***The Official Manly Shaving Thread***

[flea.rider]

so just picked up a leaf razor .. first time using something like this ..i do my head and 3/4 of my face .. shave 1.. blood bath only using water like i did with the hydro 5 ..lol
shave 2.. better knicked some of the wife's foam .. shave 3 .. changed blades and only put 2 in top slots ..perfect ..bought some soap and a brush arko ?

 

[welshdragon]

INteresting. was looking at the Leaf Twig.

After years trying to get to grips with DE shaving IM about ready to surrender.

I have however consider an SE or maybe something of a transition DE like the Muhle Companion.

Anyone used the companion?

 

[flea.rider]

INteresting. was looking at the Leaf Twig.

After years trying to get to grips with DE shaving IM about ready to surrender.

I have however consider an SE or maybe something of a transition DE like the Muhle Companion.

Anyone used the companion?

update well worth getting the leaf for a head shave ..a lot of it has to do with blades ..i've tried 10-15 brands permasharpe and nacet are my go to now..but that depends on your skin and hair ..

 

[Mobius 1]

update well worth getting the leaf for a head shave ..a lot of it has to do with blades ..i've tried 10-15 brands permasharpe and nacet are my go to now..but that depends on your skin and hair ..

Just picked up a leaf razor (thanks for that ) where do you buy your single edge blades from ? And what’re you using ? Edit. Bought it in the blue colour!

 

[flea.rider]

https://www.proshave.com/half-blades.aspx .. https://www.theenglishshavingcompany.com/en_gb/
but you can use full blades just snap them in half by folding them .. in the wrapper
i use permasharp .. but you really do have to try a few .. some are good for one person and bad for another

 

[Mobius 1]

https://www.proshave.com/half-blades.aspx .. https://www.theenglishshavingcompany.com/en_gb/
but you can use full blades just snap them in half by folding them .. in the wrapper
i use permasharp .. but you really do have to try a few .. some are good for one person and bad for another

Ah I see. I didn’t realise you could snap doubles in half. So I have a bunch of feather doubles edges…I can just snap em in half ?? There doesn’t seem to be a seam or anything on the blade ..

 

[flea.rider]

Ah I see. I didn’t realise you could snap doubles in half. So I have a bunch of feather doubles edges…I can just snap em in half ?? There doesn’t seem to be a seam or anything on the blade ..

just fold them carefully you will hear the click

 

[Mobius 1]

just fold them carefully you will hear the click

Great ! Thanks!

 

[Scam]

Does anyone have a Philips Oneblade and can advise on the different model types? There seems to be a Pro model, 360, Pro 360, Norelco Philips models... it's all very confusing

I have somewhere between a 7-10 day stubble/beard (2-4mm at a guess) and use a beard trimmer, and a clean wet shave on my neck. My beard trimmer was a cheap one that is very blunt now, thinking a Oneblade could do that all with no need to keep buying proper razor blades either.

 

[iMacMart]

Afternoon All!

I have a Jagen David wet razor but my Remington MB350L Lithium cordless trimmer is 3+ old now and the battery is starting to lose charge hold, and good cordless beard trimmers available?

Thanks!

 

[BeeP]

I use a Wahl one for trimming down to stubble when I cant be bothered having a proper shave, had a few Wahl trimmers down the years and they are generally pretty good. Usually do ok With Remington too though.

Had a Babylis (spelling?) one which went blunt and died a bit too quickly so I tend to avoid those now.

 

[The_blue]

Hi all, just used my very last Gillette 7 o'clock green (indian) blade from a bulk purchase i made in 2018 £1.20 a year to shave isn't bad value...

Anyway just wanted to see what was good on the DE blade front at the moment as i can see the Indian blades are hard to get hold of without mistaking the Russian ones..

 

[BUDFORCE]

Hi all, just used my very last Gillette 7 o'clock green (indian) blade from a bulk purchase i made in 2018 £1.20 a year to shave isn't bad value...

Anyway just wanted to see what was good on the DE blade front at the moment as i can see the Indian blades are hard to get hold of without mistaking the Russian ones..

Yea I'm also conscious not to buy the russian ones.

I know they are probably more expensive but tried feather blades? Japanese I think? I think they are the best ones I have tried.

 

[Maundie]

Hi all, just used my very last Gillette 7 o'clock green (indian) blade from a bulk purchase i made in 2018 £1.20 a year to shave isn't bad value...

Anyway just wanted to see what was good on the DE blade front at the moment as i can see the Indian blades are hard to get hold of without mistaking the Russian ones..

Try Connaught Shaving, they tell you where each blade is manufactured, like Budforce says above cannot fault Feathers and yes they are made in Japan, I thought all Gillette blades were made in Russia as the Yellow ones I still have a few left are (bought pre-covid so shows how long they last), Wilkinson Sword blades are good too and they're made in Germany

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[dave28]

Best blades i ever found were Iridium Super and Polsilver Super Iridium.

Both are extinct except for some people who horded the Polsilver and are now charging ridiculously high prices for them.

I have hundreds of the Polsilvers left luckily.

Not sure why but i just get less cuts with them, and i found that if i rub proraso pre/post shaving cream in really well before the shaving cream I often get zero cuts or blood spots at all.

 

[nst68]

I’m getting to the end of my Russian 7 o’clock Yellows, will have to stock up from Connaught soon.

iirc Gillette Swedes were the holy grail of blades