Protect your beards, lads!

[Nick]

Besides, shaving every day is a real pain in the butt, and decent razors are getting expensive these day. Can't have them cutting into my baby and kilt funds!

I bought an antique straight razor off ebay, a strop, and a shaving brush and soap. A bit of an upfront expense, but that razor is older than I am. As long as I take care of it it'll be an heirloom for my son, so the only expense is shaving soap (lasts longer than cream). After getting the hang of stropping it and the occasional sharpening, and actually using it, I get a better shave than my Mach 3 ever gave. It's funny, I see commercials for razors with 4+ blades, and a striaght razor is best.

I shave my neck and upper cheeks (sort of a Henry VIII look), so I like to have a good razor, but I don't shave every day. Every week or so, maybe.

[Kilted KT]

I bought an antique straight razor off ebay, a strop, and a shaving brush and soap. A bit of an upfront expense, but that razor is older than I am. As long as I take care of it it'll be an heirloom for my son, so the only expense is shaving soap (lasts longer than cream). After getting the hang of stropping it and the occasional sharpening, and actually using it, I get a better shave than my Mach 3 ever gave. It's funny, I see commercials for razors with 4+ blades, and a striaght razor is best.

I shave my neck and upper cheeks (sort of a Henry VIII look), so I like to have a good razor, but I don't shave every day. Every week or so, maybe.

hmm...I can't imagine taking something like that to my own face...I'd prolly wind up looking like I got hit in the face with a lawnmower.

[GlassMan]

I wish I could grow a beard. I've had a moustache for a little over a year now and I'm very pleased with it. But for some reason I have two bald spots on my cheeks & jaws (one on each side) and they aren't in the same location on each side. So when I try to grow a beard it looks lopsided and like someone randomly shaved off portions. *sigh*

[bangkok kilt]

I have what I like to refer to as 'facial hair ADD'. I can't keep one thing for too long. I'm either growing a beard or shaving one off. I prefer to let it grow for about 2 months and then have fun shaving it off in stages seeing what interested looks I can come up with.

Shouldn't be hard to guess that I'm still single!

[cessna152towser]

I had a beard when I was younger. I usually have long sidebreezers but I went to a different barber for my haircut and he shaved them off, so I'm trying to grow them back again as I think I look a bit effeminate without them. Today my black heavyweight wool kilt was away to have the lining repaired so I wore a lightweight Mercy kilt instead. Several of the court office staff commented on the loss of my sidebreezers but nobody commented on or even seemed to notice the different kilt.

[Oswulf]

I wish I could grow a beard. I've had a moustache for a little over a year now and I'm very pleased with it. But for some reason I have two bald spots on my cheeks & jaws (one on each side) and they aren't in the same location on each side. So when I try to grow a beard it looks lopsided and like someone randomly shaved off portions. *sigh*

That's why I have a goatee instead of a full beard. Grows great on my chin, but I can manage just a few scraggly hairs on my cheeks.

[Robin]

I hate shaving, but when the grass starts to grow I hate that also, so it's on and off....criminal unshaved look and clean shaved :rolleyes:

My wife likes (read: drools) unshaved men...as long as it's not her hubby (read:me)

Women.... :confused:

[pdcorlis]

I've had a moustache for about 30 years but its been ages since I had a full beard... to be honest I'm half afraid to grow it out again... It will proably look more like an old dog's muzzle instead of the fire red it was in my younger days.

[arrogcow]

I bought an antique straight razor off ebay, a strop, and a shaving brush and soap. A bit of an upfront expense, but that razor is older than I am. As long as I take care of it it'll be an heirloom for my son, so the only expense is shaving soap (lasts longer than cream). After getting the hang of stropping it and the occasional sharpening, and actually using it, I get a better shave than my Mach 3 ever gave. It's funny, I see commercials for razors with 4+ blades, and a striaght razor is best.

I shave my neck and upper cheeks (sort of a Henry VIII look), so I like to have a good razor, but I don't shave every day. Every week or so, maybe.

The best razor I ever found was the single blade Bic Metal. Good luck finding them, the last time I saw them in a store (after I had not been able to find them for over a year) I bought the store's entire stock. Im still using that bunch nearly 7 years later. Multi blade hurt to shave with. never tried a straight razor though.

Adam