How do you do it? Shave everyday...

[Ventastic]

Daily for me. I am always amazed at people with a soap collection exceeding 100 that then only shave twice a week. I love the ritual of shaving and can‘t imagine skipping a day.

On the odd occasion that I get a bit of irritation, the consecutive day‘s shave sees a slightly milder razor and blade and a bit more attention to the lathering process with a protective lather.

Pre shave for me with a face wash using a stubble softening soap from Fitjar.

 

[R181]

if you don't mind me asking which one razor, soap, brush and blade did you use for approximately 40 years?

To be clear, I did not literally use the same one razor, soap, brush and blade brand for that time. I only had one of each in my possession at a time. I just used whatever was available locally when things needed replacing. At times it was a cart razor and crap in a can or just an electric razor but it was daily.

Bob

 

[R181]

Never heard of a pre shave oil until I joined a shaving forum about 10 years ago. It did nothing for me so it was back to just face lather and shave. Lots of people do use it and it may work for you.

Bob

 

[koenfucius]

Daily. Since I discovered traditional wet shaving, it has become enjoyable. And I hate stubbles.

 

[Chris]

I miss the odd day but generally it’s daily. As others have said no irritation if done properly and it takes me about ten minutes (face and head) so hardly time consuming.

I don’t shave ATG though, my stubble’s coarse and going against the wiry little suckers is really uncomfortable. Also if I do go ATG the baby-smooth feeling lasts about three hours after which I’m back to where I would have been if I’d skipped the ATG pass so to me it’s not worth it.

Variety isn’t necessary, I’ve used the same razor for the last three weeks apart from a guest spot by the Henson and use Speick more than any other soap. I only use Personna blades. Shaving can be a hobby but sometimes it’s just grooming.

 

[J-B-M]

In my cartridges days I felt like I sometimes needed a second shave to be smart in the evening. With DE every other day is usually fine, e.g yesterday morning's shave was epic and I don't feel like I need to shave this morning to be sufficiently spick and span, but I wouldn't go longer if I had a business meeting or some other engagement to attend.

I think there is less of an imperative to be clean shaven nowadays...or to look at it another way, standards are slipping. For a lot of people having several days unshaven growth is no longer considered unsuitable in a professional environment. Well, it is for me. If you turn up to a meeting looking like you couldn't be bothered to groom yourself I am going to judge you accordingly. Being decently turned out is a way of showing respect to the person you are meeting. Casual and unkempt are not the same thing.

Reading this back I realise that I am a dinosaur, but that's fine with me!

 

[Steve]

I'm an every-other-day shaver. My razors perform better when they have something to work with. Shaving every day just means I'm scraping off the epidermis.

 

[Steve]

In my cartridges days I felt like I sometimes needed a second shave to be smart in the evening. With DE every other day is usually fine, e.g yesterday morning's shave was epic and I don't feel like I need to shave this morning to be sufficiently spick and span, but I wouldn't go longer if I had a business meeting or some other engagement to attend.

I think there is less of an imperative to be clean shaven nowadays...or to look at it another way, standards are slipping. For a lot of people having several days unshaven growth is no longer considered unsuitable in a professional environment. Well, it is for me. If you turn up to a meeting looking like you couldn't be bothered to groom yourself I am going to judge you accordingly. Being decently turned out is a way of showing respect to the person you are meeting. Casual and unkempt are not the same thing.

Reading this back I realise that I am a dinosaur, but that's fine with me!

Three cheers for dinosaurs!

 

[R181]

I think there is less of an imperative to be clean shaven nowadays...or to look at it another way, standards are slipping. For a lot of people having several days unshaven growth is no longer considered unsuitable in a professional environment. Well, it is for me. If you turn up to a meeting looking like you couldn't be bothered to groom yourself I am going to judge you accordingly. Being decently turned out is a way of showing respect to the person you are meeting. Casual and unkempt are not the same thing.

Reading this back I realise that I am a dinosaur, but that's fine with me!

The professionally unkept look is not for me either. It always reminds me of a rubby-dub/alcoholic. Yea, another dinosaur here too.

