Shaving

[Vladimir]

Well I always get ADD with my hair and facial hair for that matter (but one is more affordable and quicker to change easily ). So I finally decided I get bummed every time I shave the goatee, I will do it for real this time. Gave some good grow and went and had a professional shave and haircut... definitely worth the $80. I have wanted to try straight razors for a long time, I have bad skin and have tried just about everything else to see if it helps...

I am sure part of the comfort of the professional shave was the prep work and fourteen products and sprays and creams they use, but omigosh was it awesome. The whole week afterwards shaving with my cartridge razor was even WAY more comfortable.

Thinking to save money and skip the maintenance (no stropping or honing) I will start with a shavette that uses the disposable razors (you get the double edged blades for a safety razor and snap them in half). Get about a years worth of blades for $30 (assuming 300 shaves a year, 3 shaves a blade). And those aren't the bargain brand either.




Anyone else use a straight or other non-modern method of shaving?

[jack404]

$80 for a shave and a hair cut !!!

$25 for the works at a barber here
hot towel soak for the beard
straight razor shaved
back of the neck too

hair cut ( short back and sides for me )

but its a ugly old greek gbuy with a wicked sense of humour eh

not some cute young thing who could pass for one of my daughters friends

your paying for the view in those sorta places

[joncutt87]

I haven't shaved in over a year, but work makes me trim the beard

[howlnmad]

I shave once a week, unless there is a special reason to do it more. I use a Shick razor and had the same blade in it for a year and a half before I changed it the last time. I hate shaving.

[JUNKKING]

If you have a sally beauty supply near you get a weck razor it is a straight razor with interchangable blades that has a sort of guard on it so you dont wack your skin open. I have been using one for years or I use one of the couple of safety razors I have that use a double edge blade. I have a heavy beard and it makes quick work of shaving and they dont clog like the disposable razors do.

[raven818]

Originally Posted by howlnmad

I shave once a week, unless there is a special reason to do it more. I use a Shick razor and had the same blade in it for a year and a half before I changed it the last time. I hate shaving.

A bit of useless info if you don't shave regularly. When you're done, rinse the blade and dry it on a towel. Just slide the blade across the towel in the opposite direction that you would if you were shaving.

Don't know the name, but it has four blades. I've been using the same one for months. Heard this tip on TV and tried it...blades are expensive. Try it.

[JUNKKING]

Vlad another thing a barber told me a long time ago is to wash your face and neck with as hot of water as you can. Lather your face let it set a minute or so and just wipe the shaving cream off then relather and shave you will get a better shave this way. Why? I have no idea but it works.

[jlloyd73]

I normally just shave once a week............I get the Mach 3 out and go to town. I get about 4 shaves out of it before I toss the blade. They are great razors, but the refills are high.

[fleetwood1976]

and I thought $9 at my barber was bad. I fired him and let my wife have at it.

[carver]

I've been using the new multi blade disposable razors, but am thinking of going back to the old saftey razor. Like some of you I shave once, or twice a week, or more often if I'm going out in public. The dang things clog, and I can't get the shave I want. No matter how much I scrape my face I just can't get it all off! A good straight razor might be the answer. My dad was a barber, and I can assure you that a good hot soak, with clean skin is a life saver, both for the razor, and for your skin.

[carver]

Originally Posted by fleetwood1976

and I thought $9 at my barber was bad. I fired him and let my wife have at it.

I got tired of paying $12 - $15 for a haircut, so I just wacked it all off myself, and continue to cut my own hair.

[ampaterry]

My wife cuts my hair -
I have not been to a barber in over 40 years -
Little lady has saved us a TON of money doing this.

I shave when I leave the farm:
Sunday morning, for Church -
Any morning we are going to town.

If it has been a full week, I use a cheap disposable razer.
If it has only been a few days, I use a Bruan foil razer.

Whe we took bike trips for vacation, I would never shave -
Scruffy image = leave this guy ALONE!

[JUNKKING]

Originally Posted by carver

I got tired of paying $12 - $15 for a haircut, so I just wacked it all off myself, and continue to cut my own hair.

Yeah me too Carver I dont have much left os a pair of 70 dollar clippers I get a fresh haircut every two weeks.

I had a pair of cheap clippers but they would bite my lip on occasion a lady that cuts my brides hair told me to get good clippers and damned if that didnt do the trick.

