# Men and Women: Let's talk shaving.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-and-women-lets-talk-shaving/702922
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [October 29, 2014, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-and-women-lets-talk-shaving/702922 "2014-10-29T17:22:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
**Page:** 4
### Author:  [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2014, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-and-women-lets-talk-shaving/702922/61 "2014-10-31T14:47:08Z")
For what I do shave (which isn’t a lot) I go with shaving soap and a cut-throat. I use the same thing on various body parts when needed.
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### Author:  [@Pabitel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pabitel)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2014, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-and-women-lets-talk-shaving/702922/62 "2014-10-31T15:03:18Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#):
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> Like a real man I do not shave because if Mother Nature wanted me baby smooth she would not have blessed me with my glorious beard.
Same here. I use clippers on the beard but I don’t think a razor has touched my body since some time in the 80s.
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### Author:  [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-and-women-lets-talk-shaving/702922/63 "2014-10-31T15:36:01Z")
> [@Voyager](#):
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> have you ever seen them together? Well, have you???
Come to think of it, no, I have not seen them together. OMG! **Hari Seldon** is Ulysses S. Grant!!! It’s so obvious now. 😃
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### Author:  [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2014, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-and-women-lets-talk-shaving/702922/64 "2014-10-31T19:06:00Z")
I shave pretty much every day. Sometimes I’ll skip a day on weekends.
I use plain old Barbasol shave cream (I like the stuff in the yellow can, but the green or red cans are okay too), which I get at the supermarket for about a buck and half a can. Razor blades from [Place](http://www.dorcousa.com/). I used to use Gillette Mach 3 blades, but I got sick of paying the ridiculous price they charged. The Pace blades are pretty much as good.
I shave in the shower. I’ve got a mirror on the wall and it works better with the steam and hot water. Keeps the sink cleaner, too.
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### Author:  [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2014, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-and-women-lets-talk-shaving/702922/65 "2014-10-31T19:07:15Z")
I shave pretty much every day. Sometimes I’ll skip a day on weekends.
I use plain old Barbasol shave cream (I like the stuff in the yellow can, but the green or red cans are okay too), which I get at the supermarket for about a buck and half a can. Razor blades from [Pace](http://www.dorcousa.com/). I used to use Gillette Mach 3 blades, but I got sick of paying the ridiculous price they charged. The Pace blades are pretty much as good.
I shave in the shower. I’ve got a mirror on the wall and it works better with the steam and hot water. Keeps the sink cleaner, too.
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### Author:  [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-and-women-lets-talk-shaving/702922/66 "2014-10-31T20:15:56Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#):
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> Dry electric razor.
I’m terribly lazy, and use a beard-trimmer. That way, I’m always walking around with one-day stubble.
Hey, it worked for Crockett and Tubbs…
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### Author:  [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2014, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-and-women-lets-talk-shaving/702922/67 "2014-10-31T21:45:23Z")
Can of Barbisol, mach 3 powered shaver. I shave twice in the morning. I can run these blades out a month and still not get shaving nicks but I prefer 1-2 weeks of use.
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### Author:  [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-and-women-lets-talk-shaving/702922/68 "2014-10-31T22:06:32Z")
No option provided for “Nothing”, which is what I use 90% of the time.
(the 10% would be shaving cream)
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### Author:  [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2014, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-and-women-lets-talk-shaving/702922/69 "2014-10-31T22:24:50Z")
Like a real man, I drive the whiskers in using a hammer and bite them off inside. I use the trimmings to grit the sidewalk in winter.
Electric razors give me a fierce rash though. I has a very sensitive skin.
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2014, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-and-women-lets-talk-shaving/702922/70 "2014-10-31T23:26:36Z")
I shave after a shower when my face is already wet. I just use liquid soap to lube up.
I shave with a Schicks disposable razor. It’s one of the few products in which I have a serious brand preference. I’ve tried other brands at times and I’ve found they don’t work as well.
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### Author:  [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2014, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-and-women-lets-talk-shaving/702922/71 "2014-11-01T00:10:28Z")
> [@The Great Sun Jester](#):
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> Like a real man, I drive the whiskers in using a hammer and bite them off inside.
I didn’t know you were a logger.
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### Author:  [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2014, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-and-women-lets-talk-shaving/702922/72 "2014-11-01T00:29:29Z")
Razors from [The Dollar Shave Club](http://www.dollarshaveclub.com/) and whatever can of shaving cream my wife buys with a coupon.
However after reading this thread, I’m going to try some of the other soap options as I occasionally get razor burn.
ETA: oh, and I shave in the shower. It’s way faster, easier clean up, and I get a LOT better shaves.
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### Author:  [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2014, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-and-women-lets-talk-shaving/702922/73 "2014-11-01T02:27:30Z")
> [@Balance](#):
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> I didn’t know you were a logger.
Well I’m not just a common bum. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2014, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-and-women-lets-talk-shaving/702922/74 "2014-11-01T06:25:14Z")
Dry electric razor. I hate wasting time, and I can read e-mail while shaving with an electric.
Sure, a razor gives a slightly closer shave, but after a few hours the stubble is grown out enough that it doesn’t matter.
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