Just received my annual supply of blades - 100 blades via Amazon. Shark Super Chromes, and they cost less than last year - $11.99 for 100. Ahhh, the sweet, sweet smell of thriftiness.
Just received my annual supply of blades - 100 blades via Amazon. Shark Super Chromes, and they cost less than last year - $11.99 for 100. Ahhh, the sweet, sweet smell of thriftiness.
I love my DE and my SE razors. I use feather blades in both, I just find that the super sharp blade cuts my beard the best (without cutting my face).
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Just received my annual supply of blades - 100 blades via Amazon. Shark Super Chromes, and they cost less than last year - $11.99 for 100. Ahhh, the sweet, sweet smell of thriftiness.
Of the blades available I have tried and like Feather probably the best. Believe it or not, a very close second are the generic blades in the sampler I ordered from Amazon. Makes me wonder how many manufacturers there really are and which make what brands.
I also have a beard and find that wet shaving to keep it neat and then applying beard oil is the only way to fly. My beard is heavy and a little natural beard oil (also Amazon) conditions it and makes it less itchy when It's short and keeps the "beard flakes" (chin dandruff) off my shirt...ain't nobody likes seein that!
Feel like a new man every time!
I use Red Israeli Personna blades. Tabac is the stuff I keep going back to for soap. I have had the Merkur Progress from almost the beginning.
Got into wet shaving because of two year long deployments to Iraq. Shaving every freaking day without respite with cartridges was tearing me up. The learning curve was pretty steep on using a DE after all those years of cartridges but it has been one of the best decisions of my life. I no longer dread shaving.
That's a nice combination. I have many soaps, but Tabac is definitely in the rotation. I have a 100 pack of the Astra blades, but found the Red Personnas to be good as well.
Anyone else here use West Coast Shaving as their supplier?
I caught this thread last night, and by the time I was a few pages into it, I had ordered a Merkur 34C and some Derby blades. Wish my face luck!
I caught this thread last night, and by the time I was a few pages into it, I had ordered a Merkur 34C and some Derby blades. Wish my face luck!
Anyone else here use West Coast Shaving as their supplier?
I agree with airplanedoc pick up a badger hair shave brush and some proper shave cream or shave soap, goo in a can just won't make the grade
I bought 2 different sample packs of blades. I've since made my decision on my "go to" blade & got 100 of those on Ebay for cheap! But now I got about 50 left of those less than perfect blades from places I would never ever visit.
I've sent a bunch to buddies @ B&B for free but I still got all these left. I can't just trash 'em. Some of them are so bad they only last 1 shave, then I gotta 86 'em.
I'm such a cheap SOB I can't just throw them away. I'll be so happy when they're gone and I can just relax with my favorite blade.
P.S. The goodies are made in Japan............................... hint, hint.
I'll use that term I 1st heard on B&B.............. YMMV.
I use the same brush & razor as always but I switch up my soaps & creams. Variety is the spice of life right?
I bought those Feathers on Ebay too. Check the seller's reputation. You'll know.
I will trip on the amount of extras folks buy. I saw 1 picture of a guy with 50 or more brushes, At $100 a piece.............. that can get rather expensive. I have the cheap Boar brush & expensive Merkur razor. But all these razors I have yet! Today I shaved with a no-name brand that I had to go over 4 or 5 times to cut the same hair. Ugh!
The 1st time I did a multi-pass shave with Uberlather on my Feathers. I was in LaLa land!
I use a merkur slant, a Wee Scott brush, and a old brush my dad had laying around that I put a best badger knot in.
I just noticed this thread...the day this arrived. I used a DE razor as an early teen but it's been a long time. Hope I don't remove too much flesh tomorrow morning.
What razor is that? Lots of short, light strokes is my basic advice. What blades are you using?
Merkur 33C. For the moment, the Merkur blade that came with.
I still want to get my hands on a merkur slant bar. Though I admit I don't really use my safety razors much since my straight razor honing skills improved.
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