Comments on: COED Guide to Shaving

By: SP

SP — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 13:43:35 +0000

@ Patrick Bateman

Here’s my business card–>

By: RT

RT — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 05:07:15 +0000

Step 7 is wrong! Never exfoliate your skin before shaving. That is what the razor will do. Exfoliating before the shave only adds to the chance to develop irritation.

By: Duke Butcher

Duke Butcher — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:27:39 +0000

This is all garbage. Foam? Moisturizer? Safety razors? Real men just rub marmalade on their beards and let badgers chew it off.

By: Isaias

Isaias — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:58:12 +0000

Well, one thing is a hairless face, and another is a shaved face. A pre-pubescent does not need to shave daily. Nor Women. I guess a lot of men consider that using lubricant gels and vibrating devices on their face is not vary manly.

By: Henry

Henry — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:28:26 +0000

“Manly shave” is an oxymoron. A hairless male face is pre-pubescent.

By: Ajaks

Ajaks — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:15:27 +0000

I don’t know whats funnier.
- Arguing about how to shave.
- Patrick Bateman, for obvious reasons.
- Vic, for obvious reasons.

By: Patrick Bateman

Patrick Bateman — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:36:08 +0000

Vic, do you happen to have a business card I could look at? I’ll get it from you later. I have to return some videotapes.

By: Dave Greiman

Dave Greiman — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 06:58:45 +0000

I shave with the grain and then a light shave against the grain afterwards.

By: nehumanuscrede

nehumanuscrede — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 05:32:40 +0000

My routine works well for me. If you have your own,
go for it.

I shave in the shower. I happen to shower in the
hottest possible water I can stand. Wash off your body,
wash your hair, brush your teeth ( ya I brush em
in the shower too ) and get ready to shave.

By this time the heat and steam should have worked
it’s magic on that facial hair.

Use a decent shaving cream and you’re already on the
right path. No you don’t need a gold plated, ivory
inlaid, tungstun bladed shaver of wonder. . . a decent
razor will do. ( No the battery powered quad blade
of useless product does not qualify ) It does, however,
need to be sharp. If it’s dragging, toss that blade and
pop in another one.

Anyhoo, you’ve been steaming for about 10-20 minutes
now depending on how long it takes you to wake up.
You’ve got your razor, you’ve got your shaving cream,
you’re ready to rumble.

Simple matter of rubbing the shaving cream in and. .
well. . . shaving.

I find the smoothest ( and least painful ) method is
( as stated above ) to do it in passes.

Go with the grain on pass one. Across the grain with
pass two and, if necessary, against it with the final
pass. Usually some odd spots around my jawline that
take a final pass to get properly. Slow and short
strokes seem to do best for me. It’s not a race.

I typically don’t use any type of aftershave but then
my skin is somewhat oily on my face. Thus, dryness
has never been an issue for me.

I do, however, rinse my face off with cold water
to close the pores after being in the steam.

By: vic

vic — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:30:53 +0000

No, Stephan, I’m not arguing with anyone. I did address a poster who chose to adopt a fictional character as his alter ego for this board. Most of the products he rattled off have nothing to do with shaving. When I started shaving, alcohol-based aftershaves were all that was available; no one looked like they were aging prematurely. I’ve been traditional wetshaving for years. I switch off between a straight (or cut-throat) and a double-edge safety razor. I can assure you, to a man, that simply using a badger or boar brush, with a quality shaving cream (Proraso, Taylor’s, etc.) will improve the quality of your shaves significantly. Those who go this route actually look forward to shaving. I’m serious.