Originally Posted by
Ryan82
You wouldn't happen to be Canadian by any chance?
Until I was a SR shaver I had a beard/facial hair of some sort ever since I could grow it. After high school I found successive jobs which involved working outside during Canadian winters, and I can tell every one here that a beard does help. Freshly shaved skin does not feel great when it's -30!
The last couple winters were, IIRC, the first that I didn't grow my winter beard. I just sucked it up, I guess.
Ah, the things we do for straight razor shaving.....