Shaving- What do you use?

[Wayne M.]

I used to shave in the shower. Too many psycho bloody retakes in there and oops on the mustache. I'm getting ready to pull the trigger at the shop BIG posted... . very nice.

 

[jhenderson]

I just went to west coast shaving .com I'm having a hard time talking my wife into a $448 shaving set. Maybe if I tell her she can borrow it?

 

[Wayne M.]

I just went to west coast shaving .com I'm having a hard time talking my wife into a $448 shaving set. Maybe if I tell her she can borrow it?

Talk about jumping in with both feet!!!!!!

 

[Wayne M.]

I just went to west coast shaving .com I'm having a hard time talking my wife into a $448 shaving set. Maybe if I tell her she can borrow it?

Talk about jumping in with both feet!!!!!!

 

[BIGNASTY]

Talk about jumping in with both feet!!!!!!

I just bought the razor and the sample pack of blades and a cake of soap and brush. Just borrowed a BIG BROWN COFFEE MUG from some restaurant to work up the lather in. Ill give it back SOME DAY!!! Dont have to go all out until you find what ya like. Maybe a Hundred bucks worth of stuff. Some of that stuff is for guys like my FIL that spend a bunch of time in the can and go out on some kind of meetings all day. I use to but now scrub my carrot, brush the Pearle's look in the mirror and think about shaving NAAAAA ????????not today and get out. Cleaning I TRIED TO BY-PASS THE CUSSING FILTER out of the barn is not a business meeting and they dont care anyway.

 

[PBJ2500CTD]

Reddy-Kilowatt and a Norelco triple-head (with fancy LED battery level readout), lift & cut. Had it for, well, at least 25 years. On the fifth battery pack and about as many sets of heads (blades). Non-chinese heads are now getting hard to find though. Ran across my old mobility bag (a bag kept in the trunk of your car, containing necessities where when you come into work and are told you have 5 minutes to report to base-ops to catch a flight to somewhere far from home for an indeterminate period of time) out in the garage the other day and found a few dozen of the original BIC disposables that the wife didn't confiscate for leg-forest removal, and a tube of Colgate shaving cream. (Not to be mistaken for toothpaste - Bad taste lingers for a long, long time).

 

[Wayne M.]

View attachment 82107Reddy-Kilowatt and a Norelco triple-head (with fancy LED battery level readout), lift & cut. Had it for, well, at least 25 years. On the fifth battery pack and about as many sets of heads (blades). Non-chinese heads are now getting hard to find though. Ran across my old mobility bag (a bag kept in the trunk of your car containing necessities where when you come into work and are told you have 5 minutres to report to base-ops to catch a flight to somewhere far from home for an indeterminate period of time) out in the garage the other day and found a few dozen of the original BIC disposables that the wife didn't confiscate for leg-forest removal, and a tube of Colgate shaving cream. (Not to be mistaken for toothpaste - Bad taste lingers for a long, long time).

I did have my triple header for about 10 years. I think I did change the pack once, still have it somewhere in the archives. I don't think I'll go back. The blades with the right cream/soap/gel is good.

How many $pring for the hot towel old fashioned shave? I only did it once- on the morning of my wedding day.

 

[Blu-meanie]

I did have my triple header for about 10 years. I think I did change the pack once, still have it somewhere in the archives. I don't think I'll go back. The blades with the right cream/soap/gel is good.

How many $pring for the hot towel old fashioned shave? I only did it once- on the morning of my wedding day.

That ended when AIDS was discovered.

 

[Wayne M.]

That ended when AIDS was discovered.

AND Hep C etc...

Not really... I just saw a sign for it Friday, in the barber I use now. $15. 00 . I think there are strict rules about the blade and sterilization.

 

[Mikey-KE7LBB]

I'm all for the electric. Been doing it since I was old enough to shave. Have used disposable blades before, but the electric is quick, easy, and effective. I replace the blades every now and again-no set schedule-and all is well. If I'm careful about the rechargable battery maintanence I can get them to last many years. Just don't recharge until the battery is completely dead and no problem.

I'm still using a Remington r-845 that I bought back in '03... I have replaced the blades once a few years ago and surprisingly, the batteries are still going strong! Gotta love the NiCd's!! http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/292



I use it until I feel it start to "pull" the hairs out and then break out the trusty Gillette Sensor disposable (same blade and even fits high dollar one) to finish up while I leave it running on the counter until it completely dies. That is when I plug it in and charge it for 24 or so hours.



I do, however use the Sensors (1 or 2) when it comes to my head!! Electric is a NO-GO in this particular department! :-laf

 

[BIGNASTY]

That ended when AIDS was discovered.

BLU I dont think I could go drinking with ya I would have to wear depends to keep from Pi** my pants :-laf:-laf:-laf:-laf

 

[DJW]

BIGNASTY, in the UK an English Blue Gillette safety razor blade would last on an average, shaving for one month, as a eighteen year old soldier in the British Army in India, the issue American Blue Gillette safety razor blades were practically useless, why I have no idea as we only had fluff to shave off.

