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Offline nomeX

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Helllooooo....
« on: July 27, 2021, 10:08:43 AM »
Good Morning, all!

I'm three weeks or so into head shaving! I'm a longtime DE/SE/Shavette/DEvette cart user who took a long sabbatical from RAD with a 7-year beard.  I've been a 0-guard Wahl shaver up top, but finally took the plunge with a Mach3 with custom handle given to me by my dad almost a decade ago. I told him, "I don't need this, I'm a DE shaver!" Little did I know that my preference for a quick morning head shave would be with carts.  Since then, my RAD has been reactivated with (in order):

Mach 3 with custom handle (all my old Gillette Sensor/Sensor Excel/Mach3 Red and Blue handles are MIA)
Head Blade Moto Fire Dept and Police Dept with HB4 and Dorco Pace 4's
Feather F3 Neo
Dorco Pace 4 (not compatible with HB4 and old Pace 4's)
Mach 3 with Bollin Webb R1 Handle
Mach 3 with Triumph & Disaster (incoming)
Dorco 3D Motion (incoming, I like the added pivoting of the Moto and Feather F3 Neo
Moto Sport (found a great starter bundle that I bought for the HB3/HB3 adapters)

Other Razors from my collection that I've used for head shaving:

Gillette Fatboy
Eversharp Hydro Magic (whoa, very nice, but a little harrowing)

I've got an extensive collection for face shaving, but this is for heads.

Cheers, I found this site from a Badger & Blade link detailing cartridge compatibility with Head Blade.

Noriel








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Re: Helllooooo....
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2021, 07:58:04 AM »
Welcome to the site.  Do you still have the 7 year beard?  Post a photo when you can.
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Re: Helllooooo....
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2021, 11:06:38 AM »
No, I shaved it off in February this year.  I did manage to grow a Van Dyke to replace it.

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Re: Helllooooo....
« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2021, 12:18:27 PM »
Nice head shave in your avatar photo, so sign of a shadow.
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Re: Helllooooo....
« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2021, 09:24:29 PM »
Welcome on board.  @#07
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Re: Helllooooo....
« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2021, 12:33:07 PM »
Welcome!
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Re: Helllooooo....
« Reply #6 on: August 01, 2021, 07:41:48 AM »
Welcome!
First started shaving my head on the 9th October 2014

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Re: Helllooooo....
« Reply #7 on: August 01, 2021, 11:39:31 AM »
Welcome to the board! Nice shaved look you've got going on there!

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Re: Helllooooo....
« Reply #8 on: August 17, 2021, 10:41:23 AM »
Thanks for the warm welcome!  I had to add a Moto S4 (Racing Green) and some HB2 blades.  Wow, these are some close shaving carts!  Since I had some twin blades, I had to get a TracII compatible handle (old brass one) and a Merkur MII inbound.  I'm glad I spent a decade on DE's and Shavettes-- I feel like I can shave with anything now (just not on my head).

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Re: Helllooooo....
« Reply #9 on: August 17, 2021, 01:56:10 PM »
Welcome!  The other day I asked my sis in law "who's balder, me or him?"  That got her going :*))  Well, to sum up my thoughts here, there is such a thing as shaving too close.  I call then nicks and razor burn.  Oh well, welcome to the board!