Is your beard as tough as your Dad's ?

[Rainlover]

When I was a little boy my sisters and I would have the occasional wrestle with my Dad and we always gave up when he rubbed his wiskers on us. They were very tough and we thought his face was made of sand paper.
After starting with DE shaving I went to the Dark side with a TrakII ( is that correct spelling) and stayed with Sensor Cartridges for a long time. In that time my beard growth has always felt very soft. So after almost 40yrs on the Dark side I've gone back to DE which I'm absolutely enjoying and satisfied with.
After 3 to 4 mths of DE shaving I've noticed that my beard growth seems tougher or as tough as my Doad's was.
Has anyone else had a similar experience as far as beard toughness goes when changing from multi blade cartridges to DE shaving?

Regards to All from Down Under (Australia that is!)

 

[Nadir M]

I think it has to do with age. Your beard gets thicker as you get older.

 

[Ducati Scotty]

Not nearly! If my dad was going out for the evening he'd have to shave again. Later in life he grew a full beard. He always had a thick, full growth. I'm 43 and if I don't shave for a week you wouldn't notice from 10 feet away. My beard is fine, patchy, and generally anemic. He said it would grow in heavier after I started shaving. I've shaved almost every day since I was 15 or 16, hasn't grown in yet.

BUT! The daily stubble is more visible and harsher/sharper feeling since I switched from electric to DE. The ends of the hairs get cut off nice and sharp with a DE blade. With an electric they get kind of beaten up and ground down. The result is a mangled end to the hair which is not as sharp and also less clearly visible. It does take a lot longer to get noticeable stubble with a DE though.

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showth...between-DE-and-Electric?p=5349246#post5349246

Scott

 

[Niles]

Sometimes the beard does get fuller and maybe tougher with age. Most of the difference has to do with the way the razors work. Cartridge razors are designed to pull as much of the hair out as possible with one stroke. A DE is designed to take a little more off with each stroke, and never gets below skin level.

 

[Jeff_H]

My beard is much thicker than my Dad's. He has been a cartridge shaver for as long as I can remember. I cannot remember even as a young boy every seeing anything else. He was born in 41', so he learned to shave in the 50's and was in the Air Force by 48', so I'm positive he learned on a DE. I even tried to get him on the DE train, got him a nice Merkur, soap, blades, brush...the whole shebang. He really has no interest. I need to ask him if he learned to shave with a DE, but he's really not that kind of a talker. Not much of a storyteller or talker of any kind.

 

[mvillezcas]

My father (RIP), had a softer, thinner beard than I do. I am 29 years old and I have what I like to call, a sand paper forest. Very full, very thick, very dark, and grows out quickly. My dad used a straight razor with soap when he first started shaving and then switched to disposable when they were invented. He wasn't much of a shaving guy looking for a better shave as his beard didn't give him too much trouble. I on the other hand, have been one of those guys to consider complete laser beard removal. But now that I'm a DE wet shaver, I'm enjoying shaving now. (but my beard still looks green from far away)

 

[MrLara]

Mine is probably about the same. Maybe a tad bit less. When i'm his age, it probably will be though.

I'm very happy to have a beard like my pops.

 

[Marsman]

No my dad has me beat. I have a few years of work to go.

 

[Ron Scott]

Cartridge razors are designed to pull as much of the hair out as possible with one stroke.

Remember the graphic "lift and cut" commercials?

"The first blade is designed to lift the hair and the second blade to cut it."

I remember thinking that was one of the most disgusting ads on TV. It just made me think they were guaranteeing ingrowns.

 

[Niles]

Remember the graphic "lift and cut" commercials?

"The first blade is designed to lift the hair and the second blade to cut it."

I remember thinking that was one of the most disgusting ads on TV. It just made me think they were guaranteeing ingrowns.

Right. I remember those commercials.

 

[Jayk]

My beard is tougher and fuller than my Dad's. He has used an electric razor for years and has no problems. I must have inherited tough facial hair from my mothers side of the family.

 

[KQY61]

Hi,

Mine is the same as dad's for the same age (50). It has been getting more like a wire brush as the years pass.

Stan

 

[Sig84]

My beard is thicker and more dense than my dad's. I didn't inherit any of my dad's hair traits. Thicker beard, way more body hair, and male pattern baldness; he still has a head full of long hair like he has since the early '70's. He has been using mach 3 for a long time, but I'm sure he learned on a DE, I'll have to ask him. He did mention something about wanting to learn to use a straight, but it was kinda in passing when I told him I used one. Anyway, yeah, my beard is thicker.

 

[77TransAm]

My beard is much thicker than my Dad's. He has been a cartridge shaver for as long as I can remember. I cannot remember even as a young boy every seeing anything else. He was born in 41', so he learned to shave in the 50's and was in the Air Force by 48', so I'm positive he learned on a DE. I even tried to get him on the DE train, got him a nice Merkur, soap, blades, brush...the whole shebang. He really has no interest. I need to ask him if he learned to shave with a DE, but he's really not that kind of a talker. Not much of a storyteller or talker of any kind.

Waaaaaiiiit a minute. I'm no genius when it comes to math but that seems a little young to be in the Air Force Typo?


Back on track; My beard isn't as thick as my father's. He shaves with carts, I shave DE, but then again, He also has 24 years on me.

 

[JazzyJ]

My dad has never grown a beard because he thinks it wouldn't fill in, but his growth at one week of not shaving looks exactly like mine and I can grow a very respectable beard.

I definitely noticed a difference in my stubble after I started with a DE though. Much rougher feeling. I've heard it's from the blade cutting the hair differently, but who knows.

 

[NingYupOwaDat]

My beard is tougher than my fathers, but his is not far behind.

 

[Eeyore]

Remember the graphic "lift and cut" commercials?

"The first blade is designed to lift the hair and the second blade to cut it."

I remember thinking that was one of the most disgusting ads on TV. It just made me think they were guaranteeing ingrowns.

All razors slightly lift the hair from your skin. That is why your skin feels smoother after a while than directly after the shave. The famous "hysteresis effect" is mainly marketing.

The ingrowns probably come because people wrongly assume that you need to push the cartridge against your skin. That may give you a very close shave indeed, but also all kinds of problems.

 

[Cobra0369]

IMO, you're beard does become thicker and tougher with age.

 

[Niles]

I think mine and my brother's beard are both tougher than dad's.

 

[NCJack]

Remember the graphic "lift and cut" commercials?

"The first blade is designed to lift the hair and the second blade to cut it."

I remember thinking that was one of the most disgusting ads on TV. It just made me think they were guaranteeing ingrowns.

Same here. I didn't know what "ingrown" was, but I thought "That can't be good."