Thread: Is it just me???

And searching for that ever elusive razor
is so much fun.....


Terry

I've sometimes wondered whether longer hairs absorb water better. At least, with comparable beard prep, one-day growth still feels like copper wire to me, and three-day growth feels like cooked spaghetti. It could, though, be a trick of the senses, in that longer hair is just more flexible than short stubby hair.

It might just be that the skin takes more than 24 hours to recover after shaving. My skin at least seems to.

Originally Posted by AFDavis11

My God man, why don't you send the 5/8 Bengal Spike to me? One shave ready razor is like a car with 3 wheels...

It costs like a $1.50 to mail a razor, I'll even pay the return shipping your way....you can always pay for a honemiester when the kid gets out of college!

Did your wife have her Straight newbie yet?

Trust me Alan I was getting ready to PM you. We had the baby shower this weekend so needless to say I have been a little busy. My wife is full term on January 15th, and the acutal due date is February 5th so Keegan Stewart McClincey could arrive anywhere in that window.

Same results here. I noticed the same (befoe SR Shaving) when I was using cartrige razors and can cream as well.

I'll agree that after skipping a day, the shave seems better. I wonder if the longer whiskers actually protect the skin from irritation and burn, and, in effect, provide a cushion for the razor?

RT

Hmmmmmmmmm...................you have all heard of the weird questionable experiments/studies the government does, maybe we could get one done on why this is

I'm working on a theory here that was sparked by the National Geographic video on shaving. Remember the animation that shows how the hair bends slightly before the razor cuts it?

OK, well I've noticed that on my neck, where my hair lies really flat against my skin, I actually get less irritation and have more control when I go with a steeper angle, somewhere between 30 degrees and 45 degrees. The razor glides more easily. On my chin this would slice me to ribbons because the hair sticks straight out from my skin.

Maybe what matters most is the angle at which the hair hits the edge. If your hair lies flat against your face, a shallow angle means you're actually slicing the hair lengthwise for a distance before you get all the way through it when you do a with the grain pass.

So when you haven't shaved for a couple of days, the hair stands up from your face more because it's longer. The with the grain pass would get more of the hair and get it more easily.

Anybody else buying this? Maybe we could get Gillette to do something useful with all those spy cameras and billions of research dollars...

Josh

I think it must vary from person to person. My beard is really tough on my chin and where my mustache stops at the sides of my mouth. I have a hard time shaving these areas when they have a day or two growth.