersion and experience of the jump! LAsted through the next coupla jumps, too!

Anyway, we need to be Evangelists of sorts, sometimes, and educators about this amazing skillset.

A nice menthol AS and then out the door at 12,000 feet......


COOOL!!!!

and refreshing!


EDIT: was that at Pepperell? I made 13 jumps there way back in the day....

My dear Chaaaz,

I am astonished at your guts and sense of adventurism. You are one in a million, sir. A true swashbuckler. I solute you.

Regards,

Obie

Originally Posted by Obie

My dear Chaaaz,

I am astonished at your guts and sense of adventurism. You are one in a million, sir. A true swashbuckler. I solute you.

Regards,

Obie

Thank you, Obie, but one in a million I am certainly not! One in about 32,000 (members of the United States Parachute Association - Skydivers, per se) is more truth!

Guts? Adventurism? Sounds like Straight Razor Shaving to me!! LOL!

Ride a motorcycle, jump out of airplanes, shave with straight razors. LIVE life!