Today I shaved in a way that actually fulfilled the purpose of shaving: the removal of unwanted facial hair in an efficient and practical manner.
The tools of choice were a Gillette Sensor Excel razor and canned Nivea shaving gel, both circa mid 90s. Single pass with touch ups. Job done in a few minutes.
It got me thinking: what would our fathers and grandfathers really think of us? What with our multiple passes, facial hair mapping, hundred dollar razors, manchurian badger brushes, cologned fragranced artisans, shave dens, excessive consumption and gentlemanly restraint, and endless debates about cream vs soap, tallow vs vegan, and face vs bowl?
They'd be disgusted.
They were made of stern stuff back then. Get in, get out, get on with the day. Excessive grooming was for dandies.
Our fathers and grandfathers didn't teach us this stuff about shaving, because they didn't do it. We invented it ourselves.
The tools of choice were a Gillette Sensor Excel razor and canned Nivea shaving gel, both circa mid 90s. Single pass with touch ups. Job done in a few minutes.
It got me thinking: what would our fathers and grandfathers really think of us? What with our multiple passes, facial hair mapping, hundred dollar razors, manchurian badger brushes, cologned fragranced artisans, shave dens, excessive consumption and gentlemanly restraint, and endless debates about cream vs soap, tallow vs vegan, and face vs bowl?
They'd be disgusted.
They were made of stern stuff back then. Get in, get out, get on with the day. Excessive grooming was for dandies.
Our fathers and grandfathers didn't teach us this stuff about shaving, because they didn't do it. We invented it ourselves.