Whatever you do, don't use ear hair!
Posted on 09/10/2015 2:06:19 PM PDT by Gamecock
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Whatever you do, don't use ear hair!
And Michael Jackson.
And Richard Pryor.
Edwin Jagger "Chatsworth" Ivory
Feathers (Medical Blades from Japan - sharpest blade in the world)
Various Italian soaps and my favorite, Van Der Hagen
I bought a nice safety razor from The Art of Shaving store a couple of months ago... thought I could save a bit of money, on those blades... but I had far too many accidents with it... I’m back to my Gillette Fusion.. I do plan on trying Harry’s and also the Dollar Shave Club.
Interesting...I am completely the other way, and as I got older, I cut my hair shorter and shorter until I was sporting a high and tight cut shaved high up the sides, but...my hair growth is completely spotty (looks like a moth has chewed on my hair)
I couldn’t get the high and tight to look good, and it started to look more and more like a mohawk and less like a high and tight. My wife started trying to help by using clippers to try to grade it, but I had a big oval spot (about two inches) on the side of my head where I injured my head and the hair doesn’t grow.
Finally, last month, I just said the Hell with it, and now shave my head completely, which I really like. LOL, some folks don’t know how to take it, but...in my view, it is just hair. I can grow it back.
It makes shaving a far more interesting task in the morning now. I shave in the shower, and completely cover my head and face with shaving cream, and it takes about 12 minutes for me to complete shaving. I had been doing it for about two weeks, and cut my head behind my left ear so badly it took about three weeks to heal. I learned a lesson there...you have to be deliberate
I enjoy shaving, because for years, I couldn’t shave. I have scars on my face from when I was in the Navy, and they made me shave every day, and I got those ingrown hairs which are really, really nasty. I took to using a depilatory paste that a lot of black guys used, but I hated that stuff because it smelled just god-awful, and you could burn your face with it. When I got out, I had two cases of it that I brought home with me and used it for a few years until I simply stopped trying to shave every day.
I hated having a beard, just didn’t feel good on me, so for about 25 years I had a continual three days growth before it became “fashionable”...:)
Back around 2005, the head of our department was a woman who had been a colonel in the US Army, and she stopped me in the hall and asked my why I didn’t shave.
I explained it to her, and she said simply: “Use antibacterial soap on your face.” That was it. I did wash my face before shaving, but...it didn’t help. Once I started using Dial liquid soap, I was able to shave every day after that, and wondered why nobody had ever told me that. (She was a physician)
I know some people hate it, but I love the way it feels every morning to be completely clean and fresh.
Now, I realize I am starting to get Scottish eyebrows and hair in my ears, damnit!
See my post...try using Dial liquid antibacterial soap on your face...it worked for me after suffering for most of my life with shaving nastiness...
very interesting. Thanks for posting.
Thanks for the info!
I’ve used both. I like the canned goo. But then, I also liked Ivory soap better than the “Shaving soaps”. I hated Proraso. But I also like a 5 minute shave, 6 at the upper limit. Wipe down with 70% isopropyl alcohol, then a little skin lotion and go.
If I’m really in a hurry, the Trac 2 does a decent job fast. The Mach 3 was no improvement. I tried a 5-bladed thing a year ago...felt like I was buffing my skin with 60 grit sandpaper. I don’t understand how anyone can use them, but lots of folks don’t understand why I like canned goo...
;>)
I might watch Duck Dynasty if they would shave their beards off.
I have tried the single blade razor of yesteryear and Taylors shaving cream. You get a very close shave but if you are not really careful you also get razor burn!.
Best blades are Gillette Fusion ProGlide. They last up to a month if you wash them clean after use and dry the blade everyday. Buy them at Amazon to save money over supermarket prices.
http://www.amazon.com/Gillette-Fusion-ProGlide-Manual-Refills/dp/B003983HZK
Gillette Fusion Hydra Gel Ultra Sensitive Shave Gel. Use this with the blades above. Buy at supermarket. A little goes a long way.
http://tinyurl.com/po48d8v
Or use an AXE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NN3fWyIDk4
In Egypt, shaving also had religious significance. For example, no one was allowed to enter the magnificent temple at Karnak unless they were completely shaved, and kept completely shaved.
So you figure the regular complement of workers and priests there, perhaps a thousand or more, as well at the peak time during which the Pharoah was obligated to visit, along with his entourage, they must have had large numbers of barbers working overtime.
In that the Pharoah had so many servants that one in particular was titled “guardian of the anus”, and his sole purpose was to administer the royal enema, you figure that he spent a heck of a lot of time “getting his hair done.”
Those Feather Blades are sharp enough to split an atom!
Tell me about the Van Der Hagen. What do you like about it?
The Feathers fit the EJ Chatsworth perfectly - no pressure required as the head is perfectly balanced.
Re: soaps, I’ve tried many of the Italian brands via “ItalianBarber.com”.
A few weeks ago I was running low and just picked up the 3.5oz VdH at Krogers for $4.50. With the Feathers, I get both a SUPER close shave with absolute no irritation.
I do like to soak it in hot water while I shower and, before shaving slap some of the soapy liquid on my face to pre-condition before applying the foam with my brush.
“Nick Shaves” has videos on his YouTube channel and gave a very positive review of the “basic” version of VdH using Feathers. I haven’t tried that version, though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHg9MryNdT0
If you can get past the learning curve, there's nothing even close to a Feather Artists Club straight razor with disposable blades. No pull, no burn, no ingrown hairs. Smooth as a baby's bottom: literally.
I use the preshave oil and cream from Art of Shaving. It's more expensive, but worth every penny. Besides, it's never a good idea to cheap out on something you use every day.
I switched from the money sucking disposable razors to wet shaving about 2 years ago. What a freakin’ difference! Grandpa had it right all this time. Now I use a Merkur heavy classic 34c, Vulfix 2235s brush, and Taylor of Old Bond Street shaving cream. I wish I had discovered this decades ago.
I use that same razor with Feather blades and Proraso shaving cream. I was amazed at the difference. Nothing I’ve ever used comes close to the quality of that shave and the Merkur razor is quality that will outlast me! Considering trying the Taylor of Old Bond Street.
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