Shaving Blows

[dataz722]

Try wet shaving. Check out the badger and blade forum, lots of good info. I used to hate shaving, now it is an enjoyable morning ritual, and my skin isn't always irritated and red.

That is a great site with a bunch of really great people on it.

Personally, I wouldn't dump a lot of money on shaving gear, unless it came with a hot, sexy, mostly (if not fully) naked woman to shave me every day... :rockin:

You don't have to drop a ton of money for wet shaving. You could get everything for about $25-30.

Be careful of those Feathers! they are quite possibly the sharpest blade you can buy. I would hate for you to fillet yourself on your first shave.

I would hit up wallymart and get some Wilkinson Sword blades, they are under 2 dollars for a 10 pack and are more forgiving on your first few shaves than a Feather would be.

I have tried a few and hated the swords. So far my favorite by far is the Green 7 o'clocks.

 

[Domminigan]

What I've suggested to my friends is to pop on eBay and pick up a Gillette Fatboy or Slim (both adjustable) and try it out with a loaner brush and Williams puck I have. If they don't like it, they can easily resell it for around the same price and be out just a few dollars shipping. So far not a one of them has gone back to shaving with anything else, and several have progressed to SE shaving.
Wet shaving is excellent!
The friend of mine that turned me on to it bought a fixed depth Gillette DE razor at an antiques store a year or so ago and cut himself every day until very recently. I picked up a puck of Williams at Wallyworld and used the old Slim I picked up at an estate sale with a boar bristle brush years ago and was hooked.
It takes time at first to shave with a DE razor. The first few times I shaved with it, it took fifteen to twenty minutes, but as I've progressed, it takes less time than it took to shave with my old Fusion or Mach-3, and I have never had irritation like I have with electric shavers or disposable head razors. Plus, the savings is excellent!

 

[Hang Glider]

Cordless, but I guess they all are now adays. I like the rotary head ones, but I've used others and they are OK too.

Pretty sure you'll see the straight razor crowd show up soon

and it has now officially devolved into a razor-instead-of-shaver thread. Okay, not a straight-razor thread, more of a DE/SE thread -

but what about ELECTRIC SHAVER recommendations, as the OP asked?


my cheapo Braun foil never irritated, but isn't very close. I've been shopping too....

(twice a day if I'm going out in the evening )

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Got my Futur today. GAWD this thing is a brick! No sh!t let the razor be the weight.

 

[ShakerD]

Got my Futur today. GAWD this thing is a brick! No sh!t let the razor be the weight.

Sooooooo how did it go?

I ended up reading for hours on DE shaving and watching YouTube videos. I opted for a 1950s gillette super speed and a new lords premium. I got the badger brush, the before, during and after cream. A 20+ sampler of blades oh and a styptic pencil.

 

[gregger]

Hey guys I shaved this morning. Last time I shaved was April 3. Started to grow a little peach fuzz so it had to go. As I said I don't grow much hair but I would LOVE to see what it feels like to grow a stache, beard, or goatee.

 

[ratfarmer]

They always advertise something called "The Man Groomer" on The Stern show but I have never seen or used one.

Being a stay at home dad I haven't shaved or trimmed my facial hair for close to 2 years. I'll admit that its a mess but its nice at the same time because people leave me alone. . . Hehe

I've always had a job that required daily shaving so its kinda fun letting myself go to see what I end up with.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Sooooooo how did it go?

I ended up reading for hours on DE shaving and watching YouTube videos. I opted for a 1950s gillette super speed and a new lords premium. I got the badger brush, the before, during and after cream. A 20+ sampler of blades oh and a styptic pencil.

I've not actually used it yet. Sort of intimidated by it because of the weight.

The day before this thread aired I had submitted myself to a shave with a Mach 3 for the wife (our anniversary) and I have been waiting for the carnage of that action to heal before risking any outpatient surgery with this new Merkur.

Hoping for the best, planning for the worst.

I got my can of Proraso yesterday and expect I'll give the razor some blood over the weekend.

 

[azscoob]

I always strop my blades on a cork to keep any imperfections from nicking me.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Well, I shaved today after all. Only nicked myself once and even then it was a bump to begin with (not anymore). Had a hard time getting any real lather going on my badger using Proraso. Will have to look into that.

The tool was easier to use than I anticipated but, it did get heavy after a while. I started on a 1 but that wasn't close enough and I dialed it in to a 2.

I guess I will know more in the next day or two.

 

[azscoob]

Getting a good lather is a bit trickey on a soap puck, especially when it is new. I gave my puck a good belt of hot water for a couple minutes to soften it a tick, and I still didnt get a good handle on lathering for a few shaves.

give this a view:

 

[azscoob]

He also has a load of good videos on more advanced techniques, and tips for reducing ingrown hairs as well, I figured you might be interested in that one.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Getting a good lather is a bit trickey on a soap puck, especially when it is new. I gave my puck a good belt of hot water for a couple minutes to soften it a tick, and I still didnt get a good handle on lathering for a few shaves.

give this a view:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd7Aj9vwrtc

Thanks. I will watch but, I used a Proraso Green pot. That **** is soft as cold cream.

