Why I stopped shaving, and why you might want to as well

[StillHand]

I'll preface this by saying that I've only been shaving with a gorgeous little olivewood dovo for about three months. I've had a lot of fun playing with the variables- soaps, creams, aftershaves, oils, glycerin. But the one variable that is guarunteeing me a shave as smooth as polished Appalachian granite is-


Not shaving.


That's right. Skipping a day, two, or even three. Letting them whiskers grow, the skin regenerate. Letting SWMBO complain a little about the scratchiness. And after a day or two of growth, stropping that bad boy up and letting her slice through that beard like the Rebs did at Bull Run. Not the be all and end all of shaving improvements, and some of us have to shave every day (having to do something seems to take the fun out of it), but for those other newbs looking for something to give them a little extra kick of confidence, give it a day or two of rest.

Come back refreshed, and ready to get it done right. You've got the rest of your life to master it, after all, however long that may be. May you shave long enough to be able to stop.