The Manly Shaving Thread

Vonhelmet · 19 Oct 2011 at 21:44

G|mp said:
Cheaper blades, closer shave, one blade which cuts down on razor burn.

Proper mans shave as well so you can sit in the pub and claim to be more Alpha than the knobs using FusionProGlideGillette9bladeshavesystem

Further question: If I use one, am I going to accidentally slice my own head off?

PermaChanged · 19 Oct 2011 at 21:58

I've recently switched Vonhelmet and was worried about the face slicing malarky too.

What I found though was because I was worried I shaved with more care, meaning no facial chunks missing and a darn close shave!

E61 Grouphead · 19 Oct 2011 at 22:15

Vonhelmet said:
Further question: If I use one, am I going to accidentally slice my own head off?

Not at all. The one bit of advice to really bare in mind, is that you should apply little to no pressure when shaving. If you do this you'll get a great shave, and you'll limit the danger to the smallest of superficial nicks.

Zatoichi.uK · 20 Oct 2011 at 09:32

In case anyone is in London tomorrow, Truefitt & Hill are celebrating their 206th anniversary and are doing hot towel shaves for 1p all day tomorrow. I got the Email as below, so if you're around it may be worth a visit.

For more than two centuries, Truefitt & Hill has celebrated its anniversaries in style and 2011 will certainly be no exception.

On Friday, 21st October we will be rolling our shaving prices back to 1805 and our 'one penny shaves' will make a comeback for one day only!

So join us for a glass of Champagne, have a penny coin ready, and expect to receive the best hot towel, traditional cut throat shave money can buy from one of our Master Barbers, while Lord Nelson himself will be overseeing the celebrations!

G|mp · 20 Oct 2011 at 09:42

Vonhelmet said:
Further question: If I use one, am I going to accidentally slice my own head off?

If you're anything like dmpoole probably.

These razors are quite heavy so you don't need to put pressure on like you do with cartridge blades, let the weight of the razor head do it's thang.

If you have a look on the tube of you there's a Yank that tells you have to shave properly with the DE razors (geofatboy I think his name is) The "3 pass"

system works well and is the closest shave I've ever had.

It's all in the prep in my opinion, having a shower or bath before makes the world of difference but if yu don't have time just whacking a hot flannel on your face for a couple of minutes does the trick, keep it all nice and moist

and use a decent cream/soap and you're all good

hux · 20 Oct 2011 at 19:52

Glad to know you love the slant.

Great little razor aren't they.

marv said:
well just had a shave with my Merkur 39c slant and what can i say im very impressed, very close shave and really smooth.

phil675 · 20 Oct 2011 at 20:54

The slant is lovely, although I've never tried another DE razor.

PermaBanned · 22 Oct 2011 at 16:03

Say i wanted to trim my 'beard' (hey, i'd like to see you do better when you were 17

), what would be a good way to go about doing that? I could use a Remmington Titanium 970, which has a sort of pop-up trimmer, as far as i can see there's no depth gauge so is it a case of one size fits all? Or are you supposed to use it with a comb? How would you do that anyway? Thanks

/noob post

hux · 22 Oct 2011 at 16:16

Well i would tell you, but apparently you're a massive douche

Wizzfizz · 22 Oct 2011 at 16:18

PermaBanned said:
Say i wanted to trim my 'beard' (hey, i'd like to see you do better when you were 17 ), what would be a good way to go about doing that?

Stick your head out the window.

PermaBanned · 22 Oct 2011 at 16:28

hux said:
Well i would tell you, but apparently you're a massive douche

PermaBanned · 23 Oct 2011 at 03:01

Really though, you're actually not going to tell me because of my sig?

hux · 23 Oct 2011 at 04:45

Sorry I'm clueless mate as I don't use one.

You could try the babyliss itrim, heard good things about it.

Tachyon · 23 Oct 2011 at 08:36

PermaBanned said:
Say i wanted to trim my 'beard' (hey, i'd like to see you do better when you were 17 ), what would be a good way to go about doing that? I could use a Remmington Titanium 970, which has a sort of pop-up trimmer, as far as i can see there's no depth gauge so is it a case of one size fits all? Or are you supposed to use it with a comb? How would you do that anyway? Thanks

/noob post

I have a pair of Wahl hair clippers which I use for over my head. I've used them in the past when keeping facial stubble trimmed. They come with 4 clip on guards to vary the length of hair or you can use them without the guard if you like short stubble. there might be more beard specific clippers but I've found those ones worked well if you like the stubble look.

If you have hairy eyebrows you can put the no.1 guard on and that keeps them tidy looking as well.

hux · 23 Oct 2011 at 19:42

If you must use clippers, then grab yourself a wahl super taper.

Built like a tank, and it slows down for no hair.

Think old school barber clippers.

Dava · 23 Oct 2011 at 20:24

PermaBanned said:
Really though, you're actually not going to tell me because of my sig?

http://www.wahlglobal.com/united-kingdom/wahl/professional-hairdressing/trimmers/sterling-2.html

i have the above, they come with the attachments for different grades 1-4 i believe without the attachment i think it varies between 0.3mm and 0.5mm

they are what they use it barbers for shaping and trimming

Mr_Orange · 23 Oct 2011 at 21:04

Just bought 100 Astra Superior Platinum blades for £7.99 from the rainforest. A bit of a gamble as I've never tried them before but I thought it was worth a punt at that price.

PermaChanged · 23 Oct 2011 at 21:30

Mr_Orange said:
Just bought 100 Astra Superior Platinum blades for £7.99 from the rainforest. A bit of a gamble as I've never tried them before but I thought it was worth a punt at that price.

I'll shave with one right now and let you know my opinion!

PermaChanged · 23 Oct 2011 at 22:48

Astra was a decent blade, still like Lord Platinums though.

Mr_Orange · 24 Oct 2011 at 09:30

Thanks for that, reassuring to see that they are decent at least!

I did a bit of reading before pressing the buy button and decided to go for them because they are apparently smooth blades so they should be good for a beginner.

Speaking of decent I've got to give the Gillette Black Beauty that I found at my parents place a go at some point.