Re: Best Way to Shave a 3 or 4-Day-Old Beard?

On Feb 6, 6:06 pm, aw...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (arthur wouk) wrote:
In article <77364f1d-8c8f-4c21-9e5a-ab5867bbe...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,mg <mgkel...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

:In days gone by I wouldn't have dreamed of running around town
:unshaven. In fact, in the old days a lot of us probably used to shave
:off a 5-o'clock shadow before going out for the evening. Things have
:changed, though, now you see unshaven guys all over the place,
:including on TV, etc. Besides, I'm retired so I'm entitled anyway.
:
:The problem, of course, is that after a while you are going to have to
:shave -- either that or grow a beard. The best way I've found to do
:that is using women's razors. The one I'm currently using is the
:Personna Speed-3 for Women (with 3 blades). I'm not sure, but I
:suspect that women's razors might have more space between the blades
:than men's razors. (I have a micrometer out in my shed and I've been
:meaning to actually see if I can measure the spacing, but I've never
:got around to it).
:
:In any case, the woman's razor goes through a 4-day-old beard like hot
:butter if you put a fingernail brush in the bottom of the sink and
:clean it out after every 3 or 4 strokes. After I use the safety razor,
:I put on some electric shave and go over the rest really quick with my
:trusty electric razor.
:

much simpler. but a device called a hair trimmer. set it at its
closest setting, and use it to take off the stubble. at that point you
have about half day's stubble left. then get out your electric razor.

i've been bearded since i started backpacking in '65. growing a beard
on a two week packing trip would be no fun, so i did that part
before leaving home. never found it necessary to shave it off. i use
the trimmer set at about middle setting, and the beard is always
comfortable. use it about once a week.

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I've tried using a beard trimmer to whack down a 4-day growth and it
works quite well. The problem, though, is that I wind up with hair all
over the place and then have to clean up afterwards.
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