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Head Shaving, Grooming & Care => Head Shaving => Topic started by: warhawk on December 15, 2011, 10:10:16 AM

Title: mirror or mirror-free head shaving...
Post by: warhawk on December 15, 2011, 10:10:16 AM
hello fellow chrome domes:

i remember discussing this subject a couple of years ago and i thought it would B fun 2 discuss it again since we have so many new members on the forum.  just wondering.... when head shaving... do U use a mirror or no mirror?

i'll start:  when i shave my dome... i am a mirror-free head shaver.  i go by feel (braille method).  so.... how 'bout U?  when head shaving... do U use a mirror?  or are U mirror-free?  what's your story?

WARHAWK O0
Title: Re: mirror or mirror-free head shaving...
Post by: warhawk on December 15, 2011, 10:12:37 AM
i also want 2 add if U use a mirror will U B trying 2 perform your head shaving without the mirror in the future.

WARHAWK O0
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Post by: Paul the Headblader on December 15, 2011, 10:45:59 AM
I'm using a mirror...never tried w/o it.
I will give it a shot, though.
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Post by: Sir Harry on December 15, 2011, 11:13:42 AM
I have a triple mirror medicine cabinet where I can fold the two outside doors to an angle where I can see the back of my head...I'm a little on the clumsy side, but in time, I can do it by feel more than sight...
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Post by: DanvMan on December 15, 2011, 11:44:43 AM
ive been using a mirror but tried mirror free the other night, felt really weird without looking at my mug whilst shaving but i guess thats just because its what im used to.

Its something im gonna keep trying though ^^
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Post by: Laser Man on December 15, 2011, 12:12:16 PM
I used a mirror at first, but for the past 2 months, have been doing it completely by feel. In that time, I haven't nicked or cut myself even once. Also, I'm faster at shaving without a mirror, but the end result is the same!
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Post by: D.A.L.U.I. on December 15, 2011, 12:15:49 PM
At the sink, mirror for the front, braille for the back.  On the rare occasions that I shower shave--all braille. 
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Post by: CraftyGuy on December 15, 2011, 12:57:21 PM
At the sink in front of the mirror.
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Post by: -Doug- on December 15, 2011, 01:43:16 PM
Shower shaver here so I opt for the braille method. However, I do have a mirror in the shower and use it when I need to be careful around a previous shave's nick. Once the nick has been shaved around it's back to the braille method.
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Post by: outsider82 on December 15, 2011, 01:56:54 PM
I'm a sink shaver, have the mirror there however I don't really use it, more of a braille shaver really.
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Post by: xnewyawka on December 15, 2011, 02:30:07 PM
I usually shave in the shower so I use the trailing technique. On the odd occasion that I shave at the sink, then I shave the same way as saintc stated earlier.  
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Post by: kalbo on December 15, 2011, 03:01:43 PM
Most of the time, I don't use a mirror when I shave my head.
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Post by: baldsurfer on December 15, 2011, 03:13:07 PM
I like a mirror - but mostly because I do face and head at the same time and I don't want to screw up the goatee. Back and sides are pretty much all "braille" anyway...
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Post by: tomgallagher on December 15, 2011, 04:00:21 PM
At the sink with a mirror. Head and face at the same time.
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Post by: DCdome on December 15, 2011, 05:20:08 PM
I shave in the shower without a mirror.  Sometimes I use a mirror when shaving my facial hair, but even then I shave most of the face while in the shower and then afterwards at a mirror for the area right around my beard.
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Post by: Arnie on December 15, 2011, 05:54:23 PM
No mirror.
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Post by: Slynito on December 15, 2011, 07:22:17 PM
I use which ever way is convenient at the time...both.
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Post by: Slyfive on December 16, 2011, 04:07:17 PM
At the sink, mirror for the front, braille for the back.  On the rare occasions that I shower shave--all braille. 

me too, for some reason my brain can't handle looking in the mirror while I'm shaving the back of my head
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Post by: sailor61 on December 16, 2011, 04:32:17 PM
Always in the shower, mirror for my face and braille on the top and back. I tried the mirror bit once, in the beginnnig, and found it much slower and far more frustrating.
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Post by: jimbo48 on December 16, 2011, 05:23:38 PM
I have gradually gone from mirror shaving for the back of my head to shaving with no mirror.
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Post by: gardner179 on December 27, 2011, 02:07:28 PM
i shave in the shower with a mirror for the face, braille for the dome O0 O0