Shaving

[Lemur]

I was cursed with my father's thick beard, so shaving is a must. If I grew it out, it would be an impenetrable afro on my face.

Because it's so wiry and thick, I've experimented with every method of shaving known to man. Best results come from shaving in the shower by touch. What I've found is that it's all about how wet you can get and keep your face while you're doing the deed.

Obviously, the only drawback is I can't see what I'm doing. So I avoid the final trims by the sideburns and such until I'm out of the shower. But trust me, if you've got a problem beard, this is the way to do it.

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Lovely come-back about asking the ladies to shave in turn, BTW. But then, a lot of women would take you up on that one ...

[GoreBag]

Real men use a razor.

Real men don't look like boys.

I've had a beard for years. I usually just use an electric to take off the moustache and trim down the thinner areas, but have recently decided to not bother trying to look like a nancy-boy in any respect, and am currently rocking the moustache.

[discovery1]

On the VERY rare occasion I shave, I use an electric. I am trying to avoid this. I'm received comments that if I grew out my beard and hair, I would look like a Viking. A huge plus since I'm taking a class on Viking Sagas in the fall.

[Aenlic]

Lovely come-back about asking the ladies to shave in turn, BTW. But then, a lot of women would take you up on that one ...

I've been lucky in that I got involved with ladies who like beards. Good thing, because I'm not shaving it off. I'll go celibate and live in a cave first. It's all about the priorities. I've also been lucky in that many of the ladies would also have gladly taken me up on the offer and some in fact did, without requiring me to reciprocate. That was long ago though. Interesting times, the 70's and 80's. Then I got married and ruined my sex life completely. Now I'm old and grey and living on the flashbacks. Heh.

[yesdachi]

I must be doing something wrong. I shave everyday (mach 3 turbo) and never get any oh la la from a French girl.

[Red Peasant]

I must be doing something wrong. I shave everyday (mach 3 turbo) and never get any oh la la from a French girl.

Err ... maybe if you moved to France?

[macsen rufus]

I vary from the long-haired-beardy to the crew-cut and clean shaven looks. Keeps my friends on their toes, and keeps the stereotypes at bay

When I do shave it's wet electric (rechargeable, not mains!) and to keep it clean shaven I should do it 2ce daily, as I have a serious 5pm shadow. It always comes down to 'does it itch more with a beard or with razor burn?' IMHO I look 10 years younger when I'm in crew-cut and clean face mode, and that's the way I'll stay, at least til the winter when I go all grizzly and hibernate with MTW.

[yesdachi]

Err ... maybe if you moved to France?

Ill ask my wife, you never know!

[Red Peasant]

Real men don't look like boys.

Real men don't need a beard in order to look like a man.

[Red Peasant]

Ill ask my wife, you never know!

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

I'd quite like to grow a beard, but I inherited my father's lack of stubble, and then some-I hoped the growth would pick up, but I'm reconciled to the fact that I am never going to have any facial hair. As what growth there is is so thin, I use an electric shaver. A razor doesn't yield any noticeable improvement.

[Kaiser of Arabia]

I'm too lazy to shave, so I got a (slightly thinner) president-of-iran-who'se-name-I-can-neither-spell-nor-pronounce beard going on.

[Mouzafphaerre]

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GAH! I never shave (for the last two years, except twice, without my will, during my four-day stay at the military asylum hospital last year), I just occassionally trim.
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[AwesomeArcher]

I am too young to shave all the time I just get rid of the peach fuzz above my lip. Although for swimming we had to shave pretty much every hair on our bodies and that wasnt very fun.

[Papewaio]

After a shower I use shaving oil, topped off with shaving gel (foamed) and then use a Mach 3 sans handle (just the blade section as I find I have better control and hence generate a smoother result).

[GoreBag]

Real men don't need a beard in order to look like a man.

Nonsense. Men grow hair out of their faces and that's all there is to it.

[BDC]

I have really dark facial hair and blond hair on my head. So I either look like a twat who dyes hi shair or look baby-faced and have to bring along a driving licence to buy a drink. Fun times.

[Red Peasant]

Nonsense. Men grow hair out of their faces and that's all there is to it.

