Comments on: Rip van Winkle

By: bad Jim

bad Jim — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 07:35:55 +0000

But does your barber shave herself?

By: Ronald Brak

Ronald Brak — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 05:16:47 +0000

March, you get five or six uses out of the Sensor two-blade?!? I use Bic Twin Lady for my face and I use each one for about a month.

By: Michael Mouse

Michael Mouse — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:40:21 +0000

IME, razors follow the law of Star Trek films: even is generally better than odd, and 1 stands out as the worst and 2 as the best. It just gets a bit silly after that.

By: Angelos

Angelos — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:52:34 +0000

I’ve stuck with the Sensor two-blade. Great shave, and the blades last 5 or 6 uses.

These crazy 3, 4, and 5-blade contraptions are just too unwieldy. The last thing I would want is one of them vibrating, too.

By: martin Wisse

martin Wisse — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 09:57:12 +0000

You can’t get a shave at a barber shop? What the?

You certainly can here in .nl, though my last visit is a year or so ago so it may have changed since.

Meanwhile you do look good without a beard, though surprisingly less Aussie looking.

By: Redshift

Redshift — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 06:17:38 +0000

I remember when three blades was a joke on Saturday Night Live…

By: SG

SG — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 02:44:29 +0000

Ronald, I haven`t been able to tell if my barber uses a cutthroat razor or not since I have shaving cream on my eyes, but fortunately he was one of Japan`s horde of “cool men”, so we mostly talked about bars and music. The question your barber asked you is particularly nasty in the light of the Charisma Man phenomenon and I always feel a sinister judgement could be about to be made when someone addresses it to me… definitely don`t want that judgement being made by Sweeney Todd!

By: vivian

vivian — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 01:16:59 +0000

John, may I just say that you look really, really good without a beard? Now you look way too young to have a son who can shave too. Claptonesque, possibly, but your eyes seem a lot less haunted. Well done!

By: Ronald Brak

Ronald Brak — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:00:20 +0000

I’d suggest using women’s disposable razors to shave your face with. Women have the good sense not to buy blunt painful razors, so even the cheapest ones generally do a good job. I’m almost convinced that the cheap disposable razors for men on sale in Australia are purposely made badly to force you to buy the expensive high end models. I used to buy good quality, cheap, disposable razors from the hundred yen shop in Japan, so I know that it is possible to make them.

And sg, I had give up going to the barber in Japan and learn to cut my hair myself. It’s because the barber would lather me up, put a razor against my throat and then ask questions like, “So, do you like Japanese women?” I never knew how to answer in a way that was guaranteed not to cause offense. If I said yes, would he cry, “You stay away from our women!” and if I said no would he say, “What’s the matter? Aren’t they good enough for you!” I found the whole experience just too nerve racking.

By: Jon H

Jon H — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 22:48:11 +0000

You look a bit like Eric Clapton.

By: nick s

nick s — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:17:15 +0000

In fact, John, 'multi-blade and a battery' oneupmanship has encouraged a revival of interest in the safety razor and the double-edge blade, to the point of rather scary obsession by some with the water-absorption qualities of their $100 badger brush. My unreconstructed local barber shop also offers cutthroat razor shaves, though I've yet to take up the offer, perhaps on account of being considered a Blood Risk by the American Red Cross.

By: MikeJ

MikeJ — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:07:45 +0000

samchevre beat me to it, but yes, in suburban DC, you can get a shave at the barbar. With a straight razor, the way god intended.

By: SamChevre

SamChevre — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:47:30 +0000

And here in ultimate red-country VA, I can get a shave at the barber shop if I were to so desire—although I haven’t done it yet.

By: James McGovern

James McGovern — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:21:08 +0000

If a man’s name is “Mr. Kim”, then he is almost certainly Korean, and Korea is in Northeast Asia, not Southeast.

By: SG

SG — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:13:47 +0000

Ah John, if you lived as i do in Japan, where all men take their appearance seriously, you could get a haircut and a shave for a mere $17. This includes having your eyebrows balanced up, all the hairs on your neck shaved and any errant hairs sticking out of your nose or ears done too. Every barber does it and it’s an essential part of the visit. It is of course considerably more costly if you want a stylish haircut, but the shave is always good!