View Poll Results: What do you use when shaving?
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Single blade safety razor?
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25 |
12.89% |
Disposable multi blade shaver?
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106 |
54.64% |
Straight razor?
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18 |
9.28% |
Electric shaver?
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38 |
19.59% |
Do not shave. Bearded?
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21 |
10.82% |
Pluck them whiskers?
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1 |
0.52% |
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12-14-2018, 11:42 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Edmonton
Posts: 795
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Hard to beat a multi blade disposable. Do I have a safety razor like my dads? Yes. Does it work? Yes, works great. Takes more time, and you must be careful, go slower. Got it from Fendrihan. Will last a lifetime. Good cheap blades. However, I can run a disposable across my face very fast, with no issues. Can't do that with a safety razor. Straight razor? Got one of those too, although a cheap one. No damm way. Don't like it. Can't see an expensive one being any better. Good way to cut yourself unnecessarily. I'm not as tough as some I guess, and don't need to be. Nostalgic? For sure. Better? Not in my opinion. For me, can't beat a 5 blade Schick. Change it out every couple months, good to go.
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12-15-2018, 08:32 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 76
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fish along
I never was much for shaving, always had a beard of some kind,sometimes I buzz it of with my Remington ,just to see what my bare face looks like for change.
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I also use a Remington buzzer just to trim or clean up my beard , I haven’t shaved it bare in the last 6 years
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12-15-2018, 12:15 PM
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Banned
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Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 3,939
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hunter65
Hard to beat a multi blade disposable. Do I have a safety razor like my dads? Yes. Does it work? Yes, works great. Takes more time, and you must be careful, go slower. Got it from Fendrihan. Will last a lifetime. Good cheap blades. However, I can run a disposable across my face very fast, with no issues. Can't do that with a safety razor. Straight razor? Got one of those too, although a cheap one. No damm way. Don't like it. Can't see an expensive one being any better. Good way to cut yourself unnecessarily. I'm not as tough as some I guess, and don't need to be. Nostalgic? For sure. Better? Not in my opinion. For me, can't beat a 5 blade Schick. Change it out every couple months, good to go.
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The people who use safety/straight razors are the kind of people to whom the journey is just as important as the destination.
Isn't for everyone.
Isn't a matter of being 'better'...it's a matter of it being a boring world if we all had to do things the same.
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12-15-2018, 01:57 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 152
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Question for the straight blade guys, where do you get them sharpened ?
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12-15-2018, 02:03 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Near Edmonton
Posts: 14,972
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Muller
Question for the straight blade guys, where do you get them sharpened ?
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I do it myself. Daily on the leather strop, once every six months on the linen., every 6 or 7 years on a glass smooth Hard Black Arkansas, and then only a few strokes on each side. If you have a real heavy and thick/tough beard you may have to double the linen and Arkansas frequency.
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12-15-2018, 03:03 PM
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Grande Cache
Posts: 667
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bobtodrick
The people who use safety/straight razors are the kind of people to whom the journey is just as important as the destination.
Isn't for everyone.
Isn't a matter of being 'better'...it's a matter of it being a boring world if we all had to do things the same.
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I actually use a safety razor because the multi blade cartridge razors gave me ungodly razor burn and ingrown hairs. I'm talking about burning for 6+ hours sometimes. I never once had that happen with a safety razor.
I have a friend that could only shave 1 time per week because his skin was so sensitive and carts were painful. Sent him a safety razor and he can shave several times a week without issue.
I know a few people who do the same with straight razors.
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12-15-2018, 04:09 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 112
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Razors
I used to watch my old man use an english strt. razor when I was a kid- 60s.
It scared the hell out of me then, and it still does!!
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12-15-2018, 04:32 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Edmonton
Posts: 8,269
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ChickakooKookoo
I've got a trick to make Mach 3s or any disposable blade last years. I've been using the same 8 pack of Mach 3 Turbos for about 5 years now. Before you go spend any money on fancy gear just try this for a month, you'll be blown away by how well it works. This has saved me hundreds, if not thousands of dollars over the years.
https://youtu.be/5ADaRIqy0Dc
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I tried this method to sharpen the multi-blade this morning and it seems to work.
BW
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