My grandfather used a SE daily and DE when he was in a rush. He had a grody old Simpsons brush and a bowl with Williams soap. Some kind of sandalwood AS after. No balms or anything else.
Triple S for me.
I don't always follow the traditional order though, I'm not that regular.
What I know for certain, because I’m from the “old days”, is that it was a “getter done” and it was very rarely a topic of conversation and certainly not considered a hobby.Did guys use to use pre-shave stuff, post-shave items, etc. back in the old days? Or did the just lather up and get it done? What do you all think?
My father and grandfathers just washed their faces, lathered up and shaved.
Hey FT. Did you know your skin is replaced every three months? I read an article recently that said the bowel was actually the largest organ. How is that for a UBI (useless bit of information). Anyway, my skin is baby butt smooth and accounts for my undeniable beauty I expect however I try not to expose my bowel often. Got snow yet?I don't believe in "exfoliating" my skin, ie: scrubbing off your dead skin cells. Skin is an organ, the largest humans have, and was designed to keep out infection and hold your internal organs in place, lol.
So I ALWAYS try to treat it as gently as possible to get the job of shaving done. I just use a wet wash cloth, as warm as I can tolerate, for as long as I have time for, to soften my whiskers and then proceed to try not to damage my skin and at the same time try to get those whiskers as closely shaven as possible.
Follow up with AS, Balm, or nuttin' but water, depending on my mood, or what I think my incredibly handsome face needs.
Yes, I gots snow. And I bought bananas yesterday. And somebuddy sent me Arko! so I'm trying to figger out a way to combine them for a unique shaving experience.Hey FT. Did you know your skin is replaced every three months? I read an article recently that said the bowel was actually the largest organ. How is that for a UBI (useless bit of information). Anyway, my skin is baby butt smooth and accounts for my undeniable beauty I expect however I try not to expose my bowel often. Got snow yet?
I'll bet the fourth "S" was "salute!"This.
The only change in my routine over the years is the amount of time I spend on the 3 S’s each morning. Their was a 13 week stretch of time in my youth when I was only allowed 10 minutes to successfully complete the 3 S’s. I did not find that satisfactory. These days I take longer than 10 minutes. Sometimes much longer.
Haven’t you heard of bananas and cream? Nananas and Arko sounds delish! Fart bubbles .Yes, I gots snow. And I bought bananas yesterday. And somebuddy sent me Arko! so I'm trying to figger out a way to combine them for a unique shaving experience.
Red blood cells get recycled every 3 months. We are wunerfully made animals us humans.
I'll bet the fourth "S" was "salute!"
ALWAYS blame a woman.
But ONLY if they can't hear you!
I may be an old dog, but I've learned a trick or two. Not only is she not my wife, she lives on another continent. I checked before hitting 'Post reply'!
For years my father used aloe vera and a razor. He was getting huge jars of it from a medical supply I think.Shower. 2-pass shave. Use pure, or as close to as possible, aloe vera. Done.
On days when I don't shave I use a nice skin lotion.
Simple yet effective.
"Never should have left Space."I'm gonna just leave this right here...there's a dirty word, but that's the whole point.
and if you care for the other side...
I can laugh, because I never had the privilege of serving. I do thank you for yours brother.Followed by an inspection that, oddly, someone always failed resulting in additional PT.
I am not from the ¨old days¨ though my father was. While he was born in the 1940´s he was raised on a rural farm. I came along in 1980, and my grandmother (born in the teens) had the same synthetic whetrock that my grandfather bought when they were first married. It was dished terribly. I do not know if her knives I remember were from their first years of marriage or not, but I recall a number of blades that had been sharpened near out of existence. She had a couple of standard 5¨ blade old hickory knives that the blades were no wider than that of a pearing knife. Those were the knives I used when I was taught to quarter chickens. My father and all of my uncles still butchered our own hogs until I was almost a teenager, however they stopped in the early ´90s.What I know for certain, because I’m from the “old days”, is that it was a “getter done” and it was very rarely a topic of conversation and certainly not considered a hobby.