I don't consider myself "hanging out" as much as "raping and pillaging."Leaf wrote:Real pirates don't hang out on message boards either matey.catch wrote:Real pirates don't shave.
How many blades do you prefer on your razor?
- roymond
- Beat It
- Posts: 5188
- Joined: Sat Sep 25, 2004 3:42 pm
- Instruments: Guitars, Bass, Vocals, Logic
- Recording Method: Logic X, MacBookPro, Focusrite Scarlett 2i2
- Submitting as: roymond, Dangerous Croutons, Intentionally Left Bank, Moody Vermin
- Pronouns: he/him
- Location: brooklyn
- Contact:
Exactly, going on 26 years now. Two blades. Gillette Atra ("the first twin blade shaving system with a pivoting head") originals (hard to find these days)tviyh wrote:i have developed the habit of shaving while in the shower, shaving once in a downward direction and then going back over much of the same area (particularly the neck and cheeks) in an upward direction, which produces a much smoother closer shave.
roymond.com | songfights | covers
"Any more chromaticism and you'll have to change your last name to Wagner!" - Frankie Big Face
"Any more chromaticism and you'll have to change your last name to Wagner!" - Frankie Big Face
-
- Hot for Teacher
- Posts: 3676
- Joined: Sat Sep 25, 2004 12:48 pm
- Pronouns: Dude or GURRRLLLL!
- Location: Charlotte, NC ... A big city on its first day at the new job.
- Contact:
Thats at least four of us now.roymond wrote:Exactly, going on 26 years now. Two blades. Gillette Atra ("the first twin blade shaving system with a pivoting head") originals (hard to find these days)tviyh wrote:i have developed the habit of shaving while in the shower, shaving once in a downward direction and then going back over much of the same area (particularly the neck and cheeks) in an upward direction, which produces a much smoother closer shave.
I shave down (especially if I've skipped a day or two) IN THE SHOWER before I shave UP...then sideways or whichever way gets that particular hair on that particular place on my face. As I've said..two bladed Gillet Sensor. Wow. My friend thought it was weird that I shaved in the shower (where I also brush my teeth and use mouthwash...get it all done under the therapy of hot running water)
- roymond
- Beat It
- Posts: 5188
- Joined: Sat Sep 25, 2004 3:42 pm
- Instruments: Guitars, Bass, Vocals, Logic
- Recording Method: Logic X, MacBookPro, Focusrite Scarlett 2i2
- Submitting as: roymond, Dangerous Croutons, Intentionally Left Bank, Moody Vermin
- Pronouns: he/him
- Location: brooklyn
- Contact:
I never use a mirror as a result of this shower practice. And when i do use a mirror (at a hotel or ... i don't know why) I inevitably cut myself. Also, my kids sometimes turn the light off (the switch is outside the room) and my wife will freak out "he's trying to shave!" but I'm fine. No need for light.
roymond.com | songfights | covers
"Any more chromaticism and you'll have to change your last name to Wagner!" - Frankie Big Face
"Any more chromaticism and you'll have to change your last name to Wagner!" - Frankie Big Face
- Future Boy
- Push Comes to Shove
- Posts: 414
- Joined: Mon Sep 27, 2004 7:55 am
- Instruments: Keyboard, Vocals
- Recording Method: Apollo Twin, Reaper, Rhodes, Casios
- Submitting as: Future Boy
- Pronouns: he/him
- Location: Seattle, WA
- Contact:
yes, in the shower, with a mach3, no mirror. even managed to find a good length for my sideburns such that the contour of my face dictates the line, so I don't have to worry about jagged sideburns.
See also: http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/51484
See also: http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/51484
New Album: Comes Apart | Missed Connections | With Johnny Cashpoint: A Maze of Death | modular synths on Youtube
- Spud
- Hot for Teacher
- Posts: 4770
- Joined: Fri Sep 24, 2004 10:25 am
- Instruments: Bass, Keyboards, eHorn
- Submitting as: Octothorpe
- Location: Seattle
- Contact:
Sad to see that bjam has succumbed to the marketing hype that says that there is a difference between male and female hair.
Personally, I have traditionally been a one-blade man. The simple BIC disposable is a good as it gets, if you can even get it any more. As far as I am concerned, any more blades are put there for one reason. To clog up. The more blades, the more clogs, and the sooner you reach for a new one. It's a marketing innovation, guys, not a technical one.
My concerns over clogs derive partially from the fact that I have never gotten into the habit of shaving every day. I shave when I have a meeting, a date, or just want to clean up my looks for some other reason. This averages out to once or twice a week, so clogs can be a real problem.
Recently, however, I have been impressed by the Schick ST Slim Twin disposable. The reason is the ingenious between-the-blades cleaner, which operates with the push of a button to unclog the blades. It works pretty well with up to three or four days worth of growth.
Of course, we are talking about the face here. The head is an entirely different story.
