Decided to try out a straight razor type safety razor today... love it so much decided to switch. This stanrd model is nice but figured id get the nicer adjustable one.

Also just upgraded to the super sharp blade as opposed to the normal mild blades people use... this will be fun, or painful ;)

@freemo I still prefer my handy scissors. Never got used with shaving razors.

@waltercool I always had a gruff beard, so shaving at all is a bit out of the ordinary for me

@freemo What made you decide to go nakey after sporting a beard?

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Not sure if i will. At a minimum i will use it to shave the space around my beard.

But even with a beard I usually shave it off every month or two and then let it grow back. When it gets too long it annoys me and I like the do over... I may stay clean shaven for a while this time though, I dunno. I think im just bored :)

@freemo Well, i'm not all that interested in the shaving itself, more in the social aspects.

But if you are interested in wearing a beard: it's got to do with patience. There is a period of time where it is annoying (and prickly), but hold out long enough and it gets comfy.

Upper lip needs a trim from time to time (short prickly period) or maybe that's not a problem either and i am not patient enough either ^^

@admitsWrongIfProven My issue is if the beard gets too long I start to play with it and it develops into a habit and feels like a nervous tick. This starts to happen around when the upper lip or lower lit is longer than maybe a mm or so.

The rest of the beard I can tolerate quite a bit longer, but that has a similar problem when it gets too long.

@freemo Sounds like you need more patience. And maybe a bit of self esteem in the self image department.
I was told playing with my beard might get me picked on, but in reality other things are much more of a problem. I did play with my beard while reading your toot, and i don't have problems because i do so from time to time.

If you care for your beard, or stroke it while thinking and then someone complains, a mild smile is generally all that is needed.

In all situations where i need to project a certain image, beard-fuddling does not play a role. I'm much too busy to treat unknown-unknowns as friends to stroke my beard.

@admitsWrongIfProven It has nothing to do with patience or self-esteem. I dont particularly care if anyone thinks different if they see me playing with my beard... I dont like it for personal reasons, like i said it feels like developing a nervous tick or something.

In short, having a long beard starts damaging my mental health... probably some mild relationship to trichotillomania or something.

@freemo Oh wow, i had to look that one up.

Of course, i was just talking about stroking, not pulling hair. If you're given to that, it seems a short trim makes sense.

@admitsWrongIfProven well it starts with me twisting and stroking.. once it becomes habitual the act starts to annoy me and eventually I want to shorten or pull the hair so as to stop the playing with it. It takes several days before id start pulling it.

Ifi do anything repetitively/habitually I'd get increasingly frustrated I think.