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Double Edge Safty Razors - Anyone tried them?

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cooncatbob:
I use a $3 rice bowl I got at Target. I get my blades off E-Bay for under $20 for 100.
A good brush is a luxury item, decent brushes start at about $30 and you can spend well over $100. A good brush can last over 10 years. Creams and soaps, you can buy Williams at any drug store for about $1 and it will last you several months or you can buy luxury English shaving creams for over $20 for a 5.8 once tub.
BTW. Fancy brushes creams and soaps work just as well with multi blade cartridge razors.
Treat yourself for Christmas, you deserve it. Make shaving an enjoyable experience instead of a chore by treating yourself to some luxury shaving products.
Bob.
http://www.classicshaving.com/Home.html

waliguy:
I just want to jump in here...

I've been a Mach III guy for years...face and head.

I'd become dissatisfied with the closeness of my shave on my face.  The head was never a problem.  I wanted to kick it up a notch, and started reading, researching, etc.

Ended up that I decided that shaving was a very enjoyable experience for me, and that, by taking a little more time, I could use a DE on my face, and one pass with the DE on the head, and finish up ATG with my Mach III.

I picked up a nice 1963 Gillette adjustable on ebay.  A pack of blades, and a couple of C&E shaving soaps, plus a nice $28 Badger brush from C&E.

Now, my daily shave is closer on the face, and more enjoyable overall.  I get nicked a little more, but I'm still new at DE shaving.  I can say is this.  Most of you enjoy shaving.  Treat yourself to some nice shaving soap and a brush.  It's wonderful.  It beats the hell out of the stuff out of the can. 

And don't discount a DE shave.  If, like cooncatbob said, you really enjoy shaving, treat yourself to a great shaving experience with some good shaving supplies.

Uncle Fester:
I wrote a brief review of DE razors in the "Products Review" section of the site.

skinhead002:
My dad mde an interesting remark about razors once.  He said he couldnt imagine why anyone would use a straight razor at home after the DE came out. He thought the DE was one of the greatest inventions mankind ever caame up with.  The safety razor saved a lot of throats.  For me, its hard to improve on the schick extreme.

brooklynlou:
New user.

I've been shaving my head with DE safety razors for years. No nicks and fairly quick shaves.

Heres some tips.

- Use duller blades. The razors on a DE are very sharp and are designed to shave a very coarse beard hair. Your head hair is not that coarse and doesn't require as sharp a blade to get the job done. In fact a sharp blade on your head will probably slice you pretty good. Once a DE blade gets too dull for my face it goes into another DE razor I have just for my head.

- If you don't or can't recycle your blades, you can cork a DE blade. Corking means you purposely dull the blade by grabbing it with a set of pliers and making one pass through a piece of cork on each side of the blade.

- Unlike cartridge razors, DE razors require very little pressure to get the job done. If you mash a DE razor into your head, you will bleed. Just grab it by the back end and move it across your head from front to back. Let the weight of the razor do the work.

- Avoid using canned gels/foams. All of them have a mild anesthetic effect. Though its nice of Colgate and company to add things to deaden the potential pains of shaving, when shaving with a DE you need to feel whats happening. By using a brush and soap on your head, you will know if you go overboard on the pressure and press too hard, you'll feel it.

Benefits of using a DE razor.

- They never clog and clean up is easy
- The blades are dirt cheap
- The razors themselves are fairly cheap
- You get a smoother shave and since you're not mashing the hair into your scalp, you avoid in-growns.

How to hold a DE


My setup

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