Thread: Is it normal to get lazy shaving?

Originally Posted by MWS

Sheeeesh! I watched it 3 times...LOL!

Huge work avoidance for MWS!!

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

(.....Time is money, and I don't get paid to shave.....)

That really says it all. The divide between those on this forum who do this because it's a past-time and those who do it just for the function of the shave period meet head on here.

If I was in a hurry or just wanted to "shave" I'd use a DE but that is the camp I'm in.

Just another breed of shaving cat.

I guess it quit being a past-time when I realized all these hones, strops and pastes are really unnecessary. Once I was happy with my skills with one hone and strop, I didn't have to search for the next do-dad to get a perfect shave. I guess that took the fun out of it, and it became work. The reason I started with a straight, was to not give my money away for anything disposable.

Originally Posted by MCFLY49

Honestly, I just wanted to see how many people would waste 4 minutes and forty one seconds of their lives watching some dude shave.

LOL... what a d**k! Seriously man, good job. I don't generally get off on watching other guys shave, but your video proves some valuable points:

• You're just doing what works, not stuck on a particular sequence of directions, or grip for that matter;
• You stay safe, and slow down when you need to;
• Strokes are broad and efficient - anytime I've had a shave done for me, the barber(ess) has worked with big strokes, 'cause they just don't have the time to scrape away for hours. Besides, that gets annoying for the customer...

Not to start competing here, but there are days when I shave almost as quickly as that, though I really need to be more careful and slow around my jawline and chin, otherwise things tend to get a bit bloody!

ya kudos's for being able to shave that quickly! I have a mutant growth pattern on my neck, so I have to take time and not screw up my passes or I am facing 3rd degree razor burn! some people are lucky, some are good, and a damn far few are both. Not sure which camp your in, but you definitely know what your doing razor and have it down pat for your face.

He's fine. Everyone has their own technique and learns their own face. There is a gentleman on Youtube named Thomas who lives in Denmark and does quite a lot of fine videos, very detailed, and in one he is shaving his entire head with a straight razor and no mirror and not a single nick. He relies on feedback from his fingers, and he really knows his razor(s) and their capabilities-let's face it, all razors do not give the same shave even if they are equally sharp, its the balance, the weight, the little details one has to feel before they can shave fast and flawlessly. First you may learn by the classic rules and then when you are really skilled, you can bend the rules like artists do.

Dude has skills! I'd hack my nose or ear off if I shaved that fast. Impressive.

One of the things that I have noticed in this video and in many others is the time wasted rinsing the soap from the blade. Several times it is rinsed with little soap on it. My guess is that 30 to 40% of shaving time is spent rinsing in this example.

I have a mustache and goatee so I think I am only doing the easier parts but I get the blade wet to begin with and usually rinse it only twice after that. Once after each pass.

If I am in the groove each pass is 10 strokes. Two on each cheek and 6 on my neck. Although most days it takes a few more to clean it up.

I think of it as being efficient, not lazy.

Tim

I wonder how close that shave actually is? You can hear him scraping quite a bit of stubble even at the end. No cuts though!