Slightly o/t: I long for the day some genius comes out with (actually recreates - I believe these were on the market once) a wind up shaver to take camping. Blades are a pain when staying outdoors. Camp grounds with electric - are - well just not what I have in mind when camping. You can get nice wind up radios. Why not a wind up shaver?
At home I use cartridges but the handle itself is a swell upscale nickel plated steel thing. I've shaved every day of my adult life. Though I have very brown hair atop my head, some long ago ancestor from the Alsace had red hair and saw fit to cede these to my beard. Perhaps I should have been a pirate ... On Aug 11, 4:22 pm, "S.Cutshall" <clotht...@gmail.com> wrote: > Odd? Unrelated? I think not [Rivendell sells Porto-Shaving-Cream, > so... ]. > > I am not one to shave often. When I do it's for two distinct reasons: > > 1. I look up, while brushing teeth, and jump with fright at what I > see looking back at me in the mirror. > > Or... > > 2. My wife and/or daughter tell me to [because I repulse them]. > > Fair enough. > > For years, and because I have a 'Stache, I've simply used an 'lectric > trimmer [no, not an actual electric shaver--more of an electric beard > trimmer] and it leaves a fair amount of stubble... so I am not really > ever -that- shaved right after I shave. > > So, I grew [pun] tired of the stubbled look and began a search for a > non-electric shaver that doesn't look an Apple product or like a Casio > "Baby-G" wristwatch, or is not disposable... and it took a minute > too. And then I found a site called "Classic Shaving"... wow, the > choices were about as endless as looking for a new tire pump on a walk > through Interbike. > > In the end, I selected a nice German shaver, a Merkur [just like my > dad used when I was a youngster], some blades, a nice brush, mug and > some cream. Cost around $160.00 for the whole setup, but I figure > it'll save money over time, space in land fills and I can have a > better shave [when I remember to do it]. > > Anyway else here shave 'Old Skool'? > > Was tempted to enter my toes into the world of Straight Razors but the > prices for those [plus all the additional accessories] -and the > thoughts of all the failures while in the Learning Curve stage Re: > loss of facial skin- put the kibosh on that. > > PS--> Guess this could be a Lady-Topic too [but I doubt many women > would own up to having facial hair that needs shaving]. > > -Scott -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.