Shaving the Christmas Holiday Beard

[niko_p]

Gents,

Having had a few days off at Christmas and a few more planned for New Year, my daily shaving routine has been put on hold in favour of a "beard" if I dare call it that..

I'm 7 days in.. With another 6 to go... But I'm already making grand plans for the Sunday when it all has to come off for work on Monday.

I have purchased my first open comb - a Merkur 15c which I understand should be able to attack two weeks growth without any prior trimming.

I would say I have medium growth and now that it has grown out a bit, my hair is fairly soft so I'm thinking equipped with a new feather blade... I should be OK.

Anyone else in the same boat? Tips and tricks for mowing down the beard with a DE razor only?

No beard trimmers allowed!

Seasons Greetings!

Niko

 

[crleftwich]

I'm in! Haha. I always let my beard grow when I take a vacation. I'm 9 days in with 4 days until I ha e to be back at work. I recently bought a shavette that I'm planning on using. If that doesn't work out, ill bring out my Parker 24C open comb. I hope those might work out. And I hope to get some pointers for mowing down a beard from the guys here.

 

[Shave_Rat]

Straight razor/shavette... those will pretty much mow through any length/level of growth you have going. lol

I have a 15c, it's a great OC razor, extremely mild in it's design. It may take a good amount of rinsing between strokes with as much growth as you are going to have. If I get to where it's really been a couple days and I don't want to grab a straight/shavette, I have a Cadet OC I use. Medium aggressive, plenty of blade gap to reduce clogging, super efficient design.

 

[mikewood]

Go slow and take your time. use plenty of hot water and maintain your angle. Even though it's an open comb watch for signs of clogging.

It should be a snap.
Enjoy.

 

[MikeAK]

7 days in with 6 more to go and you're worried? That's not a beard, that's stubble. Take a blade to it and be done with it.

 

[crleftwich]

7 days in with 6 more to go and you're worried? That's not a beard, that's stubble. Take a blade to it and be done with it.

Some beards grow faster than others.

 

[MikeAK]

Some beards grow faster than others.

For sure... but the idea of what a "beard" is has a different meaning around here than what I'm use to. I don't care how fast a person's facial hair grows, I've never 2 weeks of growth that could be called a beard... but I guess in a world where guys walk around with these carved out stubble lines and call them beards I shouldn't be surprised.

 

[crleftwich]

For sure... but the idea of what a "beard" is has a different meaning around here than what I'm use to. I don't care how fast a person's facial hair grows, I've never 2 weeks of growth that could be called a beard... but I guess in a world where guys walk around with these carved out stubble lines and call them beards I shouldn't be surprised.

So this is me with 11 days growth. I call this a beard.

 

[Dontsendimdaahn]

I'm still wearing my beard. It's completely unfettered. Not sure which way to go with it though. I use a shavette or a DE most days, but now I've passed the itchy phase, I might keep it for a bit. If I do, how do I go about shaping it, and then correcting the inevitable mistakes?

 

[niko_p]

I would imagine a beard trimmer to keep it looking neat?

I hacked mine off with my trusty Wilkinson Sword Classic paired with a Gillette Blue the other day. It was quite a messy affair but my razor has no problems tackling it.

I just received my Merkur Futur in the post which I am really enjoying using so am back to shaving daily for the time being!

 

[Shave_Rat]

Beard trimmer, and maybe some balm or beard oil to help keep it tamed and neat looking in appearance.

 

[ByMyBeard]

For what it's worth, I had about 10 days growth and did nothing more than what I would typically do. I even had an old blade in my Maggard MR1. No issues.

 

[dsullyv]

Very interesting, I can't remember the last time I went for than 2 days