Norelco Rotary Shaver Sharpening

Still easier to grow a beard. I haven't shaved for 29 years now. How many others go my route?

Karl

I have had a beard most of the time since I was 18. Every once in a while I would get curious as to what I looked like and shave for a few months. The older I got the less curious I was. Haven't shaved since I was 44, six years ago.

CarlBoyd

In Florida? Are you insane? :) I just pop the guard off my hair clippers once a week and remove the worst of it, unless I have to be somewhere important.

Yes, but the cages wear out, too. And when they wear out, it jams the blade and strips the gears in the head, wrecking the razor. Now that the razor is trash, the savings evaporate. DAMHIKT.

Don't step over a dollar to pick up a penny. At least buy new heads every other time - it might work once, but not forever.

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My Dad gave me a $5 plastic kit a few years ago to do just that. It was basically a shallow plastic tube with an ID the same as the OD of the blades. You also got bumch of little sandpaper discs sized to fit the tube. Drop a disk into the tube grit side up, drop in a blade, rotate for a few minutes with your finger. I'm lazy, I use the razor motor. Doesn't seem to matter which way it turns. Repeat for the others. So far it works every time.

On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:56:33 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm, "Karl Townsend" quickly quoth:

I still shave my chin, but my mustache has been growing since I was 18 or 19. I trim that, BTW.

Viva la Cookie Duster!

On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:17:39 -0700, with neither quill nor qualm, Bruce L. Bergman quickly quoth:

Please define "every other time", Bruce.

Who is Cookie, and why is she dusty?

I! 31-32 years I think.

Now -- around December, little kids start thinking that I'm Santa. :-)

Enjoy, DoN.

I have a beard but shave the upper cheeks and the neck. 33 years The other Karl

On 12 Sep 2008 02:57:08 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm, "DoN. Nichols" quickly quoth:

Your beard is THAT white, Gramps? ;)

The first time it gets dull, use your sharpening trick. The second time, replace the heads. Third, sharpen, Fourth replace.

Lather, Rinse, Repeat. (Once.)

Or you can go Sharpen, Sharpen, Sharpen, Sharpen, Sharpen... GRUNCH! as the cage/comb part wears through and jams the cutter head and the plastic drive gears strip.

Then instead of buying a $10 set of heads you are buying a $100 razor. And that's what I mean about "Stepping over a dollar to pick up a penny" - it may have sounded like a good idea at the time, but it's false economy.

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I thought rotary blades were self sharpening. Norelco said theirs are, but if the blades and combs get mixed up they'll be resharpened in a matter of days, or in a matter of seconds if a tiny dab of toothpaste is applied (you can hear it do its work).

Yep. Let's see -- 2008 - 1941 is 67 years old now.

Enjoy, DoN.

On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:23:45 -0700, with neither quill nor qualm, Bruce L. Bergman quickly quoth:

Gotcha. But with my lack of beard, heads last damnear as long as the razor.

Ten bucks my arse, Bruce. Even Wally World is getting $28 now.

I tell them "No, my tummy isn't quite big enough!" Gerry :-)} London, Canada

At least there are no negative numbers in that equation. ;-)

I have worn a mustache continuously since 1971 , and had a beard most of that time . I can't remember the last time I shaved ... probably sometime in the mid 90's .