Will the blades degrade on their own over time?
If they are in your razor make sure they are dry before leaving them. If they are in their wrapper unused keep them that way
If you have a few hundred, an airtight container helps. Some people go as far as to put packets of silica gel in with the blades. Silly preppers anticipating the shavepocalypse... Says the guy with 2 straights and two hundredish blades (small compared to lots!)
-snip- Question i have is using a soap puck i see alot of yall have it in a cup and wanted to know do you lather in the cup or use hot water to pick up some and then use another vessel. -snip-
A couple of days ago I unearthed a badger brush and soap I received as a Christmas present a few years back and thought, "What the heck?" (Coincidentally it was a couple days after I had read this thread.) So I broke them out along with an old safety razor I had from my grandfather. After the first shave, my electric razor got tossed in the bottom drawer of the bathroom cabinet.
So my question to the group is, is it unnatural to want to shave 2 or 3 times a day?
I watched all his vids great info plus I can relate to the cheesiness.
OK i literally spent last night at work reading this thread, i always passed it by because i thought it was a joke thread title. I had no idea that this was a real thing. I didnt know you could do it home and even watched the How its Made episodes on SE and DEs and asked my wife who the hell still uses those?
After diving into this thread and being at work i was ansy to get home. Im looking at a 65 SuperSpeed on ebay right now up to .99 cents(whooo)
Ive got a brush cream and blades on the way here from westcoast shaving, i think im about to take over the bathroom or at least annex some from my wife.
Question i have is using a soap puck i see alot of yall have it in a cup and wanted to know do you lather in the cup or use hot water to pick up some and then use another vessel.
AHHH im really excited to get all my supplies here and start shaving.
Thanks for your techniques.
Yea im coming from shaving no gel or anything maybe hot water.
But that was born of me being in the military and either in the field deployed or at work early and no time to get ready needing to shave everyday. Got out and the trend just continued becuase thats what I was used to. Necks always been kind of rough but im sure this will help immensely
jtkratzer said:Another convert.
Yup...this part sucks. Wet shaving the majority of the time but having to subject myself to the "field shave" makes me appreciate the first wet shave after a shower even more.
God I couldnt imagine going from wet shave to field smooth. Id cry or commendere a heater canteen cup and mirror.
jtkratzer said:Being an arty guy and having access to a coffee pot, I have definitely run water through the pot to heat it up before a shave.
Punity said:Nice I would use the engine shroud of an AAV to heat up soup and coffee. Cant have tasters choice cold.
Pappers_ said:Another 100 pack of Shark Super Chromes arrived in the mail today. First pack lasted me about two years. Spending $15 on razor blades every two years - winning!
Another 100 pack of Shark Super Chromes arrived in the mail today. First pack lasted me about two years. Spending $15 on razor blades every two years - winning!
landshark said:Cut my nose this morning shaving under it. Didn't even notice it until I was making coffee and thought I had a runny nose. Damn.
Cut my nose this morning shaving under it. Didn't even notice it until I was making coffee and thought I had a runny nose. Damn.
My chin was typically my arch-nemesis. so much so I kept a goatee for years because I didn't want to shave the area.
landshark said:My chin was typically my arch-nemesis. so much so I kept a goatee for years because I didn't want to shave the area.
andycr said:Chin never seemed to get smooth, now I just buff the hell out of it to get it smooth. Given up on shaving it with any sort of precision, but I'm happy with how it turns out, and luckily don't have very sensitive skin.
Have to keep working on my angle technique. Tend to fall back into moving the wrist rather than the elbow, which doesn't exactly produce an evenly smooth shave ("bailing motion" rather than a "skimming motion"). Also keep tending to push way harder than I need to - few days ago I managed to push the edge of the blade into the skin. Nice long cut for a while.
Amazing how good the results can be (and are, most days), and also amazing how something so simple is so difficult to perfect...
jeepinjeepin said:I resemble that comment.
Sweet just got most of my supplies brush cream and razrs are here just wating on my 54 superspeed and finding the right mug that I want to use for lather. God I cant wait.
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