Now that I've started shaving with a straight, and really enjoy it, I only have to shave about half as often :(. I gave myself a half-assed shave today, just so I could justify doing it tomorrow before I left.
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Now that I've started shaving with a straight, and really enjoy it, I only have to shave about half as often :(. I gave myself a half-assed shave today, just so I could justify doing it tomorrow before I left.
Oh god yes I'm there. :D Every day I wish I could shave again.
I may just have to start shaving the rest of me just to get satisfied. :rolleyes:
I just have to ask the following question - What is it
with straights that make it such as obsession?
While I enjoyed my DE I wasn't hanging around a forum
or talking on a chat room. In fact I had never been on
a chat room and had no desire to do so. Now I look
forward to it.
I can say that I feel a sense of pride in shaving with a
straight. I suppose that its a result of doing something
few men actually do.
Terry
Your last sentence nailed it. There was a time when men didn't need to be babied with a "safety" razor. They took the time to learn a skill which they needed often (or went to a specialist (a barber) who had that skill). Now, very few barbers still have that skill. It is, for lack of a better term, romantic. Nostalgic may be a better term. On top of that, it's a chance to relax, reflect, and unwind. Impresses the hell out of people, too.:D Doesn't hurt that you get a much better shave, either. Men aren't the barbarians the feminazi movement has made us out to be, and we enjoy a "facial", too. We just do it with 3 inches of laser-sharp steel. It appeals to our mechanical, "handy" side. And hey, if you cut yourself, chicks dig scars.:DQuote:
Originally Posted by wvbias
Are you being sarcastic? :shrug: :pQuote:
Originally Posted by xman
(one more and I have my 100th post)
About wishing I could shave more? NOQuote:
Originally Posted by Joe Chandler
About shaving the rest of my body, I hope so! :D
Yeah, I still use a Mach III for shaving the wedding tackle:D
You guys are really too much! Imagine if you could go back to say 1880 and tell someone how in the 21st century you would be obsessing about shaving with a straight like this. They would probably lock you away somewhere for good (and take your razor away).
I always shave with my pants on. Make's it really hard to get down there so that's a NO GO zone for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe Chandler
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Originally Posted by thebigspendur
You're probably right, but then again, they didn't have to be babied the way the modern man seems to be. For them, us celebrating shaving with a straight would've been celebrating something very banal and ordinary. Everything old is new again, in this brave new world which we have inherited.