If you say so.

However, the few friends I have who do cultivate face fungus spend far more time preening themselves than I do. I shave, simple. I don't even use a mirror, but my beardy mates wear their mirrors out with their constant trimming, plucking, cutting, combing, adjusting, etc. etc. Being a beardy (unless you go for the unwashed homeless look) is usually for the vain, and all that effort just to look like some 70s gay porn star.

[A.Saturnus]

I shave wet every day unless I don't plan to leave the house. Oh, and GoreBag, I use a face balsam after it.

[Goalie]

O man, Divine Wind you and your stories. I am too young to shave regularly yet. Although I did experiment once with shaving my legs, wouldn't recommend that.

[Mount Suribachi]

Every 2 or 3 days with a wet razor.

I did once grow an enormous beard before I got married - started it 6 months before my stag do, and never trimmed it once. Just an enormous piece of fuzz on my face :D My stag do was meant to be 70s themed, but my mates set me up and all turned up dressed as vicars - CND badges, tambourines, the works, was pretty damn funny. When I shaved it off I actually used hair clippers to make it more managable, then went through 2 razors shaving it off.

Was fun whilst I had it - would periodically threaten Mrs Suribachi-to-be to keep it for the wedding day.

Back in my student days I had an enormous pair of side-burns "McCrirricks" as they were known Wifey doesn't like me in 'burns, so I don't even have a little set now. I really miss my sideys

[GoreBag]

If you say so.

However, the few friends I have who do cultivate face fungus spend far more time preening themselves than I do. I shave, simple. I don't even use a mirror, but my beardy mates wear their mirrors out with their constant trimming, plucking, cutting, combing, adjusting, etc. etc. Being a beardy (unless you go for the unwashed homeless look) is usually for the vain, and all that effort just to look like some 70s gay porn star.

Obviously, your friends have missed the point.

I shave wet every day unless I don't plan to leave the house. Oh, and GoreBag, I use a face balsam after it.

Depressing.

[Blodrast]

Seeing as I'm in the Army national guard I have to shave but only two days a month two weeks a year. When I get back to school and am in ROTC again I'll have to be clean shaven which I prefer to do with a razor. Real men use razors and water.

Real men use a razor.

I like old-fashioned ones (with a handle, and a long blade), not the pre-packaged fancy teeny little things they sell you at x-mart (i.e., not the ones with disposable blades).
I've always wanted one, but it was always either
a) I couldn't afford a nice one
OR
b) when I could afford one, I couldn't easily find one, and consent to spend a good chunk of money just to feed my vanity...

So, in the meantime, I use the ones with disposable blades too...

[Reverend Joe]

If you say so.

However, the few friends I have who do cultivate face fungus spend far more time preening themselves than I do. I shave, simple. I don't even use a mirror, but my beardy mates wear their mirrors out with their constant trimming, plucking, cutting, combing, adjusting, etc. etc. Being a beardy (unless you go for the unwashed homeless look) is usually for the vain, and all that effort just to look like some 70s gay porn star.

They... they preen their beards?! Man, you have some wierd friends. And I sure as **** don't mess with my beard, except to trim it once every several weeks, when it starts getting truly feral looking.

[Red Peasant]

Hey, if you trim your beard then you may as well take the logical step of shaving it all off. You say that it is natural, but if you cut and trim it then you are admitting that you want to control it. So, why not shave it off and have done with it?

[naut]

Razor is the way!

[GoreBag]

Hey, if you trim your beard then you may as well take the logical step of shaving it all off. You say that it is natural, but if you cut and trim it then you are admitting that you want to control it. So, why not shave it off and have done with it?

Because, for the most part, styling your beard is hilariously hypocritical, like you said, but only if it's properly tongue-in-cheek. For example, I haven't shaven my face for a more than considerable amount of time, and can now curl up the ends of my moustache for a cheap laugh whenever I please.

[A.Saturnus]

Depressing.

I'm sorry for you. But you can always take prozac.

[Samurai Waki]

I use a Combat Knife on Dry Skin. No After shave for me please

[Ayachuco]

I don't shave, 'cause I don't grow mustache's. It's an inherited trait in my family.