Shaving Thread

[grapes]

Happy to have made you smile.

[glenshane]

@grapes

I get a year and a half or more out of one Gillette fusion blade. A packet of 7 easily does me a decade and they’re not even out that long. Secret is to shave in a hot shower. Smooth as a peach every time.

Maybe, but you’re probably burning through a packet of ladyshaves a month

[grapes]

What’s wrong babe? Are you angry with me?

[glenshane]

Not in the slightest. Do you wax at all?

[backinatracksuit]

I nearly LOL’d, and tosnt often you’d do that reading TFK

[artfoley]

@glenshane

Not in the slightest. Do you wax at all?

probably a nono

[grapes]

You girls really do have the hots for me. It’s an awful pity for ye.

[TheUlteriorMotive]

Get a razor pit to keep blades sharper and cleaner longer

[Cicero_Dandi]

Do any of you guys use a rotary shaver?

It’s probably been the guts of a decade since I had one and was wondering if they have improved much?

I generally used to find that they were grand in a pinch or that but you’d never get a fully clean shave and you’d always have the little bits of stubble that it would miss.

I’m thinking of investing in one again. Have they improved at all in that regard or is it impossible to get the perfect shave with them?

[iron_mike]

Never liked them. Never just felt shaved after them. The wife got me one for Christmas there about 5 years ago. I used it about 3 times. Left it in the box after that.

[PhattPike]

They’re great if you let yourself go every now and then (I’m a very irregular shaver) and need to get things back under control, but I’d still need a run over with a regular razor to finish the job.

[Cicero_Dandi]

Yeah.

I’m a daily shaver but I’d never use a rotary shaver if it was long in any case. You’d need a trimmer to take it down first.

[PhattPike]

I haven’t been anyway beardy in a long time. I used to go through a cycle of letting it grow until I was eating moustache hairs and then shaving the whole lot off (have a trimmers as well). Tend to keep it trimmed more regularly now, probably once a week at least. To be honest, if you are a daily shaver I definitely wouldn’t bother with one.

[Copper_pipe]

What brand of razor are you using at the moment?

[Cicero_Dandi]

Some Gillette model.

[Copper_pipe]

Id recommend BoldKing.

Get the blades delivered each month for a small fee.

[Mac]

@Copper_pipe

Id recommend BoldKing.

Get the blades delivered each month for a small fee.

+1 on them

[Watchyourtoes]

@Rocko

I was pretty certain we had a thread on shaving and shaving products and all that jazz but a token search turned up nothing.

So what products do people recommend?

My current shaving system is:

Shave in the shower (finalise things in the mirror after but I do miss bits often enough, just don’t think I’ll ever go back to shaving at a sink).

I use either Total Shaving Solution or King of Shaves oil, though I read recently that they’re bad for the blades.

I never liked Mach 3 so I use Sensor XL blades. Indifferent to them.

I gave that Philishave Nivea electric thing a go but that was a fucking disaster.

Am tempted to try the Wilkinson Sword Quattro Titanium which I think featurs a trimmer along with normal blades which would suit my grooming needs. Anyone used one?

@Copper_pipe did you get that DE razor? I use an Edwin Jagger DE89 myself, Astra blades and Clubman pinaud soap. Get yourself a decent badger brush too if you have to shave regularly, it will improve a wet shave in every way.

[Copper_pipe]

@Watchyourtoes

@Copper_pipe did you get that DE razor?

I didn’t. I’m happy enough with the BoldKing at the moment. Much better than the Gillette.

[Watchyourtoes]

DE shaving is the next best thing after a straight razor, clean as a whistle, no pulling or tugging on your stubble. If anyone suffers from irritation or razor burn especially around the neck area get yourself an alum block, dirt cheap and hugely beneficial.