How to break an old-fashioned habit by Dec 28, 1960?
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looks like Mr. Bean
Everyone I knew who was shaving during 1955 to 1965, almost, was using electric shavers. I tried several times, with several brands. All of them created serious skin irritation before they could shave close enough that I was satisfied. I could shave with whatever was supposed to be the least irritating, no more often than a couple of days a week. Three electric shaves in a row, and my skin was just burning during the third, so I had to quit with stubble still uncut.
I don't know how the others got by with it. I suspect my whiskers were still too "soft" by the time I gave up, in 1965, instead of being coarse and hard.
I don't know how the others got by with it. I suspect my whiskers were still too "soft" by the time I gave up, in 1965, instead of being coarse and hard.
That is exactly what I was thinking
I use my electric 2x a year...when I have my really "off" days..helps to stay REALLY cool when using it..otherwise its like a shredder on my neck..and to make it worse AS splash..but if its cool enough in my which is rare..then an "ok" shave it gives.
You think they had the model shave traditionally to show how close the electric shaved? 
That does look just like Mr. Bean. The part about it being comfortable is just wrong, for my skin anyway.
I could get a close shave with an electric razor, but it felt like using a shard of glass I found next to the dumpster by a Long John Silvers. I'd choose a Mach 9 cartridge razor a million times over before I picked up an electric again.
I think I'm gonna drop a hint this Christmas!!
I could never get used to an electric. I remember when my Dad switched from a DE to an electric and probably never used a blade again. I tried two or three electrics, they all felt terrible on my face and never a very close shave.
I had one but back in the old days before cordless models were common and I never had an outlet in the bathroom to plug it into.
Something about shaving sitting at the kitchen table with a portable mirror just seemed wrong.
I probably still have it around here someplace.
Something about shaving sitting at the kitchen table with a portable mirror just seemed wrong.
I probably still have it around here someplace.
I actually had one of those LOL Got it in a box of stuff I bought in a flea market when I was a teenager...a couple old electrics and an old double edge razor. Believe it or not, I got a better and less irritating shave with that old electric razor then I ever did with the 3 new electrics I tried after it with the fancy, circular, flexing heads
not that it was a GOOD shave, just......not as bad lol
not that it was a GOOD shave, just......not as bad lol
I got one back in the 1990's before I got out of college when Injector blades started coming up MIA in stores in Arkansas. I had 2 Remmingtons and the last one is cleaned up and in a pocket inside one of my suitcases. I got a good shave kit that I carry now but it is there just in case I forget.
I'm pretty sure I found one of these up in my grandfathers house! It had a very luxurious looking box as I remember.
I used various brands of electric razors for about ten years...Remington was the one brand that never worked for me. I tried two different models. Both failed after about three months of use.
I tried shaving with an electric razor once. Anyone remember that episode of Family Guy where Peter tapes a bunch of razor blades to a portable fan in order to help him save time shaving? Yup, that's kind of what it felt like.
Excellent smoking jacket, btw...
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I'm just glad my beard doesn't grow that much in one day!!!
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