Non-sly moments

[jusbnme]

Hey there, bald brothers!

I'm new on this forum but not a bald newbie.

I will have been sly for 25 years within the next couple of weeks and every time I've grown (some) hair, it just reminded me why I went bald!

Welcome FBP.  25 years?  Man, you are like a "hall of famer" of shaving the dome. 

[BALDANDRE]

I could have a full head of hair if I wanted it.. I just don't want it! I love shaving, I love how it looks, I love how it feels, I love how it makes me feel.. that list could go on forever.

I'm with Cam....1000%. I know it's easy to say for dudes that can grow their hair if they wanted to, but look at it this way....at least if you're a MPB dude and are kinda forced to be "sly", you're living in a time when dudes actually CHOOSE to not have any hair on their heads and love the look and society has almost completely embrassed it as a "hairstyle"...

imagine being a bald dude in the 70's...are you kidding....talk about a hard time.....

The time to be sly is now my brothers....this cat ain't ever going back to the hairy side...

slick and sly is just way too cool!

[schro]

I agree Andre, but I don't refer to being SLY as either a "hairstyle" or (gasp) a "hairdo"...

I call it a "HAIR DON'T".

I've seen a few SLY guys around town and mentioned that and they've said they had never heard that before. But, they liked it.

[Robmeister]

Whoah....I went shopping for a Sea Doo recently.....and found that the only thing I could afford was a Sea DON"T.

[schro]

Since this thread has been going, I've gone without shaving the dome for two days. To be honest............... it's driving me nuts! Tomorrow afternoon, I'm looking forward to taking Miko (my dog) on a 4 mile run and then showering up and I'm bringing out the HeadBlade and HeadSlick and cleaning up the dome.

Oh by the way, I'm loving the Schick Extreme3 as a face razor. When I started shaving the dome 4 months ago, I decided to ditch the old Gillette Sensor to go to a Gillette Atra so I'd only have to buy one type of replacement blade. Well, the Atra absolutely stunk for my face (love it for my dome). So, I went with the Extreme3 after seeing the cost of blades for both the Fusion and the Mach3  . The Extreme3 is about 40-50% less and still has the closeness of a multiple blade shave. Check it out.

Cheers!
Schro

[Razor X]

imagine being a bald dude in the 70's...are you kidding....talk about a hard time.....

The time to be sly is now my brothers....this cat ain't ever going back to the hairy side...

I agree.  It must have been awful to be experiencing hair loss in those days, when the fashion was calling for more, not less, hair and shaved heads were virtually unheard of.

It's guys like you, Andre, who chose to shave full heads of hair, who made headshaving "sly".  Otherwise, it would just be something that MPB guys do  because they "have to", instead of a cool fashion statement.

[MR. CLEAN]

Whoah....I went shopping for a Sea Doo recently.....and found that the only thing I could afford was a Sea DON"T.

No Offense brother, but, ya...

[Razor X]

Oh by the way, I'm loving the Schick Extreme3 as a face razor. .

Which one -- the regular or disposable?  I have a few of the disposables on hand for emergencies if I run out of Mach III blades.  That happened recently and when I was out shopping they were all out of them at the store, so I used the Schick Extreme 3 disposables for a few days.  It did do a decent job, though I did give myself the worst nick on the side of my head that I have ever had.  Would not stop bleeding for a long time and left a nasty scab for days afterwards.   I've found that while these razors do leave me feeling just as smooth right after I shave, the stubble seems to return more quickly than with the Mach III.

I'm guessing that the non-disposable is a little better.  If you think it's equivalent to the Mach III, I may give it a try.  Are you using it on your head too?  I'm not as picky about what I use to shave my face.  Before I had the goat, I could never get my chin completely smooth no matter what I used.  Now I only have to shave my neck and my cheeks and getting those smooth is rarely a problem.

