Comments on Profile Post by Thad E Ginathom

Never mind all that. Real men burn off stubble!


(Or so the farmers tell me. The really tough ones plough it in)

What surprises me is I have a Braun Series 7 shaver from 2007 that I still use everyday and 16 years later the original Lithium battery still holds a charge for over a week.

I've had the same Merkur DE razor for 20 years now. Insane how long these things last.

Wet Shaving Isn't Fancy Shaving, it saves you $$$$$ and get you the hell mostly away from the cart blades. Cart blades are only good for stuff that isn't on your face....if you get the hint.

On a youtube review of an electric shaver, some guy asked if was safe to use on his balls. The reply was: "Real men use gasoline."

I had a merkur I got for like 17 dollars, used it for like 5 years, the handle screw into the head corroded out. after that I got a Feather stainless steel DE razor and have been using that one ever since. I don't do anything fancy though, just the feather razor, feather blades, and proraso green cream. ez

I wet shaved every single morning from when I was 20 on. I became lazy in my mid-30s. I have a great Philips beard trimmer that, without the guard, cuts to 0.4mm. I do wet shave above my cheekbones because it looks better and shows that I put some effort into looking respectable. I also shave the areas on the sides of my eye sockets to exfoliate them.

Real men like me shave our balls with out any lube except water in the shower. Using a safety to shave the hair near the balls can be useful however.

OK OK, guys, put all those shavers away and get a brazing torch. Handy for metalwork too :).

Seriously, though... I have never blade/wet shaved, only ever electric. My Philishave was so old I don't remember when I bought it. 20 year, maybe even 30! But it recently ate its way through its final set of heads, now unobtainable.

Considered a fancy Braun: bought a cheap Philishave. A fraction of the price and it does the job. Bet it won't last 30 years, but then neither will I.

@Claritas, I don't recall ever putting effort into looking respectable!

@YMO I have only had to shave my balls for surgery in groin area.

Hospital didn't have gasoline (not even under the name petrol) so I had to use the blade they offered.

I would have electric-shaved it at home, but didn't think I'd have to. It wasnt /that/ close to the incision. But all pubes had to go.

Ball shaving is best

Only time I used an electric shaver was in high school, otherwise it was cartridge razors for a few years and then I wised up and got on the DE train

If one has always used electric, the skin is soft and using a blade is uncomfortable. Part of that is probably simply not having the knack/practice but, when selecting my current shaver recently, I read that blades remove a few cells from the surface, which electric doesn't do.

I could still, sometimes, get a red neck when using my old Philishave. The new one doesn't seem to do that.

I read some very useful stuff. eg...

1. The Philishave may take longer and a bit more work than the Braun --- but you still end up shaved.

2. The cheaper Philishave (3000) is, in some ways, better than the expensive ones with the fancier look

This wisdom saved me at least a couple of hundred $ :)

I seldom use an electric. But I find it handy for traveling. I have a Braun 9 series (not a 9 Pro, because they're slightly more aggressive). Has anyone here tried a Panasonic Arc?

<slightly more aggressive>

Something like a Rottweiler? The mind boggles!

Shaving is horrible, I've had a beard since 1998

That was my reason for having a beard long ago. Well, laziness, rather than it being horrible.

It made me look ten years older. That was ok in 20s, dubious in 30s, and now, might make me look like I'm at death's door!

(Although, as all my teeth fail, I suppose it might cover that and make me look younger)

so am I the only cyclist here who shaves their legs? Dry shave, ftw.

Alas, my religion forbids beards. Isn't it one of the Ten Commandments? "Thou shalt not look 'too Jewish.'"

@Claritas Is the punchline enough to trigger the whole joke for you? ...

"... That's funny, you don't look it!"

I try to look like a regular white guy. Outside of the America's three biggest cities and Miami, nobody knows how Jews look. Some Americans still think that Jews have horns—I'm not kidding. My wife calls my looks "ethnically ambiguous." Viz. Italian, Greek, Hispanic. But I'm not on the level of John Turturro.

@Claritas I don't think you're wrong. I'm almost entirely irish/catholic heritage but when I lived in Brookyln I assume it was my beard and big nose that had the Hasids/cab drivers/deli guys regularly asking me if I was a member of the tribe.

@bobboxbody Was it funny, irritating, both, or something else? I lived in 55% white / 45% Mexican suburb for 2.5 years. And it drove me crazy that the local *bank* branch *started* the conversation in Spanish. I kept thinking, "This is America. What the f**k is wrong with you people?!" I knew a young Mexican there who would speak only English in businesses. Bet he's doing very well for himself.

@Claritas I didn't think much of it either way except that made me realize lots of people think I'm a Jew because my face fits into a stereotypical category. Typically Jews are the only ones who comment on it, aside from a super racist landlord who wanted to make sure I wasn't Greek and was happy when he thought I was Jewish because I would have lots of money to pay my rent.