Sly Bald Guys Forum
Head Shaving, Grooming & Care => Safety Razor Head Shaving => Topic started by: bald bandit on January 21, 2013, 06:10:45 PM
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Hey fellow sly, I went to the art of shaving store yesterday after getting a starter kit for christmas. I have been using the vibrating schick hydro for about a month and before that it was the non vibrating model. I am really loving the sly life coming from a uncomfortable receding hair line to comfortably bald. Ok so I went to the store and got a full kit with a pure badger brush, I ended up getting the Merkur 23001 the long handle chrome and had my first shave today. Now I think the pre-shave, cream and aftershave worked ok I am sure I will get better with the lather but it will take time.
As far as the shave itself, I think I took my time and it wasn't bad but I don't feel like it got as close as the schick for a nice ATG head shave. I am going to keep at it, do you guys have any tips as far as the angle of the blade or how many passes or different types of blades I bought some Merkur Super blades but if there are some better ones for the head let me know
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I'm still new to DE shaving. I tried it on my head but I found it to take twice as long as shaving with my ATX and wasn't nearly as effective. I chalk this up to probably being too careful and just not being as confident in the DE as I thought I was. Perhaps I'll give it another whirl some day and see if I can get a good shave in a reasonable amount of time.
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Hi BB: Welcome to the sly fraternity. Glad that ya joined us and glad that you are entering the DE world of shaving. I have been exclusively DE shaving both face and dome since April 2012 and I absolutely love it.
You should try different blades by purchasing a blade sampler pack from Amazon.com, Westcoast Shaving, BullGooose Shaving, or RazorBladesandMore. These are great vendors.
The Merkur DE razors are great performers. I have the 37C, 37G, and the Progress. All three provide great shaves.
Here is a link to Mantic59. He is like the uncle of the wet shaving community. He provides great advice and videos.
http://sharpologist.com/
Hope this helps and keep us posted on your DE/SE journey,
WARHAWK O0
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Ok so I checked out the websites and can't seem to find all the ones I see everyone on the site talking about as being the best so before I waste my money is this a good sampler pack
http://www.razorbladesandmore.com/content/advanced-de-blade-sampler-pack-60-blades
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There's not going to be one blade that everyone agrees is the best. Ultimately it comes down to personal preference. I can't speak to the quality of the blades in that pack but I do think that's a fair price.
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That is a fair price for that sampler. I love the Astra SP and the Feather blades in that pack. The Personna Reds are good. Derby and Dorco are average. With blades... and most all things, it is a YMMV (your mileage may vary). What is good for one may not be good for another. Keep us posted.
WARHAWK O0
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I am a big astra fan I like there blades feathers are great blades just a little aggressive for starting out with. I not a big derby fan they dulled out to quick for me but you will have to find what works best for you.
Eric
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Curiosity got the better of me and I used my Futur to shave my head today. If I could just do it in half the time that'd be awesome.
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Curiosity got the better of me and I used my Futur to shave my head today. If I could just do it in half the time that'd be awesome.
That is awesome that you took the DE plunge on the dome. Whatever you do... DO NOT RUSH A DE SHAVE. Enjoy your DE shaves my friend. I know I am.
WARHAWK O0
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G'day mate,
I tried a D/E to shave my head but wasn't comfortable with it.
I then tried a Gem 1912 S/E and love it.
I get a great shave, 2 passes, every time, it feels comfortable and get at least 5 head shaves from a blade.
When I was using a D/E for my face I found that the Astra SP's suited me best closely followed by the the Gillette 7 O'clock Yellows, but you will need to experiment to find what best suits you.
Cheers,
Lynchy Snr
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Curiosity got the better of me and I used my Futur to shave my head today. If I could just do it in half the time that'd be awesome.
That is awesome that you took the DE plunge on the dome. Whatever you do... DO NOT RUSH A DE SHAVE. Enjoy your DE shaves my friend. I know I am.
WARHAWK O0
Took me a little while to be comfortable with it. I had to learn how to wield it properly before I felt comfortable using it on the dome. The back where I can't see it still kind of scare me but I'm starting to get more comfortable with those areas.