He also has a load of good videos on more advanced techniques, and tips for reducing ingrown hairs as well, I figured you might be interested in that one.

Never have had issue with ingrown hairs. Always the burn tho.

So far, so good. I usually feel some irritation by now after a shave.

 

[azscoob]

Maybe one of us needs to start a wet shaving thread, since there seems to be a few of us on here, and this thread seems to have been hijacked by the single blade users anyway.

 

[emjay]

but what about ELECTRIC SHAVER recommendations, as the OP asked?

my cheapo Braun foil never irritated, but isn't very close. I've been shopping too....

(twice a day if I'm going out in the evening )

My facial hair is so coarse that it pretty much kicked the ass of every electric razor I tried. But my skin is so sensitive that manual razors sucked too. So even in high school, I was often sporting a viking-like beard (oh yeah, that definitely made me one of the cool kids!)

The best electric razor I've found BY FAR is a Panasonic ES-LA93-K foil razor - http://www2.panasonic.com/consumer-...ers/model.ES-LA93-K_11002_7000000000000005702

Pretty damn expensive for a razor, but the thing can cut my steel-wool-like beard, and since it can be used with a shaving gel/cream, as well as in the shower, I can get an extremely close shave with no irritation.

 

[ShakerD]

So being the OP I figured I would update.

I ended up getting a DE wet shaving set up and I must say that after a week I have been getting the best shaves of my life. No irritation and nice close shaves.

It was cheap to get in to as well. For anyone else that thinks shaving blows I suggest you try it.

Cheers

 

[azscoob]

So being the OP I figured I would update.

I ended up getting a DE wet shaving set up and I must say that after a week I have been getting the best shaves of my life. No irritation and nice close shaves.

It was cheap to get in to as well. For anyone else that thinks shaving blows I suggest you try it.

Cheers

Congrats on going old school, Like yourself I was amazed at the great shave I could get!

I am proud to admit, I shave like my grandfather. :rockin:

 

[CHefJohnboyardee]

Congrats on going old school, Like yourself I was amazed at the great shave I could get!

I am proud to admit, I shave like my grandfather. :rockin:

Those guys got me to try it too. I used to just 'shave' with my beard trimmer without the guard maybe 2-3 times a week. Now I'm shaving every morning and miss it when I don't shave.

I got started for less than a new pack of mach3's would cost...

Its good you are happy with it!

 

[ericd]

I shave in the tub. Something about having your skin wet and the hot water really helps for some reason. Get a mach 3 and some good shaving cream like neutrogena.

 

[jonmohno]

I shave with hair clippers, twice a week.Let it grow some then trim it,who cares. Im not payin that much for razors.I could buy a 12 pack of beer for that rip off.

 

[LVBen]

I hate shaving... electric or not. I also hate having facial hair. I'm ****ed!

I've seen the light!

I decided to try shaving in the shower, so I got a fogless shower mirror and an SE razor, and now I actually somewhat enjoy shaving and my face doesn't feel like all of the hairs were singed off with a blowtorch when I am done.

Now, I'm moving on to the next-step... Badger bristle shaving brush and Col. Conk's Almond Shave Soap to see if I can improve the effectiveness of my shaves.

 

[azscoob]

I've seen the light!

I decided to try shaving in the shower, so I got a fogless shower mirror and an SE razor, and now I actually somewhat enjoy shaving and my face doesn't feel like all of the hairs were singed off with a blowtorch when I am done.

Now, I'm moving on to the next-step... Badger bristle shaving brush and Col. Conk's Almond Shave Soap to see if I can improve the effectiveness of my shaves.

Nice to see another convert. nothing like stepping waaay back in shave technology and having an improvement in your results.

 

[Steelers77]

DE razor- 5 razors blades $.99. Can't beat it!

 

[geneb]

Glad to see so many people are finding the light of wet shaving. I converted about a year and a half ago.

For the longest time I had horrible razor burn and ingrown hairs every time I shaved. Admittedly, that may have been from the fact that I went 2 - 3 months on a single blade cartridge that went dull a week after I bought it. But when you're paying 5 dollars per cartridge, you want to get your money's worth.

I mostly got into using a DE razor because I could get good blades for 10 cents each. But, upon the first shave, I swore off any other kind of razor. Best shave I ever had. And now when the blade gets dull I don't suffer through it for months. Toss it in the recycling and get another 10 cent blade out, fresh and sharp. I enjoy shaving now.

Never again will I use a modern razor. They can't hold a candle to a proper blade so they add gimmicks (5 blades? Really? Use one good blade rather than 5 crappy ones).

The gimmicks remind me of certain macro breweries.

 

[azscoob]

Never again will I use a modern razor. They can't hold a candle to a proper blade so they add gimmicks (5 blades? Really? Use one good blade rather than 5 crappy ones).

The gimmicks remind me of certain macro breweries.

Well said, I couldnt agree more.

 

[PantherCity]

Yea I have been doing the DE razor and Badger brush thing for a while, and it blows away the Mach 3 crap I had been using since I was 14. I did get a cut on my nostril this morning though. You have to slow down and be careful, especially when your are still sleepy!