NGC-razors

[redrider]

Any-one use those alternative shaving suppliers? Dollar Shave Club, Harry's? How is the quality? I'm electric now but miss the old closeness and quickness. Modern blades are costly from Big G and Schick with the store brands being infuriatingly cheap and short lived.

[Perazzimx14]

Any-one use those alternative shaving suppliers? Dollar Shave Club, Harry's? How is the quality? I'm electric now but miss the old closeness and quickness. Modern blades are costly from Big G and Schick with the store brands being infuriatingly cheap and short lived.

Wet shaving w/ a double edge safety razor. 100 Derby razors blades are are under $10.00 shipped.

[Lannis]

Any-one use those alternative shaving suppliers? Dollar Shave Club, Harry's? How is the quality? I'm electric now but miss the old closeness and quickness. Modern blades are costly from Big G and Schick with the store brands being infuriatingly cheap and short lived.

I'm on my last Schick, and I'm tired of paying the enormous price for Schick and Gillette triple blades.   I'm going to try Harry's, I think, and see how they are .... And I'm going back to shaving soap and a brush.    Applying good shaving soap with a brush really cleans your face up and makes it less prone to breaking out .....

Lannis

[rss29]

I use brush and soap most of the time. I get the soap from The Art of Shaving store at the mall. One bar of shaving soap lasts me a year and costs about $15 or so. I use the 3 blade Gillette razors (Mach something), and they are shockingly expensive. However, I get about 2 weeks per blade. I ignore those color changing strips that are supposed to tell you when the blade needs to be replaced and only swap it out once it really starts tugging. I shave daily and have a very heavy, full beard.

I buy blades in bulk at Costco, and though the package (24?) is around $50, it's about a year's supply. I haven't tried those cheaper blade services, but I'd bet they dull more quickly than the expensive options. Annualized out it's probably a similar cost per week of shaving.

[toma nova]

My wife uses Dollar Shave Club and loves it.  She always has a new, sharp blade.

I'm still using a Mach27 Turbo at $8 a blade. I only shave a few times a week so it works for me.

[boatdetective]

I live in Boston and Gillette is based here- so I'm far from impartial. However, I had a client once who worked at Gillette and others have backed this up. A good part of the production process is spent on honing a micro sharp, defect free edge on that blade/ribbon. He told me that their machines- no kidding- really did focus on this perfection. As a result, the "name brand" edge, microscopically, is much finer and sharper, than budget razors. The consumer can use such a blade, easily, for a  solid month. Cheaper blades start from a rougher finish, so will have to be tossed sooner.

I've tried disposable razors a number of times when travelling, and the out of box sharpness was poor.  I honestly think this is a case of you get what you pay for. 

[Lannis]

My wife uses Dollar Shave Club and loves it.  She always has a new, sharp blade.

I'm still using a Mach27 Turbo at $8 a blade. I only shave a few times a week so it works for me.

I don't know if it's true for all men and women, but in this house, when my wife uses one of my razors ONCE, it's dull, jagged, and useless for me thereafter.    I can make a blade last a long time, but apparently shaving 6 feet of leg is a lot more work than my little patch of face.   We HAVE to use separate razors ... !

Lannis

[TwoEds]

"I buy blades in bulk at Costco, and though the package (24?) is around $50, it's about a year's supply."

This works well for me. I "dry" shave after a shower and the blades last at least a week. Using soap and brush or shaving cream leaves my face a bit sore.

[PeteS]

I am still using my old Schick injector. I had set it aside for years because no one carried the blades. Now they can be had on Amazon for about 75 cents each.

Pete

[segesta]

I'm a Harrys man. But only for the razors. I like them a lot. I just have to remember to order them every couple of months.

Aside: I was in Vegas and ran out of shaving cream. Stopped into The Art of Shaving for a tiny bottle of foam (for TWENTY DOLLARS). But you know what? It  was the best shaving cream I ever used. So if money is no object, check it out.

[ogsurf]

Two tubes of Proraso shaving soap, 100 double edge blades from Amazon for $11 and a bottle of Bay Rum for &5 and I'm good for at least a year. When the blades are cheap you are less apt to try and squeeze out that extra shave with a dull bladethat always Leads to a face of bloody tissue.

[Kiwi_Roy]

What's with the large cans of shaving cream?

Whenever I have to buy one I get depressed

Hell, I might die before this is finished, that would be a waste of money.

Perhaps I could leave it to my Son but I think he's electric.

[Perazzimx14]

Two tubes of Proraso shaving soap, 100 double edge blades from Amazon for $11 and a bottle of Bay Rum for &5 and I'm good for at least a year. When the blades are cheap you are less apt to try and squeeze out that extra shave with a dull bladethat always Leads to a face of bloody tissue.

I like Proraso, Col Conk and who doesn't like Bay Rum. I have 12 or so safety razors but gravitate towards my 1950's era Gillette super speed or a Merkur extra heavy. Nice thing is TTO safety razors can easily be had at most antique malls for a few dollars. Get them home soak in CLR to remove the soap buildup and dunk in alcohol to sanitize.

Wife went through a phase where she collected straight razors. She has 80 or so of them but I am too chicken to even try them out.

[davevv]

I use Harry's.  Quality razor with a good substantial feel.  Blades are half the name brands and last a long time.  An excellent buy for the money.

[AJ Huff]

GEM single edge, soap and a brush. I bought 100 blades well over a year ago and still have more than half.

Saw a kickstarter campaign today for a laser razor. If it's the real deal I'll pony up for that!

