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On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 6:56 PM, JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> wrote: > 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<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA "One man's religion is another man's belly laugh." --Robert A. Heinlein -- 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.
