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    90-100% of the time I get a great shave on my face, never do I get a great shave on my neck. I believe it has to do with my hair growth pattern and not being to get the right mechanics of shaving my neck at an angle from ear Down to Adam's apple centerline , I've tried and ended up with points stuck in places I dont want them to be
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    Quote Originally Posted by pixelfixed View Post
    If your retired,why do you shave 7 days a week?
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    I am retired and shave every day.

    I would feel amiss not shaving after putting so much money into this hobby.

    Also, my daily commitment somewhat mollifies the Swiss Miss. She never forgets if I buy something and then never use it.

    YMMV
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    Quote Originally Posted by pixelfixed View Post
    If your retired,why do you shave 7 days a week?
    Because he now has the time?
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    Quote Originally Posted by rolodave View Post
    Bill
    I am retired and shave every day.

    I would feel amiss not shaving after putting so much money into this hobby.

    Also, my daily commitment somewhat mollifies the Swiss Miss. She never forgets if I buy something and then never use it.

    YMMV
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    Quote Originally Posted by pixelfixed View Post
    If your retired,why do you shave 7 days a week?
    Because it's so much fun!!!
    State v. Durham, 323 N.W. 2d 243, 245 (Iowa 1982) (holding that a straight razor is per se a "dangerous weapon").

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    Quote Originally Posted by JoelLewicki View Post
    Because it's so much fun!!!
    Only time I have fun shaving is when I have at least a 6 day old beard to take off
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    Quote Originally Posted by JoelLewicki View Post
    Because it's so much fun!!!
    That may well be the basis for this entire journey.

    Well said.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pixelfixed View Post
    Only time I have fun shaving is when I have at least a 6 day old beard to take off
    I have never tried that. Maybe a two or three day growth back in the early days.

    The only problem will be fighting the morning compulsion to do the ritual. This will be a difficult thing to do.

    I humbly ask for a good justification to try going a week without shaving.
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    As i mentioned earlier, currently I only shave once a week. Really teaches you a thing about using the right pressure. Too much and it is really an absolutely terrible shave. If you pretend it is a feather (not a feather brand razor but an actual feather) and pretend like you are trying to barely touch you kin with it, it just whisks the whiskers away.
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    I shave daily because it is the way I was brought up and most of the jobs I had required it. Even retired, it is a habit/addiction. Livin' alone makes it a way to be good to myself! I've been str8 shaving for a few years and mostly a couple passes and out the door; good shaves. Then some days I do a real prep and go for the DFS and occasionally if everything is going good, I get the BBS.
    Practice, practice and knowing the variables of Time, temperature, humidity, water quality, soap quality, and of course. Technique!
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