Mach 5.Shaving is lame. They had beards in the Civil War, so give me a break. As Hays says..."There are two kinds of people in this world that go around beardless — boys and women — and I am neither one."
I have a Merkur 34c safety razor that iv used for about a year. I love it. And it helps with the ingrown hairs also. I use shaving soap and a badger hair brush.
I don't shave unless I am going to a wedding or funeral... and those had better be special event. Then it is a process... clippers then a straight razor two days out. Rinse repeat for next two days. But my mustache and goatee stay.
I used to use that dollarshaveclub stuff because it is way cheaper than gillette but I recently switched to a gillette travel safety razor. Waaaaaay cheaper and it makes for a very close shave.
I tried a DE razor for a while but gave up after a few months. It would give a good shave, but it was harder and more time consuming getting that closeness with a DE than a cartridge. I just don't care for shaving and want it to be over asap so I went back to the cartridge.
For the past 4 years or so, I've used a higher end Panasonic electric. Recently, I joined that dollar shave a month club for men. Or whatever it's called. Liked his commercials so much figured I'd give him a chance. Don't like the humble twin, so I'm moving up to the next level for the next shipment.
Well, at the moment I have a full beard as opposed to my usual goatee. But for tidying up I use a Gillette Fusion, I can't remember why I chose that and I'm a creature of habit so it no longer matters.
I started about 9 months ago. I use an Edwin Jagger De89lbl Double Edge Safety Razor with astral blades and Col. Conk Bay Rum shaving soap. My brush is a Vulfix Old Original super badger. It shed in the beginning. It has stopped shedding and has bloomed out nicely. It also makes a nice lather
I have used several types of razors over the years but now just use crap 3 blade disposable razors and .99$ barbasol shave cream,I shave my cheeks and neck every morning and most afternoon/evenings again, and use the hair clippers with the attachment at least once a week on the beard/mustache-goatee to keep them in line. I don't waste money on good items anymore because it doesn't matter how good the shave is, after about 3-4 hours the stubble is back, the only thing I haven't tried is the straight razor because I'd probably slit my throat trying lol
I have used several types of razors over the years but now just use crap 3 blade disposable razors and .99$ barbasol shave cream,I shave my cheeks and neck every morning and most afternoon/evenings again, and use the hair clippers with the attachment at least once a week on the beard/mustache-goatee to keep them in line. I don't waste money on good items anymore because it doesn't matter how good the shave is, after about 3-4 hours the stubble is back, the only thing I haven't tried is the straight razor because I'd probably slit my throat trying lol
shaving with a straight razor is nice. There is a HUGE learning curve. With the thought of slitting your throat in your mind you'll keep your hand steadier than you thought you could ever do.
Bumping this up because I tried and failed to grow a beard. I shaved today for the first time since my birthday back in august. A while back I went into an Art of Shaving store and the guy gave me samples of their product and that's what I used when I went all out on my 3 pass (technically 4 with the clippers) shave. It was the unscented stuff and I liked the shave cream and post shave so I'm looking into picking up some more of their stuff in lemon or lavender.
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