Hello guys,
Long time no see. I just wanted to give an update with my recent experiments. My last post was in 2010 when I finally got a Headblade. I can honestly say... I used that for 2 months and that's it.
For years I shaved with a Gillette. M2, M3, ... 5 blades. I got tired. I saw the Headblade and I liked the idea, however. On my second shave I managed to cut a big big spot of my scalp. Around 1cm. You needed to be very careful. The price for the blades was the same with Gillette, around 13$ or 10 euros. Last year I asked myself, what other choices do I have?
I bought a Wilkinson pack:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wilkinson-Sword-Blades-Classic-Double-Edged/dp/B0012Y1FCK/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1333490236&sr=8-2Very cheap, it comes with a pack of 5 razors. For us it was around 5$.
I bought a cheap Shaving Brush, around 3$.
Shaving Cream 2.5$
some Aloevera After shave cream around 5$.
This was the beginning of something beautiful.
The Wilkinson blades were a pain in the ass. I felt how the blade was "cutting" my face in the bad way. Maybe I wasn't preparing my face as it should, but I will not use them again.
Then I tested some Derby blades. Something like this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Derby-Stainless-Available-different-quantities/dp/B0031BDGKQ/ref=pd_ybh_10I found them much much better.
In the meantime I bought a new Safety Razor:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Edwin-Jagger-De89bl-Chrome-Plated/dp/B003LW4L2W/ref=sr_1_sc_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1333490032&sr=8-3-spellAnd because I ran out of Derby blades (I can't purchase them in Romania) I went to the non-stop store and got something like this:
http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/5516/p1060602z.jpgBasically a pack of 5 blades costs around 0.85$. Surprisingly they were pretty nice.
Now, the reason why I decided to post this is because I just got my order from Amazon of 30 Feather Blades:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Feather-Hi-Stainless-Double-Safety-Blades/dp/B002YTRJ4K/ref=pd_ybh_18More expansive than normal blades but damn, I just got one of my best shaves.
And I still can't believe how cheap it is. I plan to buy a pack of different blades because I still want to test some more. Any suggestions on what blades to try out?
Before I started wet shaving I always had the impression you can CUT yourself and it's not safe because I was shaving my head. Man I was wrong.
I plan to also test some Soaps & other creams. Any suggestions?
Is there anyone else who is shaving on the head with a classic razor?
Thanks