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Related: About this forumElectric razor or razor blade?
I've shaved with a razor since my brother got me shaving with one when I was a teen, (he was in the army).
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)eom
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)SNL actually anticipated the triple razor long ago. This clip isn't the one, this is newer.
Kaleva
(38,064 posts)(Shit, Shower & Shave)
Apparently most never used a disposable razor that we all were given and with the pressure of time, the head (bathroom) looked like an over the top Hollywood murder scene.
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)If I can't, then razor.
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jp11
(2,104 posts)Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)Gore1FL
(21,825 posts)I use soap and shave in the shower.
I'm almost 50 and I don't have to deal with it everyday. The disposable blades last for over a month.
MineralMan
(147,445 posts)It gets trimmed, but never shaved.
OneTenthofOnePercent
(6,268 posts)Yes, you can get knives hair-whittling shaving sharp. I had gotten to work only to discover I had missed a rather prominent chunk of hair... so I whipped out my pocket knife and remedied it.
OneTenthofOnePercent
(6,268 posts)It leaves the look of 1 day stubble, which I'm fine with. Light stubble is alot better than completely unshaven or looking scruffy. And it doesn't matter if I let it go a few days. With a razor, if I let the hair go for a week or so then it's a bitch to shave just because the hair is tough & long.
MicaelS
(8,747 posts)Tried electrics several times, and they always gave me a rash on my neck, even with Williams Lectric Shave.
Broderick
(4,578 posts)Every type of electric. Every new 2 blade, 3 blade, 4 blade, and what are they up to now??? 6 blades??
Bic. Cheap and the only thing that cuts through the jungle without painful repercussion.
MrSlayer
(22,143 posts)My skin is so sensitive I can't shave more often than every ten days. A week is the very earliest I can and be comfortable. I prefer Gilette good news twin blade with the lubricated strip. In fact, I insist on it. Gives me the best, cleanest shave.
I have considered laser treatment or something that will keep it from growing back for a long time or permenantly. I hate shaving that much.
Behind the Aegis
(54,840 posts)I still don't always get a good shave and my hair grows fast.
G26
(31 posts)I rebelled against the big razor companies and the relentless race to add more blades. This year I got an old-fashioned double-edge safety razor, a supply of disposable razor blades, plus a mug for shaving cream (I like Col. Conk's Almond shave soap - smells nice), and a brush (maybe $75 total).
I was afraid there was going to be a steep, bloody learning curve, but I really haven't cut myself once in about 5 months of daily shaving. I've had a few tiny blood spots, but no more than I got with the latest-greatest triple-bladed disposable.
I won't go near a straight razor, though. That's just crazy.
Nice DE with Merkur blades. Better quality shave and less cost. Think the Mach 3 blades are $17 for package, rip off. Got a lot of good info from the Blade and Badger forums.
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jp11
(2,104 posts)Old and In the Way
(37,540 posts)I'm starting to think about switching over to an electric razor. Seems faster, can use it anywhere, less nicks, etc.
I do like multi-blade razors and the shave you get when they are new, but unless I shave everyday (which I don't), I spend as much or more time banging the razor on the sink to knock out the hairs that jam up between the blades than I do actually shaving. Drives me crazy.
If I'm Shick or BIC or whoever, instead of spending $ on hi-tech looking razors with 8 blades, design a blade cartridge that expands to release the hairs that clog up...it'd cut down the shaving time by 50-100% or more and I'd be a customer for life.
RZM
(8,556 posts)Blade for the neck and electric for the rest of the face.
Works for me
Clames
(2,038 posts)I think my 025 would work pretty well.
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loli phabay
(5,580 posts)i like the smoothness of a good razor, though i will use electric in real stubborn areas then use a razor to smooth it out.