Men, shaving your face!

Ok so today, I decided to spoil myself as I had an interview and needed a haircut I asked my barber for a full beard trim, tidy and shave. Now personally I love this little extravagance, the shave you get from a straight razor is far superior, it's glorious. Personally when I was younger I did learn how to shave with a straight razor (though I'd need some practice these days before I could consider myself proficient at it) and have got my eye on buying a full straight razor set.

So my discussion with you men is this:

Have you ever had a barber's shave?

Did you like it?

Would you buy a straight razor set and learn to do it yourself?

What's your current shaving tools?

Ladies, I know this is a little gender specific but frankly, the area's you shave you wouldn't ask someone to shave it for you in a public place.

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Electric razor.

>>> I dont shave my face..:luca:

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Originally Posted by Iceglow

Ladies, I know this is a little gender specific but frankly, the area's you shave you wouldn't ask someone to shave it for you in a public place.

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People pay to get brazilian waxes, why wouldn't someone also pay to have their legs shaved instead? All of this gendered hair nonsense strikes me as very strange. Also, it's a pity that you have to shave for a job interview and that so many employers find facial hair unacceptable.

I still have my beard, just it needed trimming and I decided to be lazy/indulgent and ask for the guy to do the shave too. The interview was for a promotion at my current company.

Down with shaving, up with beards!

I use a double edge razor, some fancy soaps, and a cheapish badger hair brush. I'd like to upgrade the brush and I would definitely consider getting a straight razor, but the time buffing it every day would make an already long task longer. I love my DE, it's a Merkur and while it was somewhat expensive the money I save buying Feather razor blades instead of GILETTE ULTRA POWER 15-BLADE MAN EXTRA WITH ALOE STRIP is ridiculous. lmao at your life if you're still paying £15 or w/e it is for terrible razor blades.

Having said all that, lately I'm prone to growing out my beard, so I'm only shaving once a month or so.

lmao, for the record, my current razor is a Wilkinson Sword double edged single blade "vintage style" razor. I like it but I feel it lacks the precision for beard shaping that straight would give me.

Yea, being straight, I don't shape my beard. But you're right, a straight would give you far better control than a DE.

I've heard that having a barber shave is one of the most relaxing things ever for men and that every man should have one once.

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Originally Posted by Shorty

I've heard that having a barber shave is one of the most relaxing things ever for men and that every man should have one once.

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This is somewhat true. The first time is actually disconcerting as hell. Here's you, trusting some random man with a razor that close to your throat where if he coughed accidentally at the wrong moment the blade could kill you. It's the subsequent times, (particularly if you have a regular barber) when you've relaxed to the idea of this guy taking a sharp implement to your throat what makes this an amazing experience.

We may not get public shaves but we do public threading or waxing. I'm not ashamed to say that I get my stache waxed. It seems to weird for me to bleach it.

I would never bleach facial hair. That's weird. Just remove it! (Thanks, Nair.)

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N/A
No
Standard Manual Razor.

I don't actually need to shave often. Once a week is usually the average. I don't have that often because of it.

All the time. I actually prefer to get shaved at a barber than doing it myself. I have an electric shaver at home, but it can't shave worth trout. When I do shave I need to use a manual shaver to get anywhere, but I tend to just let it grow until the next visit at the barber shop.

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Originally Posted by Mr. Shauna

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N/A
No
Standard Manual Razor.

I don't actually need to shave often. Once a week is usually the average. I don't have that often because of it.

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This is pretty much the go for me too. Except even less frequently.