Shave Like a Man

[waggy]

great place for shaving


many people there offer old cheap SE razors for free or cheap. I love my adjustable gillete i have. Also have a Gem JR that is really nice.


edit: oh yeah i also have a cheap gillete none-adjustable DE razor. got it free with a purchase of creams. its old and abused but would work if i needed it to.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: MichaelD
I use Gillette Sensor 3 (tripe blade) disposables. They have a nice aloe strip on the front and this louver-looking thing that supposedly moves the hair around. The head pivots/flexes, etc. I get a very nice shave from them.

The problem is that they they cost $6 for a 4-pack. That's roughly 3 weeks worth of shaves for me.

Granted, I haven't used one of those old-fashioned single-blade "safety razors" (a misnomer, IMO) in years, but I couldn't see myself going back to a non-pivoting, non flexing, big old hunk of metal. How the hell do you shave under your nose with that thing? I shave very close. I don't like to see any little stray hairs poking out from under my nose...I couldn't get that tire-iron of a razor close enough.

actually i get a closer and better shave with my DE then i ever did with my mach 3. Also you can get good deals on DE blades ($15 for 100 or so).

the inital investment is expensive but well worth the money i have spent.

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: waggy
great place for shaving


many people there offer old cheap SE razors for free or cheap. I love my adjustable gillete i have. Also have a Gem JR that is really nice.

Here is another great place. to get your shaving supplies.. And before you spend another dollar on supplies I recomend you get their book, "The Art of Shaving" after you read it you will feel better with a smoother shave and less iritation. I can say that I learned a lot from it and feel much better, it was the best shave upgrade I ever made.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

are any of the electric shavers good?

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: Googer

Originally posted by: waggy
great place for shaving


many people there offer old cheap SE razors for free or cheap. I love my adjustable gillete i have. Also have a Gem JR that is really nice.

Here is another great place. to get your shaving supplies.. And before you spend another dollar on supplies I recomend you get their book, "The Art of Shaving" after you read it you will feel better with a smoother shave and less iritation. I can say that I learned a lot from it and feel much better, it was the best shave upgrade I ever made.

Wow...I've been shaving for 23 or so years and I don't think I could learn anything new from a book about shaving. What kind of things did it say? "Wet the face with hot water for 20 seconds" or stuff like that?

 

[Starbuck1975]

The Merkur safety razor I picked up only cost $30...it was on sale, as I don't think the store that I found it at was selling many of them...online, they vary in price from around $39 to $60.

Probably cutting myself up a bit because I am not used to working with such a sharp razor...that, and it doesn't pivot to the contours of the face...so the jawbone area sometimes proves a bit tricky.

Another thing real men do is spell "school" properly.

But skool is so much more fun to write.

I don't know that shaving with a safety razor makes you any more of a man.

Was referring more to the old techniques of shaving that have gone to the wayside in favor of the current and very expensive cartridge shaving systems.

actually i get a closer and better shave with my DE then i ever did with my mach 3. Also you can get good deals on DE blades ($15 for 100 or so). the inital investment is expensive but well worth the money i have spent.

In the long run it comes out less expensive, and the shave I am getting from my new safety razor is infinitely closer and smoother then what I was able to achieve with a Mach 3 or equivalent razor...so good, that my 5 o'clock shadow is not as pronounced, and I am not getting ingrown hairs anymore.

Here is another great place. to get your shaving supplies.. And before you spend another dollar on supplies I recomend you get their book, "The Art of Shaving" after you read it you will feel better with a smoother shave and less iritation. I can say that I learned a lot from it and feel much better, it was the best shave upgrade I ever made.

The Art of Shaving site is a good place to start for all of your shaving needs...although it appears that they are repackaging some of the razors, creams and products more commonly available in Europe with their "Art of Shaving" label...but their prices are competitive to what I have seen elsewhere.

 

[torpid]

I believe gilette is coming out with a new DE razor.

 

[mikej007]

I'm liking Kiehl's Shaving Cream. Really good shave, that.

 

[MangoTBG]

Shave like a man? Mach3 and water, that's all I need. Now that I'm shaving my head, too, I sometimes just add some Dove soap. Shave like a man.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: MangoTBG
Shave like a man? Mach3 and water, that's all I need. Now that I'm shaving my head, too, I sometimes just add some Dove soap. Shave like a man.

My mach3 is still going strong.

 

[Darthvoy]

Originally posted by: Googer

Originally posted by: waggy
great place for shaving


many people there offer old cheap SE razors for free or cheap. I love my adjustable gillete i have. Also have a Gem JR that is really nice.

Here is another great place. to get your shaving supplies.. And before you spend another dollar on supplies I recomend you get their book, "The Art of Shaving" after you read it you will feel better with a smoother shave and less iritation. I can say that I learned a lot from it and feel much better, it was the best shave upgrade I ever made.

My boss took us to the Art of Shaving at the Mandalay Bay in vegas and we all got the royal shave ($55.00) and they used a straight razor. Man, that was the closest shave I have ever had.

 

[spikespiegal]

Depends on your skin. For me, modern triple blades work the best. While I've tried safety razors and find they shave much closer, I have more ingrown hairs and other problems.

Again, it depends on your skin and how your facial hair grows.

 

[Feldenak]

Some of the vendors I've used for my shaving "tackle" and would recommend to others:

Em's Place
Classic Shaving
On-The-Fly.com

Message board and a list of recommended vendors:
ShaveMyFace.com

 

[jjones]

Real men use belt sander.

 

[PhlashFoto]

Originally posted by: jjones
Real men use rotary saw.

fixed :thumbsup:

 

[Eeezee]

Are you kidding?

Real men use a straight edge (old school) or a combat knife to shave.

Also, real men can use a modern razor and not get a "painful and irritating" shave

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: Eeezee
Are you kidding?

Real men use a straight edge (old school) or a combat knife to shave.

Also, real men can use a modern razor and not get a "painful and irritating" shave

I've always wanted to shave my head with a combat knife like Riddick does in Pitch Black.

 

[Kyteland]

I have a pretty old safety razor that was my grandfathers, but I've never used it. I'd have to order blades.

 

[imported_mantic]

You're all wrong. Its not about the razor...its about the shaving brush! *That's* the key to getting a great shave. If you use a shaving brush (preferably badger hair) to properly hydrate a decent shaving cream or soap (not the goo from a pressurized can) you can shave with just about any kind of razor you prefer.

--Mark