IMO, you could *easily* pull off a shave job -- dude, go for the skin! It would become you (and save you scads of time and money, like forever). You've got a great shaped head plus you're dark complected. A no-brainer in my book.

A friend of a friend in his early 30s went quite bald. He shaved off the rest and now has to fight off the ladies -- really!! He, too, has a great shaped head and isn't cancer ward white.