Thread: A most humble apology...

Scout,

Remind your wife that in the South, sporting a goatee means that your just trying to "fit in". Plus, it will keep the glare of the sun off of your chin when you fly-fish so you won't spook the trout

Greg

BTW, I think it's cool you're teaching your sons to wet shave and your oldest to use a straight. Lynn muted a straight to butter knife dullness so my 12 year old can practice on his peach fuzz. (See http://straightrazorpalace.com/shave...tml#post609069)

Originally Posted by ScoutHikerDad

I am now considering going back to a goatee (because those are my trouble spots), which my wife doesn't like because she says it makes me look like a redneck.

So this morning went better in some ways, worse in others. Because larger areas of my face are now "exposed", I can parse my face up into different areas than I have in the past. In some areas I can use a greater length of the blade. That's the "better" part. The "worse" part is that I had multiple "micro-nicks" (i.e. no pain at all, and literally a tiny dot of blood), mainly to the left of my chin above the jawline. This region I shave with my dominant right hand. Although I'm not certain why this occurred it may be the result of being too aggressive in this area and pushing the blade a little.

Not that I'm in any hurry, but the chin has added 15 minutes to my shave routine. Until I get more comfortable with the chin, I'll need to get up a little bit earlier.

Greg,

My chin is a problem area as well. Don't despair. You'll get the hang of it.

As for the mustache...Every man has to draw the line somewhere. I've only shaved my mustache off twice in nearly sixty years of life on planet Earth; and one time it was an accident.

LinacMan-Thanks for the tip. Problem is, my wife tries hard not to acknowledge my somewhat country/redneck roots (which show their true colors when I get mad). And my boys just naturally took to wet-shaving: my 16-year old with his Dovo on his slowly-emerging beard, and my 12-year old with his great-Grandfather's old Gillettes on his peach-fuzz.He even made us a glazed-clay lather bowl in art, on the side of which he inscribed "Real men shave with a blade." That's my boy!

As for spooking trout, my 12-year old takes care of that for me (though he still occasionally outfishes me, especially on spin gear in warm water!).

Hopefully our boys will teach our grandsons to shave with str8'sinstead of whatever computerized, multi-blade, ultra expensive option they have then.

Monroe,

Okay, I'll bite. Tell me all about the accident

Originally Posted by jhenry

and one time it was an accident.

Scout,

I love the quote your son put on the lather bowl. I think SRP needs to have coffee mugs made with the SRP logo on one side and "Real men shave with a blade" on the other side.

Greg

Originally Posted by ScoutHikerDad

LinacMan-Thanks for the tip. Problem is, my wife tries hard not to acknowledge my somewhat country/redneck roots (which show their true colors when I get mad). And my boys just naturally took to wet-shaving: my 16-year old with his Dovo on his slowly-emerging beard, and my 12-year old with his great-Grandfather's old Gillettes on his peach-fuzz.He even made us a glazed-clay lather bowl in art, on the side of which he inscribed "Real men shave with a blade." That's my boy!

As for spooking trout, my 12-year old takes care of that for me (though he still occasionally outfishes me, especially on spin gear in warm water!).

Hopefully our boys will teach our grandsons to shave with str8'sinstead of whatever computerized, multi-blade, ultra expensive option they have then.

Originally Posted by LinacMan

Monroe,

Okay, I'll bite. Tell me all about the accident

It happened a year ago in early June--before I converted to a DE and later to a straight razor.

I was using the trusty MACH 3, in a hurry, got distracted and in my haste removed about a third of my mustache on one side of my upper lip. Rather than take the time to even it up--and look like Adolph in the process--I decided to remove all of it.

My wife and daughter freaked out when they first saw me. Neither of them had ever seen me without a mustache. They thought a stranger had entered the house.

Originally Posted by Jimbo

As penance you must say 50 "Hail Lynn"s.

I used to think as you do. But, as time has progressed I have come to the realisation that, in fact, I am superior to everyone in every aspect. Humbly superior, of course, but still superior.

James.

Originally Posted by Jimbo

Nah, screw that! What's the point in being superior if nobody knows it? Humble is for wusses! lol!

James.

I'm just saying.

Since I've shaved off the goatee, I've noticed people at work trying to act as though they're not staring at me. I can tell they are thinking - what's different about him, but no one has figured it out. It's compounded by the fact that I recently started wearing contact lenses, so my looks have changed in the past few weeks.

Greg

Originally Posted by jhenry

They thought a stranger had entered the house.

Originally Posted by LinacMan

Since I've shaved off the goatee, I've noticed people at work trying to act as though they're not staring at me. I can tell they are thinking - what's different about him, but no one has figured it out. It's compounded by the fact that I recently started wearing contact lenses, so my looks have changed in the past few weeks.

Greg

I had the same thing happen to me, both at church and and at work. They may recognize you, but are somewhat hesitant or embarrassed to ask if you shaved off your goatee.

The inevitable question is lurking in the back of their minds...Why?