Many years ago through the mail I received a Wilkinson safety razor blade, at the time they were heavily advertised on TV, I tried the blade and it was the best I had ever used, granted I have never had any trouble shaving. Strangely enough I never saw them for sale in the stores here in California. I thought perhaps they had been bought off, as no other blade I've ever used matched the one in the mail.

Incidentally Wilkinson are originally sword makers, during WW2 after the Battle, or Siege of Stalingrad the British government commissioned Wilkinson Sword to make a Sword to celebrate the conflict, as the Russians put up a heroic defense. Seems most swords they make today are for ceremonial purposes, however they are the real things.

 

[BIGNASTY]

DJW

That's pretty good info. I did know that they made swords and cutlery my wife and SIL have knives made in England. A couple of years ago the wife and I went to France but flew into England. SIL MIL and Wife ordered kitchen knife sets and had them sent home. The steel is supposed to be one of the best. I do know enough to stay clear of the knives they will cut so fast that you dont feel it until you notice that ketchup is on your sandwich and the bottle is still in the fridge.

The blades were just something that came in a sample pack with a bunch of different kinds. I went back to the store (above) and the guy that I dealt with asked what I thought I told him the Wilkinson was like shaving with a pair of pinking-shears. He looked at the pack that I brought back as he asked and he gave me another pack of Wilkinson Blades but they had MADE IN THE UK on the wrapper. He didn't charge me for them and said to give them a try I have stayed with them sense that time.

The thing I like about the safety razor is that it can be cleaned and blade removed and cleaned and dried off before storage and they seem to last a bit longer. I get about a month or month and a half IF I SHAVE EVERYDAY. If not my beard is thick I get a month at most and thats only shaving 2 times a week. look at the price of the blades get some of the Fusion blades that cheap.

That store prides its self on satisfaction and they have never failed in that respect. The sales people are pretty sharp there they can look at your beard and pretty much get you in the right direction. It was nice to live so close to them when we lived in CA.

BIG

 

[Wayne M.]

BIG. Let me get this right. You can get over a month out of ONE of those safety blades?! Without changing? I can get about a week out of a fusion cartridge and I would rate my tree branch size somewhere in the middle. I thought it was strange that the website had a real fancy kit that has a handle that uses the mach3 and fusion cartridge. Geez I might go for a razor too if I can get better than a month out of a blade. I'm paying almost $50 for-like a 16 pack of cartridges at Costco.

 

[BIGNASTY]

BIG. Let me get this right. You can get over a month out of ONE of those safety blades?! Without changing? I can get about a week out of a fusion cartridge and I would rate my tree branch size somewhere in the middle. I thought it was strange that the website had a real fancy kit that has a handle that uses the mach3 and fusion cartridge. Geez I might go for a razor too if I can get better than a month out of a blade. I'm paying almost $50 for-like a 16 pack of cartridges at Costco.

Wayne thats what im saying those fusion razors I take with me camping (I dont know why) but just in case I need to shave. The ones on the site the razor is like 70 bucks a brush and a cake of soap and get the sample pack of blades they give you like 5 different kinds and have 5 blades in each I just use a coffee cup to lather up the handle makes it easy to hang to it. I dont need an extravagant set up thats not me. I dont spend THAT MUCH TIME IN THE CAN. The three S's and im gone. The set up that I use gives the chance to take the blade out and clean and dry I think that is what makes the difference in the lasting of the blade. That razor on post 5 is the one I have it has some heft to it I like it heavy seems to have more control

 

[Deleted member 995608]

3 pages taking bout' razors?? Now if this was a women's forum, I'd get it.

Don't get all butthurt, just stirin' the pot.

 

[Simplysmn]

Well we all know shaving is easy for you you dribble a little cream on your face and you let the cat lick it off there for you don't need a Razor:-laf:-laf:-laf:-laf



n this was Posted all in Fun :-laf:-laf:-laf:-laf

 

[mwilson]

Some of us woodsy cold weather types don't bother to shave at all in the winter, maybe trim it on occasion. I made the sad mistake of shaving the ol' beard off one winter as I was hauling chemicals part time and had to be clean shaven for fitment of masks and such.



I thought my face was going to freeze and fall off!!!!

Never again in the winter I'll tell you.

If you trim and thin it a little too much you can feel the cold as well.



My throw-away razors and Edge Gel last a good long time!!!!!



Mike.

 

[Deleted member 995608]

Well we all know shaving is easy for you you dribble a little cream on your face and you let the cat lick it off there for you don't need a Razor:-laf:-laf:-laf:-laf

I so badly wanted to run wild with above quote. Hahaha

Seriously, I had no clue there was so much out there for shaving. I just checked out the westcoastshaving.com website. Dang! Some nice stuff out there.

 

[Wayne M.]

Hey guys have needs too!! Its not ALL about the Ladies and kiddies... ...

I knew I'd find a good perspective here.