Nothing beats the <a href=http://www.headblade.com>Headblade</a> for the old cranium. The reverse "push" shaving technique takes a little getting used to, and is only good for the front and top (I still use my ST on the back), but you get a darned good shave in record time.
Sure, it uses Gillette Atra twin blades, but clogging isn't that much of a problem. You see, I am such a fanatic about the fact that my shaved head should be as smooth as a baby's butt at all times, I shave it at least twice a day. Hairs that short don't present much of a clogging risk.
Why am I such a fanatic, you might ask... hey, do you want to be in a bar and have some babe come up and rub your head only to find you've got a five o'clock shadow on top? Not me. In fact, when they walk up and say "can I rub your head?" (and they do), I say "can I fondle your breasts?". I have only gotten a couple of takers so far, but they were WAY worth the extra shaving time, which is minimized by the Headblade.
Personally, I have traditionally been a one-blade man. The simple BIC disposable is a good as it gets, if you can even get it any more. As far as I am concerned, any more blades are put there for one reason. To clog up. The more blades, the more clogs, and the sooner you reach for a new one. It's a marketing innovation, guys, not a technical one.
My concerns over clogs derive partially from the fact that I have never gotten into the habit of shaving every day. I shave when I have a meeting, a date, or just want to clean up my looks for some other reason. This averages out to once or twice a week, so clogs can be a real problem.
Recently, however, I have been impressed by the Schick ST Slim Twin disposable. The reason is the ingenious between-the-blades cleaner, which operates with the push of a button to unclog the blades. It works pretty well with up to three or four days worth of growth.
Of course, we are talking about the face here. The head is an entirely different story.
Nothing beats the <a href=http://www.headblade.com>Headblade</a> for the old cranium. The reverse "push" shaving technique takes a little getting used to, and is only good for the front and top (I still use my ST on the back), but you get a darned good shave in record time.
Sure, it uses Gillette Atra twin blades, but clogging isn't that much of a problem. You see, I am such a fanatic about the fact that my shaved head should be as smooth as a baby's butt at all times, I shave it at least twice a day. Hairs that short don't present much of a clogging risk.
Why am I such a fanatic, you might ask... hey, do you want to be in a bar and have some babe come up and rub your head only to find you've got a five o'clock shadow on top? Not me. In fact, when they walk up and say "can I rub your head?" (and they do), I say "can I fondle your breasts?". I have only gotten a couple of takers so far, but they were WAY worth the extra shaving time, which is minimized by the Headblade.
Last edited by Spud on Thu May 18, 2006 12:58 am, edited 2 times in total.
- roymond
- Beat It
- Posts: 5188
- Joined: Sat Sep 25, 2004 3:42 pm
- Instruments: Guitars, Bass, Vocals, Logic
- Recording Method: Logic X, MacBookPro, Focusrite Scarlett 2i2
- Submitting as: roymond, Dangerous Croutons, Intentionally Left Bank, Moody Vermin
- Pronouns: he/him
- Location: brooklyn
- Contact:
<< glad I use Atra already...now considering shaving my head >>
roymond.com | songfights | covers
"Any more chromaticism and you'll have to change your last name to Wagner!" - Frankie Big Face
"Any more chromaticism and you'll have to change your last name to Wagner!" - Frankie Big Face
-
- Beat It
- Posts: 5331
- Joined: Sat Sep 25, 2004 6:14 pm
- Instruments: Synths
- Recording Method: Windows computer, Acid, Synths etc.
- Submitting as: Heuristics Inc. (duh) + collabs
- Pronouns: he/him
- Location: Maryland USA
- Contact:
hey, i'd forgotten about the one with the little button on it - i used to use that. long time ago. i feel like the shave is closer with the 3 blades than just one and being in the shower loosens the clogs real well. i really never thought i'd be discussing shaving techniques online, but there it is.
-bill
-bill
152612141617123326211316121416172329292119162316331829382412351416132117152332252921
http://heuristicsinc.com
Liner Notes
SF Lyric Ideas
http://heuristicsinc.com
Liner Notes
SF Lyric Ideas
-
- bono
- Posts: 1074
- Joined: Mon Sep 27, 2004 8:53 pm
- Instruments: Bass, Vocals, Terrible drum machine, even worse harmonica
- Recording Method: Creative Recorder, ModPlug Tracker and Audacity
- Location: South Australia
- Contact:
-
- Beat It
- Posts: 5331
- Joined: Sat Sep 25, 2004 6:14 pm
- Instruments: Synths
- Recording Method: Windows computer, Acid, Synths etc.
- Submitting as: Heuristics Inc. (duh) + collabs
- Pronouns: he/him
- Location: Maryland USA
- Contact:
is that another poll in the making???
