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Old 04-25-2008, 10:55 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Reposting my attempt in the appropriate forum:

My Headshave

And, for comparison, a real pro in action (someday I want to be as good as this guy):



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Old 04-26-2008, 12:28 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Three minute total trip. That's a head shaving Jedi.

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Old 04-26-2008, 08:18 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Yes, he is our Yoda.

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Jimbo kudos .. for your own head shave ......... I've still not got the confidence to attempt it .. the back of my neck is the closet I get , still use the wet n dry clippers or a safety when I do mine ..


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Cheers Garry.

A lot of it does boil down to confidence - the first couple of times are fairly scary, but once you get a few under your belt without major incident you realise it's not so different to shaving your face.

I'd encourage you to give it a go and throw away those Bics!

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Jimbo, you are a braver man than I!! You've got to give us a "how to"...
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Thanks Jimbo! Your encouragement led me to try a head shave yesterday - it went well enough to give it another go today. Not as smooth as my face but pretty darn good and I enjoy having that much more area to shave (some, anyway - not much left on top!)
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Jimbo, you are a braver man than I!! You've got to give us a "how to"...
I'm not sure I get what you mean - I guess I could add a commentary soundtrack (David Attenborough style) over the video if that would help

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Thanks Jimbo! Your encouragement led me to try a head shave yesterday - it went well enough to give it another go today. Not as smooth as my face but pretty darn good and I enjoy having that much more area to shave (some, anyway - not much left on top!)
Congratulations! Head shaving is addictive with the straight. I can only speak from personal experience, but it's helped a lot with my face shaving technique too.

I used to think there was no upside to being follicly challenged. Nowadays I feel blessed to have another part of my body I can use a straight on.

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i had my first head shave and i went to barber shop and they use straight razor then gillette shaver on me and now i dont wanna hair on top anymore
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