Had a good shave this morning. La Toja and my usual Thayers Witch Hazel for afterwards. How are my fellow Foxhole Shavers doing this weekend!?
Foxhole Shavers Club
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Shaving like a King!
So does shaving with water bottles and PX cartridge razors in Afghanistan qualify me?
It over-qualifies you.
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Oh yeah...
Cant say I did it every day, but when the blackwater and greywater trucks cant get in the gates and all you have is porta potties and water bottles for a week at a time you gotta make do. I just got my first DE razor in the mail today and Im gonna try it out. I have been practicing with shaving soap for my last few shaves with a cartridge razor though so Id be prepared, but tonight will be my first shave with the safety razor. Once I start using that regularly I know its going to be a challenge next deployment on my ship when I share 5 sinks with 80 other guys.
Just wait for all the questions! Everyone will want to know about all the cool stuff your using.
That and tell me to hurry up lol
Finally got everything I need except for my lucky tiger aftershave I ordered. Going to have to make do with my old after shave lotion for tonight
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What a great club and thank you for including me. As the army believes in training to be miserable, I have found myself in the deserts during the summer and in the mountains during the winter so my foxhole shaving as been interesting. Shaving in the desert during a shamal with only water and shaving during a severe snowstorm with frozen water are only a few fond memories I've had shaving in the field. I'm glad I can look back on it now and laugh. 
Nice, I'm in
I'm in. Air Force here, been deployed twice.
First time was to Djibouti, Africa. I had not yet found the wonders of the B&B community and the traditional wet shaving experience so it was a Mach 3, Edge gel, and the tiny sink in my CLU. Quite often we would run out of water and I had to use bottled water. We all kept a couple cases of water in our CLU, because sometimes the water would run out while you were showering, and you had to finish with bottled water.
Second time was to Kandahar, Afghanistan. I worked for ISAF (NATO), and we had seperate accommodations which were pretty nice. Basically 3 story dorms. Had to share a communal bathroom with everyone on the floor, which made getting a peaceful shave somewhat difficult. This time I was well versed in the use of the Badger and the Blade. Here was my shave Den:
First time was to Djibouti, Africa. I had not yet found the wonders of the B&B community and the traditional wet shaving experience so it was a Mach 3, Edge gel, and the tiny sink in my CLU. Quite often we would run out of water and I had to use bottled water. We all kept a couple cases of water in our CLU, because sometimes the water would run out while you were showering, and you had to finish with bottled water.
Second time was to Kandahar, Afghanistan. I worked for ISAF (NATO), and we had seperate accommodations which were pretty nice. Basically 3 story dorms. Had to share a communal bathroom with everyone on the floor, which made getting a peaceful shave somewhat difficult. This time I was well versed in the use of the Badger and the Blade. Here was my shave Den:
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Welcome aboard TheVez2!
Wifey spent about $100 on Mary Kay junk last night (guess I have no room calling it junk) so I got to spend about $100 too! Now I have some TOBS Jermyn Street soap, TOBS Rose Cream, and a new EJ 21mm Synthetic Silvertip Fibre on the way! I got the brush in the Horn version....to match my foxhole...of course!
Hello everyone. I'm not really big on forum clubs but I think I would be proud to throw this one in my signature. I've been in the Army National Guard for thirteen years with a few deployments sprinkled in. I'm AGR so The Guard is also currently my full time job.
I am currently an OCS instructor ( officer candidate school) as an E7 it's important for the potential officers to know that an NCO can work more hours than them and still always look clean shaven and ready to work. Oddly enough this has led to many more interesting shaving situations than the field or deployments ever did.
Well I hope this qualifies me. Happy shaving.
I am currently an OCS instructor ( officer candidate school) as an E7 it's important for the potential officers to know that an NCO can work more hours than them and still always look clean shaven and ready to work. Oddly enough this has led to many more interesting shaving situations than the field or deployments ever did.
Well I hope this qualifies me. Happy shaving.
You got one of those drip-dry, permanent-press brushes. Just the thing for a foxhole in Florida.
Count me in. Haven't been in a foxhole since basic, but I've had quite a few shaves from a canteen cup on top of a humvee hood. New to DE shaving so haven't had the opportunity to use a DE in the field, but I'm looking forward to see how it goes. Honored to be a part of the group.
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It is also our honor jimraider.
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