[don]

I'm one of those dudes that lost his hair in the late seventies when I was about 22 and it was hell. All you got back then was made fun of or stared at.People could be ignorant asses.It's much easier for young guys today.I hope all those bastards who made me feel uncomfortable are bald now.LOL. Now at 50 short cropped thinning hair is normal.You know mother nature is a woman.Only a woman would do that to a very young guy.Think about it.You notice that women usually don't lose their hair.LOL.I just feel silly tonight.

[schro]

Oh by the way, I'm loving the Schick Extreme3 as a face razor. .

Which one -- the regular or disposable?  I have a few of the disposables on hand for emergencies if I run out of Mach III blades.  That happened recently and when I was out shopping they were all out of them at the store, so I used the Schick Extreme 3 disposables for a few days.  It did do a decent job, though I did give myself the worst nick on the side of my head that I have ever had.  Would not stop bleeding for a long time and left a nasty scab for days afterwards.   I've found that while these razors do leave me feeling just as smooth right after I shave, the stubble seems to return more quickly than with the Mach III.

I'm guessing that the non-disposable is a little better.  If you think it's equivalent to the Mach III, I may give it a try.  Are you using it on your head too?  I'm not as picky about what I use to shave my face.  Before I had the goat, I could never get my chin completely smooth no matter what I used.  Now I only have to shave my neck and my cheeks and getting those smooth is rarely a problem.

I use the non-disposeable Extreme3 on my face, RazorX. I am a HeadBlade Classic user for my head (generic Atra catridges). I also use the Ex3 for touching up around the ears. With the Fusion blades running around $3.25 each and Mach3 around $3, I thought $1.85 for the Extreme3 blades was a no brainer. The shave quality is awesome.

[CarlosMIS]

Actually...

the other day when the shampoo was on sale for 99 cents...

 

[RichardN.]

Hey RazorX,

I agree with you about missing my hair at times.  Sometimes I'm a little jealous when I see a guy with a great head of hair.  It would be nice to have a great do at times.  I'm not actually bald yet, it's by choice. 

See 'ya
Rich

[MR. CLEAN]

Hey RazorX,

I agree with you about missing my hair at times.  Sometimes I'm a little jealous when I see a guy with a great head of hair.  It would be nice to have a great do at times.  I'm not actually bald yet, it's by choice. 

See 'ya
Rich

Dude, I do not miss anything of having a full head of hair... I don't miss the amount of time that it took to style it, I don't miss the fact that I could not rock certain styles due to my hair type, I do not miss the flacky look that hair gel gets when its been more than two hours since you applied it.

As far as I am concerned, I feel sorry for the guys with a full head of hair.  Think about it from this perspective: They have something that they can easily mess up, Dandruff is a pain in the backside for some, and the Bald look is a hell of alot more solid/original/a turn on to the opposite sex than a great do can be.  As far as I see it, I have the better end of the deal.  I am BBC as well, hell, I even started a facebook group titled "BBC", I could have a full head of hair, but dude, I will shave every morning for the rest of my days as I see it now. 

BBC for life, Sly always.  Rock on Richard & RazorX and realize that you have been dealt a winning hand!

[danyroo]

I'm also bbc.. for the last 9 years. My hair grows so fast.
and yes I've just recently shaved after 2 months .. and 2 hair cuts.. I usually do this once a year or so.

but bald is the way..

[ChallengeMe]

I'm one of those dudes that lost his hair in the late seventies when I was about 22 and it was hell. All you got back then was made fun of or stared at.People could be ignorant asses.It's much easier for young guys today.I hope all those bastards who made me feel uncomfortable are bald now.LOL. Now at 50 short cropped thinning hair is normal.You know mother nature is a woman.Only a woman would do that to a very young guy.Think about it.You notice that women usually don't lose their hair.LOL.I just feel silly tonight.

You're right there. I had a bald spot in my wedding pictures from 34 years ago (June 16), but I don't think I was aware of it then, since it was in back. But my hair started falling out really quick then. The 70's were not a good time for that. It didn't bother me when guys made fun of it, but it really bothered me when women teased me.