Bob

 

[vtmax]

When I am in the occasional meetings with unshaven mostly younger millennials sneaking looks at their cell phones I often wonder what their parents think. Remote life has only made it worse. Hopefully they at least use toilet paper.

 

[Rufusdog]

I don’t Ike the look or feel of not being clean-shaven. Even though I have fair hair I shave everyday and have my hair cut regularly, and feel slovenly if I don’t. Even during my days at university in the late 1960s when being hirsute was de rigueur I was clean shaven and kept my hair (relatively) short. Daily shaving doesn’t leave my skin feeling irritated or sore, unless I am careless; instead it leaves my face feeling clean and invigorated and sets me up for the day. My father, a former army officer, was always clean shaven and kept his hair short and he drilled this into me. I also went to boarding school for my 6 years at secondary school and hair had to be “short back and sides” (barbers visited the school once a month to ensure this) and most sixth formers were required to shave often enough to keep the peach fuzz at bay. At no time did I feel the urge to rebel against any of this and, in fact, embraced it willingly. Every dinosaur has his day.

 

[Steve]

I don’t Ike the look or feel of not being clean-shaven. Even though I have fair hair I shave everyday and have my hair cut regularly, and feel slovenly if I don’t. Even during my days at university in the late 1960s when being hirsute was de rigueur I was clean shaven and kept my hair (relatively) short. Daily shaving doesn’t leave my skin feeling irritated or sore, unless I am careless; instead it leaves my face feeling clean and invigorated and sets me up for the day. My father, a former army officer, was always clean shaven and kept his hair short and he drilled this into me. I also went to boarding school for my 6 years at secondary school and hair had to be “short back and sides” (barbers visited the school once a month to ensure this) and most sixth formers were required to shave often enough to keep the peach fuzz at bay. At no time did I feel the urge to rebel against any of this and, in fact, embraced it willingly. Every dinosaur has his day.

Bravo to your father, and the English public school system! I was an unrepentant hippie until I was 30. (I think we're about the same age) Bravo septuagenarians!

 

[HereticHermit]

That's right you don't have to understand each to their own. You have no idea how many people did and do shave with one razor, one soap and one make of blades plus only one brush. I did just that for the past 40 out of 50 years since I started shaving. That is shaving to get the job done for the day. Not to be confused with hobby shaving that forums promote. Yes, variety is nice but not necessary to get the job done well.

Bob

THIS ^^
The simplicity of one bent boar one shave puck and one blade in single razor that wont get changed till it starts to tug was the way of gentlemen.
I shaved 5 days a week and still do, the only difference after i joined the forum is that now I can read 2 pages about technique behind 'ideal shave' without being flummoxed. It is amusing hobby but not one without which I cannot shave the same way gentleman used to shave in 50-60s.

I think there is less of an imperative to be clean shaven nowadays...or to look at it another way, standards are slipping. For a lot of people having several days unshaven growth is no longer considered unsuitable in a professional environment. Well, it is for me. If you turn up to a meeting looking like you couldn't be bothered to groom yourself I am going to judge you accordingly. Being decently turned out is a way of showing respect to the person you are meeting. Casual and unkempt are not the same thing.

Reading this back I realise that I am a dinosaur, but that's fine with me!

Another dinosaur here I guess. In keeping with sensitivities of modern times I consider and cut slack to new trend of 'unkempt' as long as there is some semblance of care patent in a professional environment. But someone who just comes across as plain lazy or careless gets my eyebrows raised, added to that some brats insist on talking with earphones shoved in their ears is the last straw, at that point I tend to lose it and tell them in no uncertain way what I think of their personal habits.
For life of me I cannot imagine anyone turning up without shaving and reasonably short hairdo at professional workplace. I am biased, perhaps yes because I have never been otherwise, except for a short spell of bread in struggling junior days.

 

[R181]

You know we had an expression in the RCN to describe someone who looks especially slovenly, "scran bag". If your request to grow a "full" beard was not granted you were expected to be clean shaven at all times. Probably explains my disdain for the professionally unkept look of a few days facial growth.

Bob

 

[RiverMan]

I used to shave every other day until about 6 years ago, in my late 20s, when I started shaving every evening.

Because I have less growth I’ve actually found that I get less irritation shaving every day than I did when I used to skip a day.