my barber does. I'm happy with a "safety razor".
What Do You Shave With?
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Gillette Fusion Power with the battery hair lifter thing and Fusion Hydra Gel Tough Besrd, best shave ever. Skin condition improved out of sight once I moved away from electric shavers.
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Originally Posted By: oilyriser
Is it time to hijack this thread, with a discussion of why people shave, and whether it's more or less attractive to the opposite/same sex? I noticed the buzz shaver I use didn't get as close as a blade, but I stopped caring and that solved the problem.
Well, I have a beard but shave my cheeks and throat every day, otherwise I start to look like a 'mountain man". That's why I shave.
The razor is a Gilette Atra. It was a free sample back in the '70s, aluminum handle, it has a nice heft to it. The soap is Williams cup soap applied with a boar's hair brush. I just like whipping up the lather, plus it's a neat and clean way to apply the soap.
Is it time to hijack this thread, with a discussion of why people shave, and whether it's more or less attractive to the opposite/same sex? I noticed the buzz shaver I use didn't get as close as a blade, but I stopped caring and that solved the problem.
Well, I have a beard but shave my cheeks and throat every day, otherwise I start to look like a 'mountain man". That's why I shave.
The razor is a Gilette Atra. It was a free sample back in the '70s, aluminum handle, it has a nice heft to it. The soap is Williams cup soap applied with a boar's hair brush. I just like whipping up the lather, plus it's a neat and clean way to apply the soap.
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Originally Posted By: msparks
Anyone who know anything about metallurgy, knows that cryo treated blades are more durable because the metal carbides are aligned and strengthened.
What primarily dulls a blade are usually mineral deposits on the blade, especially along the edge. I don't see how cryo treatment would help prevent those deposits. Or maybe you have very soft water locally and get almost no deposits.
Hmm, I've recently started to clean my Atra double edge blades with a Q-tip (second use, I know, yuck) after shaving to help remove the build-up of wiskers from between the blades. I'd swear the blades are lasting longer. Connection there?
Originally Posted By: msparks
Anyone who know anything about metallurgy, knows that cryo treated blades are more durable because the metal carbides are aligned and strengthened.
What primarily dulls a blade are usually mineral deposits on the blade, especially along the edge. I don't see how cryo treatment would help prevent those deposits. Or maybe you have very soft water locally and get almost no deposits.
Hmm, I've recently started to clean my Atra double edge blades with a Q-tip (second use, I know, yuck) after shaving to help remove the build-up of wiskers from between the blades. I'd swear the blades are lasting longer. Connection there?
I've been told that if you store your blade in alcohol between shaves it lengthens its life significantly. It does go with mori's logic.
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A-Rx those blades!
it would be a gentle cleaning action over shortened "cleaning" BCI. You'll see the most difference in the "rinse" BCI and you'll maintain clean blades by using a maintenance dose in every BCI.
I have a Philishave 555 that's about fifteen years old. It still works good. It sees only light duty work every three to four days.
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Originally Posted By: rpn453
I have a Philishave 555 that's about fifteen years old. It still works good. It sees only light duty work every three to four days.
Shouldn't those cold winters stimulate beard growth?
I have a Philishave 555 that's about fifteen years old. It still works good. It sees only light duty work every three to four days.
Shouldn't those cold winters stimulate beard growth?
I'm lucky in that I didn't start shaving until I was 22 and at 32 I only shave once a week. I'm sure I will never hear the end of this but I use the girlfriend's Venus blades on my razor. I always cut myself with the mach 3 blades but the Venus shaves almost as close and I can go crazy with it when I'm running late and I never get cut.
Also don't use shave cream, just hot water in the shower.
Also don't use shave cream, just hot water in the shower.
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All I will say is I feel lucky that my girlfriend doesn't have hairy legs to begin with.
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All I will say is I feel lucky that my girlfriend doesn't have hairy legs to begin with.
Sort of a European thing. Strange when they get mixed ancestry.
All I will say is I feel lucky that my girlfriend doesn't have hairy legs to begin with.
Sort of a European thing. Strange when they get mixed ancestry.
Originally Posted By: Gary Allan
I shave in the shower and use whatever bar of soap that I grab from the holder.
How do you guys shave in the shower? I take it you use a mirror?
I shave after the shower. Put lotion on, hot water, then the Edge Gel and shave with the Gillette Trac II Plus very close to the mirror.
I shave in the shower and use whatever bar of soap that I grab from the holder.
How do you guys shave in the shower? I take it you use a mirror?
I shave after the shower. Put lotion on, hot water, then the Edge Gel and shave with the Gillette Trac II Plus very close to the mirror.
I shave in the shower. I have blond hair and don't sport any facial hair so I can shave by "feel", no mirror.
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Originally Posted By: tom slick
I have blond hair and don't sport any facial hair so I can shave by "feel", no mirror.
If you don't have any facial hair, what exactly needs shaving in the shower? A unibrow maybe? Or would that be facial hair?
I have blond hair and don't sport any facial hair so I can shave by "feel", no mirror.
If you don't have any facial hair, what exactly needs shaving in the shower? A unibrow maybe? Or would that be facial hair?
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Originally Posted By: tom slick
I have blond hair and don't sport any facial hair so I can shave by "feel", no mirror.
If you don't have any facial hair, what exactly needs shaving in the shower?
I guess he's saying he doesn't sport any hairs....doesn't say he can't grow any!
Or maybe he could use a case of Nair!
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I have blond hair and don't sport any facial hair so I can shave by "feel", no mirror.
If you don't have any facial hair, what exactly needs shaving in the shower?
I guess he's saying he doesn't sport any hairs....doesn't say he can't grow any!
whatever your twisted imagination wants it to read.
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Posting in a thread with a hairy topic was a mistake!
I shave in the shower--in cold water, with my old M-7 bayonet and whipped cream from a can. Then after I get out, I splash on some lemon juice.
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