What do you guys think of when you shave?

[diegosaenz]

I find this intriguing as some people I've talked to think of different things. I've always thought I should've been born when my parents did. I think of well dressed men wearing tux every day and those soldiers in ww2 getting a shave in the trenches. I don't just like it because it is great on my face, but because it was a ritual that great men took part of in the past.

So what do you guys think?

 

[tommyguns]

i always think...dont screw up your side burns again....dont screw up your side burns again....damnit how did you do it again!!!!

 

[Spoonylove]

I always think of how nice I'm going to smell, post shave.

 

[Argonaut]

Since I use the R41, mostly I think "easy does it". Mind wandering has led to some bloodletting.

 

[Toothpick]

im pretty sure i always think "is this good enough" i'm pretty sure i only think of my shave and how smooth my face will be afterwards. it does remind me of the days of old tho. pre cartridge days. i'd like some university to do a study on what % of US men use DE razors or straights compared to cartridges. 20%? 40%?

 

[CharlieFoxtrot]

Nothing. I think of absolutely nothing. It's the only 20 minutes of my day I can enjoy the simple pleasure of it all. No kids, work, etc.

 

[jva59]

I find that it occupies enough of my mind to prevent from thinking at all, which is a blessing.

 

[diegosaenz]

i always think...dont screw up your side burns again....dont screw up your side burns again....damnit how did you do it again!!!!

Haha this is true, I recently got my hands on some regular pinaud clubman and I just love putting that stuff on my face.

 

[DSB]

"I am shaving."

 

[DSB]

Okay, this is what I'm really thinking. . .

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[JFielder23]

I'm pretty new at DE shaving, but I think of my late grandfather. I used to always be intrigued as a child when I would watch him shave with a DE (dad always used cartridges as long as I can remember).

 

[Searlands]

Keep the sideburns even ... Not too much pressure coz we don't like weepers.

 

[Harry Snider]

Sometimes I think there's going to be a resistance formed where guerrilla badgers are set to take back what was...... ouch, pay attention, now look what you've done! Medic!

 

[tfinch]

Sometimes I daydream and ponder on the tangible connection to earlier years. I imagine myself finishing the shave and getting dressed, putting on a fedora and the old standard black plastic rim eyeglasses (with the little pouch type holder in my shirt pocket of course) like it was 1963 outside. Of course, if it really was 1963 I'd have me a crew cut, wouldn't dare go outside with this long hair or someone would stomp me =D

 

[rxonmymind]

Shaving...my wife..shaving... my wife..ow!....shaving, shaving... sh..my wife...not in the exact order. Can be reversed

 

[gash]

"This is a kamisori. Don't die."

 

[zachster]

I have some of my best ideas while I'm shaving. And then I promptly forget them when I'm done.

 

[gash]

Blood loss will do that.

 

[thekinge]

Interesting thread! I think only about getting a shave without razor burn or nicks / weepers while enjoying the smell of the shaving cream. Towards the end of the shave, I start thinking about which aftershave to use. Come to think of it, my mind is fully focused on the shaving experience and completely void of all other thoughts while I'm shaving; and that's a very good thing!

 

[ThomasB98908]

"Leave the Skin on the Chin, Leave the Skin on the Chin, Leave the Skin on the Chin........."