Thread: Only old fogies read this

I said old fogies and that's not you har har

For those of us who are getting long in tooth I'm just curious how you handle this situation.

You see you start getting what I'll call these rogue hairs. They come in here and there and they are like hairzilla like 4x the diameter of normal whiskers and even the best razors balk at shaving them. My wife wants to use tweezers to pull them out and now every time I see her with a pair of tweezers I head for the hills.

What do ya'll think?

Hide the tweezers.
Buy a bigger razor.

Learn to hone?

+1 on honing. There is no reason that a straight can't just cut a bodacious swath through any hair...dang it.....guess bodacious dates me for Old whatever!

The rogue hairs on your your ears? Use a candle!

Later,
Richard

to keep from geting long in the tooth pull them all it worked for me.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

I said old fogies and that's not you har har

For those of us who are getting long in tooth I'm just curious how you handle this situation.

You see you start getting what I'll call these rogue hairs. They come in here and there and they are like hairzilla like 4x the diameter of normal whiskers and even the best razors balk at shaving them. My wife wants to use tweezers to pull them out and now every time I see her with a pair of tweezers I head for the hills.

What do ya'll think?

Need a don't read this post while eating warning

My dear Thebigspendur:

You are lucky you only have your wife chasing after the rogue hairs with tweezers. I have two daughter who also wield tweezers.

Regards,
Obie

Originally Posted by Obie

My dear Thebigspendur:

You are lucky you only have your wife chasing after the rogue hairs with tweezers. I have two daughter who also wield tweezers.

Regards,
Obie

Obie,

Try an extra ATG pass with your straight. I works for me.

I can kinda relate. Some of my whiskers are now pure white, 2-3x normal and tough! However, I do not have a problem shaving them with my Str8 razors.

I think that as we get older ( age 61 here) we will get more & more of the tough buzzard whiskers ( I have anyway)! If yours are posing a significant problem then I would allow your wife to help with the tweezers.
No sense damaging a perfectly good edge!

Yea, these rogue hairs aren't normal hairs. yea the straight cuts them alright but when it does you can actually hear this ping sound and you can feel them as they are cut and believe me my straights are sharp.