Close Shave
 

Blade or Electric.

Blade for me!:cool:

http://www.theartofshaving.com/

and

http://www.sesto-senso.com/jackblack.html Their beard lube rocks.

-Rudey

Electric for me, thanks.

Too paranoid about razor bumps, the scourge of black men everywhere.

I thought black guys plucked their facial hair. This isn't true?

-Rudey

American Indians are supposed to do that via lore.

Or was is not have facial and body chest hair?
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Oh that clueds leg hair if you are into it? That is for Ladies!

If you have bumps, use electric if not wow, use straight razor throw aways.

If not old enough to use either, then well, _____!?

It may be lore but it's not true in my personal experiences. My grandpa was full-blooded cherokee and he had a mustache when he died. My dad is half Irish/half-cherokee and also has a mustache. Maybe they are freaks of nature, but it's just better to not make sweeping generalizations of groups of people. Oh and to make this on topic, my dad uses the braun electric razor that is self cleaning (had the really cool commercial out last year I believe). I got it for him for Christmas when he decided to switch from a blade.

it is true that many (not sure about all tribes) native american men plucked the hair from their faces as well as their head.

i don't think tom was making a generalization. he was stating a fact. i would think that modern native american indians wouldn't do this practice, but it was standard practice several generations ago.

Straight razor and a bar of soap.

Some this is true for. A friend of mine has a lot of Cherokee blood. He can appear clean shaven if he shaves about every week or two.

Magic Powder! That stuff is fun-kay! :eek:

My uncles used it when I was little...my father didn't, but he must be the only Black man in America who isn't plagued by razor bumps. Incidentally enough, he's part Seminole and Creek.

I usually just dry shave with a disposable b/c I always wait until I have some military function and forget to shave until like five minutes before.

You're serious?? Do you bleed all over the place?

-Rudey

Nah. It takes awhile to get used to and I don't shave 'up', like against the direction it grows in. Plus I'm not an extremely hairy guy.

I'm using the M3 razor right now. The best I've used was one of those razors that vibrates. Works surprisingly well. Unfortunately, the one I used allowed water to leak into the battery compartment so it was not so good.

Mach 3 Turbo for me.

LOL
All I can think while reading this is how the Queer Eye guys would SCREAM if they were reading it themselves!!! Dry shaving? Soap? ACK!

M3 for me and I just use soap as shaving lotion.

I only shave about twice a week tho and just get scruffy the rest of the week. I dont care.

Does anyone have any suggestions for a man's electric shaver? I'm looking to buy one for my fiancé. Thank you in advance.

So guys, let me get this straight...are electric razors for wusses? I didn't think they were, but my boyfriend's been all worried lately ever since he found out he's the only one among his friends that uses one (I'm guessing they made fun of him, I don't know). So he went out and bought a Mach3 and all these shaving creams, but now when he uses this regular razor there's little patches of hair left everywhere. :p It's funny, but I just don't see the big deal. Am I missing something?

Honestly, from my experience, my advice would be...don't. My mom got me one that was on sale for $100(?) and it couldn't shave like a blade. Too slow and couldn't cut it close enough. Just my .02.

Ditto, and glycerin soap with a brush instead of shaving cream.

And no mirror -- I shave in the shower. The steam works like the the hot washclothes barbers used to use.

Yes. (Just kidding . . . a little.)

I agree with JonInKC. I've never come across an electric razor that can shave as close a blade. Plus it's a real hassle trying to keep them clean enough to do an even half-way decent job of shaving.