-bill
-bill
152612141617123326211316121416172329292119162316331829382412351416132117152332252921
http://heuristicsinc.com
Liner Notes
SF Lyric Ideas
http://heuristicsinc.com
Liner Notes
SF Lyric Ideas
- Caravan Ray
- bono
- Posts: 8663
- Joined: Sat Sep 25, 2004 1:51 pm
- Instruments: Penis
- Recording Method: Garageband
- Submitting as: Caravan Ray,G.O.R.T.E.C,Lyricburglar,The Thugs from the Scallop Industry
- Location: Toowoomba, Queensland
- Contact:
Actually, I always buy ladies razors. One of the big brands - can't remember which - makes twin blade disposable razors with the lubricating strip - identical to the mens ones except they come in nice individual pastel colours - AND THEY ARE ALWAYS CHEAPER!Spud wrote:Sad to see that bjam has succumbed to the marketing hype that says that there is a difference between male and female hair.
Disposable razors are the only products on Earth where the womans version is cheaper than the man's version. I don't know why.
So, with these - my wife and I can use the razors from the same packet - and because they are all individual colours - it's easy to tell whose is whose.
-
- Mr. Beast
- Posts: 2263
- Joined: Sat Sep 25, 2004 12:43 pm
- Instruments: Guitar/bass/keys
- Recording Method: Various. Mostly Garageband these days, actually.
- Submitting as: Jim Tyrrell
- Location: New Hampshire
- Contact:
-
- Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
- Posts: 36
- Joined: Mon May 08, 2006 12:46 pm
- Location: New York
- Caravan Ray
- bono
- Posts: 8663
- Joined: Sat Sep 25, 2004 1:51 pm
- Instruments: Penis
- Recording Method: Garageband
- Submitting as: Caravan Ray,G.O.R.T.E.C,Lyricburglar,The Thugs from the Scallop Industry
- Location: Toowoomba, Queensland
- Contact:
Excellent question!jimtyrrell wrote:Why aren't they 'razours'?
According to the Online Etymological Dictionary "razor" c.1290, from O.Fr. rasour "a razor" (12c.), from raser "to scrape, shave"
Whereas "colour/color": c.1225, from O.Fr. colur, from L. color (acc. colorem) "color, hue," from Old L. colos, orig. "a covering" (akin to celare "to hide, conceal"
So it appears that the American spelling of a word such as "colour" actually more accurately reflects it's Latin root, only to be bastardised by the English later with their added "u".
"Razor" on the other hand missed out on a second syllable refurbishment from the "our" Nazis - where in fact, a spelling of "razour" would possibly be entirely appropriate.
(Oh, and I'd just like to add, I have absolutley no idea what I'm talking about - so kids, please don't go and deface the dictionarys in the school library on Caravan Ray's advice.)
well, there IS a difference (sometimes) between male and female razors. the mach III which i use has a little thin strip of lubricating junk above the blades, which is handy when i don't feel like using shaving cream or gel, which is pretty much all the time. however, i've seen these pink razors advertised that look like a blade embedded in a bar of soap or something. i'm almost tempted to give that a try :>Spud wrote:Sad to see that bjam has succumbed to the marketing hype that says that there is a difference between male and female hair.
- Spud
- Hot for Teacher
- Posts: 4770
- Joined: Fri Sep 24, 2004 10:25 am
- Instruments: Bass, Keyboards, eHorn
- Submitting as: Octothorpe
- Location: Seattle
- Contact:
You are reinforcing my point. You are describing a difference in razors, not in hair. This is mostly a marketing difference, in my opinion. Bjam wants a pretty one because it shaves better?tviyh wrote:well, there IS a difference (sometimes) between male and female razors. the mach III which i use has a little thin strip of lubricating junk above the blades, which is handy when i don't feel like using shaving cream or gel, which is pretty much all the time. however, i've seen these pink razors advertised that look like a blade embedded in a bar of soap or something. i'm almost tempted to give that a try :>Spud wrote:Sad to see that bjam has succumbed to the marketing hype that says that there is a difference between male and female hair.
- Bjam
- Ice Cream Man
- Posts: 1688
- Joined: Mon Sep 27, 2004 3:24 pm
- Instruments: Singin', Guitarin', Mandolinin'
- Location: Atlanta, GA
Spud wrote:You are reinforcing my point. You are describing a difference in razors, not in hair. This is mostly a marketing difference, in my opinion. Bjam wants a pretty one because it shaves better?tviyh wrote:well, there IS a difference (sometimes) between male and female razors. the mach III which i use has a little thin strip of lubricating junk above the blades, which is handy when i don't feel like using shaving cream or gel, which is pretty much all the time. however, i've seen these pink razors advertised that look like a blade embedded in a bar of soap or something. i'm almost tempted to give that a try :>Spud wrote:Sad to see that bjam has succumbed to the marketing hype that says that there is a difference between male and female hair.
tviyh: These? They are spectacular, but they leave you smelling like melons.
And I want a pretty razor because it looks pretty in my bathroom. If men's razors were pretty colours, I'd buy them, but they're all black and non-pretty.
Songfighter since back in the day.