new year maintenance suggestions

Definitely go for the James Bond style. As for the mug of soap and the boar bristle brush (which I am sure Mark does NOT use), my brother used to do this...and come to think of it so did my husband for a while. Luke, there is no way I can imagine dragging a razor over any part of my body without some sort of "glide power"! Of course, I am not one of the male species.;)

Oh Steve - I'd missed your post at first! Between your rock shaving and feeding your dog once a year whether he needs it or not, I'm aghast!:eek::D
 
"Wet shaving"? How did you do it before? Electric?:eek:
Sorry BB, a little vague I know since we're all using water. I, like most men around the world, used to squeeze their shaving foam or gel from an aerosol and swipe it off with a cartridge shaver....you know those four or five blade proprietry contraptions.
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'Wet shaving' is more about using a shaving brush to build a lather from a puck of soap or tub or cream and slice off the whiskers with the old double edge razor loaded with one of the old double edge blades...remember these things?

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So one of my morning shaves looked like this...

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Others even venture to using a straight razor/cutthroat

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....those days are not far away for me either I suspect.

P.S., sorry BB was typing as you were:
Definitely go for the James Bond style. As for the mug of soap and the boar bristle brush (which I am sure Mark does NOT use), my brother used to do this...and come to think of it so did my husband for a while. Luke, there is no way I can imagine dragging a razor over any part of my body without some sort of "glide power"! Of course, I am not one of the male species.;)
Sorry to say this, but there is something special about using a badger or boar brush that can't be bested by one of my synthetics I'm afraid. I know, I know, and my wife doesn't much agree with this choice, but from purely and aesthetic perspective it is true...
 
All is forgiven - I'm sure you're right about the badger/boar bristles and like to think they didn't have to give up their lives for this kind of luxurious shave. Thanks for the clarification as well as the photos! I bet this all does make a big difference.
 
I use an electric. My skin can't handle any sort of "acoustic" shaving, whether soap and brush or modern gels. If I shave every three days or so I can just about handle it, but otherwise it's a nasty scene. But modern electric is VASTLY better than it used to be and so much less hassle than wet shaving, so I don't mind a bit. Well into beard season now anyway, so just have to worry about my neck...

-Ray
 
I've cultivated facial topiary of one sort or another since I was about eight. I don't remember the last time my upper lip saw the light of day - sometime in the last millennium, I think.

Some looks have been more successful than others - we will draw a kindly veil over both the "George Michael" and the "tripod" years.

I am too old to do a full hipster (and I refuse to eat a breakfast of artisan eggs and heritage bacon whilst sipping an enamel mug of LBV hand-rolled cocoa), but I do a nice line in late Victorian/Penny Dreadful at the moment...
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Victorian Bill 2 par Lightmancer, on ipernity

N.B. I don't always dress like this... We dress for dinner on Christmas Day ;)
 
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