Shaving techniques

[Rosenstern]

With the grain or against? For me, against the grain seems to get closer, but burns like fuck. What do you guys do?

[Schimid]

Against.

Suck it up.

[ItalianStereotype]

noooo, that's really bad for your skin.

[Comrade Rocket]

i go with the grain to cut it down short, then go against the grain to get the left overs. It really helps get a close shave

[executioneer]

rosenstern and guildencranz are dead

[Ninjavenom]

Do it in the shower with soap and go against the grain. No razorburn and a smooth shave e'ry time.

[James]

I shave against the grain, but then I can't shave against again unless I let it grow for 4-5 days. Any sooner, and my face is literally shredded. Which sucks, because I always feel that I look unclean and shitty when I have any stubble.

And working all the time means I have to shave with the grain and look like a hobo.

[Emu]

I only have to shave once every two months And even then I don't have a full beard

I go with it, then against it

[AChimp]

With, then against. Your face won't be shredded.

[ziggytrix]

so how many of you learned your shaving techniques from your dad, vs just figuring it out yourself?

just curious.

[EisigerBiskuit]

Myself.

[Sethomas]

I taught myself. Actually I studied it on the internet for months before I was able to actually shave. But I had lots of practice.

Not really, but it's my schtick.

[The Retro Kat]

My dad told my how to shave my moustache in 6th grade, but then my full facial hair started to come in and I learned to do it against. I'll usually just let a small beard grow out every week and shave.

[Cosmo Electrolux]

I had no dad, so I sort of figured it out on my own...but now I have a beard, so the point is moot.

[Dragoon]

Againsed (did I spell that right?) the grain. I dry shave too.

[kellychaos]

loveline forums

[Sethomas]

Did anyone else get a Mach 3 in the mail when they registered with the SS? Selective Service, rather than Schutzstaffe, if there's a difference. I now use a Braun Freeglider. But, I inheritted a straight razor from my great-grandfather so I might start using that. I've got the little porcelein soap boat and lather brush to go with it.

[Schimid]

I used to dry shave. Then I started to do it in the shower and honestly that's the best way to go. I never get any burn afterwards and it's pretty damn smooth.

[James]

Originally Posted by AChimp

With, then against. Your face won't be shredded.

Because you know my face so well? Jerk.

With, then against is basically just as bad, if not worse, for me.

[DeadKennedys]

I don't see how it's possible to shave with the grain.

I shave against. Every day. In the shower.

Bitches.

[Supafly345]

Use medicated shaving cream you pussy.

[Chojin]

Originally Posted by James

With, then against is basically just as bad, if not worse, for me.

Yeah :< I have delicate girly skin and I tend to get shitloads of ingrown hairs along my neck which then have to be picked out! hooray!

Shaving up then sideways seems to have the least irritation (my hair grows in sideways, but 'up' is still more against the grain than 'down'), especially vs. down, up, left. I learned how to shave from the debug code in Mortal Kombat for the Genesis.

[Rosenstern]

Originally Posted by Sethomas

Did anyone else get a Mach 3 in the mail when they registered with the SS?

I'm not 18 yet (only a month away), but about a year ago I got a Schick Quattro in the mail. I thought it was terrible. It was nowhere near as close as my two-blade disposables.

[The Retro Kat]

Crazy Asians and your sideways vaginas and facial hair.

[kellychaos]

Originally Posted by Chojin

Yeah :< I have delicate girly skin and I tend to get shitloads of ingrown hairs along my neck which then have to be picked out! hooray!

Shaving up then sideways seems to have the least irritation (my hair grows in sideways, but 'up' is still more against the grain than 'down'), especially vs. down, up, left. I learned how to shave from the debug code in Mortal Kombat for the Genesis.

Gravity's a motherfucker ... i.e. that's the way hair grows. Common sense, no?