The Manly Shaving Thread

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My god, using proper DE shaving is cheap.

I've just placed my annual order of Feather blades from the Shaving Shack and it's come to only £23! You could spend that per month on crappy Gilette Mach whatever.
 
Feek said:
It is until you factor in the brushes, soaps, creams, aftershave balms and extra razors! Not that I've got lots of all of those things.. Yet!
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Don't lie, you have the Shaving Shack stock in your posession posted here in the thread!
 
I said lots! I've got some. Well, three creams, two aftershave gels and two brushes. That's 'some' isn't it? :D
 
And it's not true that I have two more creams and a soap on the way and I've got a 'best offer' in for a vintage razor from my birth year on eBay, oh no, none of that is true *blush*
 
Is dry shaving allowed in this thread? :o

No seriously, I recently bought a half price (£45?) Philips PT860, my first dry/electric shaver, and it's absolutely brilliant.

It's quick, leaves no irritation at all (not even on neck), is physically unable to cut me, and is cheap to maintain (£30 head every 2 years). It also does just as good a job as my best attempts with a razor.

Or is electric the "dark side"? :p



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Feek said:
It is until you factor in the brushes, soaps, creams, aftershave balms and extra razors! Not that I've got lots of all of those things.. Yet!
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I've never used any of those things - I shower then shave immediately after which I find works fine, even with my coarse stubble.

My Merkur 34C (recommended in this thread many years ago!) is brilliant, still in great condition.
 
joeyjojo said:
Is dry shaving allowed in this thread? :o

No seriously, I recently bought a half price (£45?) Philips PT860, my first dry/electric shaver, and it's absolutely brilliant.

It's quick, leaves no irritation at all (not even on neck), is physically unable to cut me, and is cheap to maintain (£30 head every 2 years). It also does just as good a job as my best attempts with a razor.

Or is electric the "dark side"? :p
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I've never managed a close shave with an electric. In fact if I went to work having used an electric shaver I'd probably get grief and accused of not shaving :)

caff said:
I've never used any of those things - I shower then shave immediately after which I find works fine, even with my coarse stubble.

My Merkur 34C (recommended in this thread many years ago!) is brilliant, still in great condition.
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You use no shave soap/shave foam? :eek:

.:SAmSuNG:. said:
the grain changes half way down to the opposite direction and for some reason just hates been shaved. This is with a new blade.
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Could you not try and shave it across the grain at an angle?
 
How many shaves do you get out of a featherless blade, most I have done is 2, not sure whether they are good for more??
 
shez said:
How many shaves do you get out of a featherless blade, most I have done is 2, not sure whether they are good for more??
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As with most things shaving related, it seems to vary with individual as many factors will affect blade life - For example, some people will only do two passes whereas others will do four so that will make a difference. I can probably get four shaves out a Feather blade using three passes and a touch up whereas I get just two out of an ASCO or a Lord Platinum.

So therefore my attitude is that DE blades are cheap enough to use twice and then throw away. I know I can manage more from a Feather but two is easy to manage when you have more than one blade in your rotation. After the first shave I let the blade dry by itself and then put it back in the little paper envelope.

So with two uses per blade it's dead easy. When I take the blade out to shave, if it's clearly a first use then I leave the envelope on the side, if the blade has been used before then I throw the envelope away. That way, after the shave if there's an envelope there, I know to keep the blade but if there's no envelope then I dispose of the blade in the blade bank.
 
Dug mine out after not getting on with it last night, Put in a new Mekur blade watched the video on youtube lathered up and away I went, Best shave i have had in ages. I think it was all down to technique to much pressure on before and just going over the same area over and over with no lather.

with proper technique and lather I had no niks or cuts
 
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