Oh and you are right your face has to have the pores open and the hair soft to get a good shave.

[Juker]

$10 at Walgreens two years ago; been cutting my own hair every two weeks ever since. Figure I've saved enough for a gun or two by now.

[fleetwood1976]

I use the old double edged safety razors that came out right after the straight razor. you can still find them on ebay and at estate auctions. I have very sensitive skin and it is the only thing that shaves close without giving me razor burn.

[JLA]

Originally Posted by Juker

$10 at Walgreens two years ago; been cutting my own hair every two weeks ever since. Figure I've saved enough for a gun or two by now.

Me too Juker. Thats exactly how I do it except I gotta have milspec wahl clippers with the carbon steel fixed blades. 5 years on the same clippers now.

And I aint shaved the beard since september last year.

[Bobitis]

Originally Posted by Juker

$10 at Walgreens two years ago; been cutting my own hair every two weeks ever since. Figure I've saved enough for a gun or two by now.

^

With the exception of every 6-8 weeks. My son and I do each others cutting. Can't say I've been to a barber for over 5 years. Never fer a shave.

Last time I shaved, I used the two blade disposables, and only ever other day.
Barbers soap, in a mug, with a brush. Ya'll can keep that stuff in a can.

[mjp28]

I don't have a real heavy beard, trim up every few days or so and love my old Norelco rechargable beard and mustache trimmer with it's small cutting head and my rechargable triple header razor to neaten up.

My dad and I both have used Norelcos for decades.

My wife got real good with it for haircuts and trims, haven't been to a barber shop in years!

Besides I've always liked women to do my hair better than men anyway!

[Juker]

Originally Posted by JLA

Me too Juker. Thats exactly how I do it except I gotta have milspec wahl clippers with the carbon steel fixed blades. 5 years on the same clippers now.

And I aint shaved the beard since september last year.

That's surprising. I had you figured for a Remington man.

[todd51]

I feel out of step. I shave every day with a Gillette Fusion razor and Gillette Foamy cream then splash on some Old Spice. Been doing that, using Gillette products, for over 50 years and see no reason to change. I treated myself to a barber shop shave one time and that was in the Post Barber Shop on Ft. Riley KS, 1958, yikes. It sure didn't cost $80.00, heck I bet I didn't make $75.00 a month as an E2, ha.

[JUNKKING]

Originally Posted by fleetwood1976

I use the old double edged safety razors that came out right after the straight razor. you can still find them on ebay and at estate auctions. I have very sensitive skin and it is the only thing that shaves close without giving me razor burn.

When my mom died and we cleaned out her house my brother threw away about 8 of those safety razors, I have 3 from when I was younger. 2 crank open and the other you screw the handle off and the head comes in two pieces. I have another around here somewhere that you can adjust the depth on it.
I had no idea they were collectable until a few years ago them my brother got to the house a few days before me and threw all of my dads old ones out.

[fleetwood1976]

The gilette safety razors with adjustable inclines on the handles bring big money. but I use them to shave with.

[Vladimir]

Safety razors are quite still available and would only bring money for their value as an antique. They are still regularly made and sold though.

I am looking at a Shavette (for simplicity) which to the purists (apparently) is not at all like a straight razor, but its basically a straight razor you stick a disposable blade in. You take those double edge razors for the safety razors and snap them in half (they snap right down the middle easy).

Not as cool as a real straight I guess, but never have to sharpen, never have to worry about it becoming dull or being gone for a weekend for sharpening etc.

[ofitg]

Originally Posted by Juker

$10 at Walgreens two years ago; been cutting my own hair every two weeks ever since. Figure I've saved enough for a gun or two by now.

Once a week I'll use some electric clippers like those to shave.... leaves short stubble, and the new week begins.

If I need to really get shaved clean, that short stubble comes right off with a double-edged safety razor.

[armedandsafe]

They also make barber's razors that take the injector blades. I used them for years and they are very nice.

Now, I shave with whichever of the 3 straight razors is next up, unless I'm in a hurry, which calls for the Schick injector adjustable razor. I shave in the shower, using Barbasol canned foam, which works fine for me. I've been asked how I can shave with a straight razor without a mirror. I just ask back, "How many times in your life have you found your face to be anyplace other than on the front of your head?" If you can touch your nose with your eyes closed, you can shave without a mirror.

Pops