Thread: The Full Treatment

Every Day!

I'm retired and have the time, so why not. I look forward to my shave every day.

Maybe I need to get a life.

Steve B.

Originally Posted by Creel

Not an option in Ontario atm. Freaking gov't banned straight razor shaves in barbershops.

Are you kiddin' me!?!?!?

X

Originally Posted by Bruno

But still, my brain was not designed to be functional before 06:01

Which is why I wait till at least 6:10 before shaving. And any feather use has to wait till at least 6:45, or there'll be blood in the basin.

Originally Posted by Creel

Not an option in Ontario atm. Freaking gov't banned straight razor shaves in barbershops.

Well, I've had a (lousy) disposable straight razor shave in town, but yeah, I doubt you're going to find anyone who'll shave you with a genuine straight edge they've honed on their own. I suppose you could bring in your own razor, but that wouldn't exactly give you the whole experience, would it? Kind of like driving your own car to a cab stand, hopping in the back seat and tossing the keys to a driver.

Someone told me that there's a high quality barbershop that gives shaves on or around Sparks St., but I haven't looked into it. Again, they're with disposable blades, but whaddayagonnado?

As for my shaving habits... well... I've been slacking quite a bit lately. Over the past few weeks I've been using my DE quite a bit. I'm not a morning person either, so I hit the snooze button as many times as possible before getting up, showering and rushing out the door to work. It shaves much more quickly, but it's definitely inferior to the straight, and I've got an unpresentable amount of growth by the next morning and I'm forced to repeat the process.

A couple of days ago I busted out the ol' Thiers-Issard, though, and had a nice little shave. I was then inspired to refresh the edge on my Goldedge, so I took it to the hone and had a nice BBS shave afterwords. 24 hours later, the stubble is there, but it's not substantial enough to warrant a shave. That'll have to wait until tomorrow. So! I spent the last hour sharpening the hell out two other razors of mine: my best, shiniest Wade and Butcher full hollow, and a Boker full-hollow. Man, those things are deadly sharp now. I ran them in turn across my forearm, and it was almost as if the hairs sliced away before the blade touched them... perhaps out of fear! I'm quite confident in my honing abilities these days, after implementing a few basic techniques I had known for a long time, but was often too impatient to use. "Is it sharp yet?? Is it sharp yet??"

I often skip the hot towels, since I almost always shave after hopping out of the shower. If I decide in the evening that I want to shave, this means I'm deciding to first take a shower... and then I shave.