Classy as F*ck: Shaving

[Torrasque]

I personally use a trimmer and generic 3 bladed shaver.
Using a straight blade shaver would be really challenging to use, and I've thought of getting one several times while yelling at how shitty my 3 bladed shaver is, but it would take much more skill than my current situation.

 

[Limie]

In high school, this mountaineer who climbed a bunch of really tall mountains came to my school to give one of those "you can do anything you want in life"
He also told us that he can't grow a proper beard because on one expedition, his beard got frozen, and he had to tear it off because it was in his way of his clothing and safety equipment. It tore off a good portion of skin, and that hair will never grow back.

I'd rather take the long arduous process of shaving than wax my face.
Dear god? waxing the face >.<

The root of the hair is also much deeper than other face hair. I've plucked a few out of curiosity and it's not pretty. Seriously, plucking a lip hair is easily the most painful hair related experience I've ever had. There's also the issue of wanting to grow a beard later, I think a lot less women would want to have increasingly thinner facial hair if the Frida Kahlo look ever took off.

Waxing really isn't that bad. It hurts really bad for about a second and then it just sorta tingles.

Feels really nice afterwards too. I'm surprised nobidy has mentioned epilators yet-It has to be experienced. I use disposable razors as i have no intension to apply a knife to my armpits (I'm a woman if you haven't noticed), however if you save using this method then, you sir, have balls.

 

[whaleswiththumbs]

Alright, this sounds definitly like a classy idea, but for now, I'm fine with my electric. if it's clean it can get me to smooth skin. Although i like "safety blades" more for that.

 

[SimuLord]

Why would you want to shave?! Grow a beard, invest in a decent trimmer and be a man, dammit!

I take a third option---my +1 Goatee of Manliness makes the ladies swoon, while my scruffy stubble doesn't qualify as a beard exactly but certainly ups the testosterone quotient of my looks.

As I age, I think more and more about shaving my head, buying a beret and a white shirt, and growing a walrus mustache.

 

[Rusty Bucket]

Why would you want to shave?! Grow a beard, invest in a decent trimmer and be a man, dammit!

I take a third option---my +1 Goatee of Manliness makes the ladies swoon, while my scruffy stubble doesn't qualify as a beard exactly but certainly ups the testosterone quotient of my looks.

As I age, I think more and more about shaving my head, buying a beret and a white shirt, and growing a walrus mustache.

This is good. Combining different facial hair styles is not only manly, but creative as well.

Take the mutton-stache for example. You get all the raw masculinity and undiluted awesome of mutton chops combined with the suave, stylish look of a mustache. It's facial hair every man should aspire to.

 

[RooftopAssassin]

I don't really get the whole thing with strait razors. It was an interesting read though, and it's nice to see people enjoy something that's a pain in the ass for most people.

"At this point, you should have probably noticed that your brush smells like ass, this is normal."

That's classic.

 

[AVATAR_RAGE]

May invest in an old timey razor one day, but not today

 

[Nailz]

Why, exactly, do we need this? I know it's off topic, but still.

If this thing doesn't crash and burn, I intend to make more on different lost arts.

Been shaving with a straight razor for a while now, it's better all-round and truly a lot more satisfying. Pretty good introduction, thanks for giving it some exposure.

 

[Mr. Google]

I prefer to use a bread knife and copious amounts of ecstasy.

Yeah this. When i go ahead and shave i dont want to remember it!

 

[oppp7]

Or, electric.

*Removes all stubble in 10 seconds*

Note the thread title: "Classy as Fuck". Electric is not classy, nor will it completely remove stubble.

I disagree. The electric shaver I have makes my face smooth. And how aren't they classy?

 

[fullbleed]

What 'man' has the time to fucking do all of that? My face doesn't have to be smooth as a baby's bum when I shave, just so long as it doesn't look as long it's fine. Plus I like having a beard and I don't want to shave it off completely so I use electric to keep it trim if it gets too long.

 

[unoleian]

I approve of this OP. A real shave is incomparable to any other method. Once you go big, you'll never go back.

*strokes cheek* Aw yeah. That's nice.

 

[Dr Snakeman]

I like this thread.

I will invest in a proper razor once I finish uni and need to look presentable.

At the moment however I use clippers to trim my chin and a 4 bladed razor with disposable head to shave my cheeks neck and mo. It's a gilette of some sort. Has a "Precision" blade on the back.

I look forward to more Classy as Fuck infothreads.

Good...good. I'm already planning new ones. I've got suits, alcohol and maybe ballistic gel?

That sounds like a plan.

I would like to start up with a straight razor, but my current state of dorm-living makes such a thing impractical. Perhaps when I get my own place...

 

[Treefingers]

Why would you want to shave?! Grow a beard, invest in a decent trimmer and be a man, dammit!

This.

Stubble and beards are manly and awesome.

 

[Lord Beautiful]

That method is for pansies. Real men with honor shave with a sharpened katana, no warm water, no mirror, and no shaving cream. And a blindfold. And gloves.

 

[Ham_authority95]

Meh. I think you've wasted your time on something a person can learn in 15 minutes with an electric razor.

Besides, I'm fine with just spreading meat sauce on my facial hair and let wolves chew it off.

 

[Ham_authority95]

All I've got on shaving.

I think you just made my night.

 

[Dags90]

I take a third option---my +1 Goatee of Manliness makes the ladies swoon, while my scruffy stubble doesn't qualify as a beard exactly but certainly ups the testosterone quotient of my looks.

As I age, I think more and more about shaving my head, buying a beret and a white shirt, and growing a walrus mustache.

Sometimes a "manly beard" can go awry, as in the case of a Moustache of Failed Heterosexuality [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MoustacheOfFailedHeterosexuality]. One of my gym teachers had a handlebar that looked like something straight out of an 80's gay porn or The Village People. Didn't help that he was the wrestling coach, either.