-AJ

[rodekyll]

Shaving soaps and lotions are useless potions.
I get by shaving 'dry'
anytime up to an hour out of the shower.

I agree that disposable razors are inferior in quality and horrible for the ecology.  But I can travel with them easier than my safety razor.  So I keep both on-hand.

Nobody using the old straight razor anymore?

[Anders Pedersen]

A very good tip from the Internet, is to, prior to shaving, stroke the razor against any piece of cloth, against the cutting direction. This clears the blades of any rust and crud forming, so the blades stay honed and sharp much longer.

Google/Youtube "how to make your razor stay sharp longer" - or something to that effect..

[pebra]

Gillette disposable with triple blades last me two weeks +. The girls seem to wear out a new razor after one leg shave?
They're expensive, but give a good shave.
I prefer gel to foam, but have found that good gel is hard to find.

[V7Record]

I'm using Harry's at present, don't notice any difference from the Gillette or Schicks. 
I shave daily in the shower using shampoo; suds up the entire head, shave blind, rinse it all. 
I've been known to use blades for a month or more and only swap when the shave gets rough (Guzzi content?)

[tpeever]

Gillette Sensor Excel blades in bulk and Kiehl's "Close Shavers" shaving cream in the tub. Once you use this, you will wonder why you wasted your time with that other stuff. No financial connection to Kiehl's.

http://www.kiehls.com/ultimate-brushless-shave-cream-white-eagle/236.html?cgid=body-hygiene&dwvar_236_size=5.0%20fl.%20oz.%20Tube#start=1&cgid=body-hygiene

[Moto]

I'm using the same adjustable Schick Protector injector razor I bought in the early 1970's, with Williams cake shaving soap and a little aluminum shaving dish and brush set made in Italy out of old Alfa engines.

Injector blades were withdrawn from retail stores for years, in my opinion to force us to buy the ridiculously expensive multi-blade systems or else go electric. But hospitals kept specifying injectors and ultimately the blades came back to some stores.

Schick injector blades are cheap enough online now after having been pricey, and I buy a dozen or so injector cartridges at a time, for less than 75 cents a blade. They are better than off-brands.

Does anyone remember the hilarious Saturday Night Live commercial pretending to introduce a three-blade razor, as a mockery of the then-new two-blade design? How naive we were. Now it's up to five, six, seven blades? And the parody has been redone with up to 18 blades.

Moto

[Doppelgaenger]

I switched to double edged razors a few years ago. 100 blades worth $10 lasted me 2 years and the soap is only just running out 3 years in.

The shave is faster, less irritating and I enjoy the fact that you have to learn how to do it. Once you get it down it's better than any cartridge razor could ever be.

[guzziknight]

I use a Schick Injector, 4 different ones actually, brush and shave soap. Blades last me longer than any cart I've ever used, give me better, closer shaves with little to no irritation. I'll never go back to expensive carts!

[Dick]

The girls seem to wear out a new razor after one leg shave?

Aint just the legs they're shaving. 

[redrider]

Oh, Hey Dick, you nailed that one! The Guzzi content-I'm frugal. Thanks to all for replies and suggestions. I rummaged through my collection and found my old double edge with no name blades and used it yesterday AM. This AM I have less stubble compared to the Norelco Triple thingy. Barbasol soap.

[donn]

Shaving soaps and lotions are useless potions.
I get by shaving 'dry'
anytime up to an hour out of the shower.

I agree that disposable razors are inferior in quality and horrible for the ecology.  But I can travel with them easier than my safety razor.  So I keep both on-hand.

Nobody using the old straight razor anymore?

I have one, but I guess I never got it sharp enough, closer to pulling my chin hairs out than cutting them.

So double edge for me.  The one my father gave me only lasted a couple decades, one of those fancy adjustable things that open up, but I think the somewhat more antique replacement I got at a flea market is going to last the rest of my life - just a top and bottom plate with the blade sandwiched in between, and the stem is the bolt that fastens them together.

Soap is Grandma's Lye Soap.  A bar.  I get it at hardware stores.  Not sure what that's about, but I've wondered if it's a favorite brand for hardware applications like soaping pipe threads.  Any soap will do, but this stuff is real slippery and doesn't leave an objectionable perfume behind.

[charlie b]

I live in Boston and Gillette is based here- so I'm far from impartial. However, I had a client once who worked at Gillette and others have backed this up. A good part of the production process is spent on honing a micro sharp, defect free edge on that blade/ribbon. He told me that their machines- no kidding- really did focus on this perfection. As a result, the "name brand" edge, microscopically, is much finer and sharper, than budget razors. The consumer can use such a blade, easily, for a  solid month. Cheaper blades start from a rougher finish, so will have to be tossed sooner.

I've tried disposable razors a number of times when travelling, and the out of box sharpness was poor.  I honestly think this is a case of you get what you pay for. 

It is interesting to read this.  Back when I did shave I use Gillette's.  First the double, then the triple.  I tried some others over the years and always went back.  The last 10 or so years I used the Gillette disposable variety and each lasted me more than two weeks of daily shaving.

I don't know what it is about a blade's lifetime.  When I 'went bald' I could only get three or four 'clean' shaves out of a razor instead of 14-20 when just cutting the face.  Makes me think that maybe it is the bones beneath the skin that are the problem.  Maybe the bone under the skin (leg shin bone or skull bone) 'turns' the edge faster than cutting hair does it.  Doesn't take much to screw up a sharp blade.

Oh well.  Don't worry about it anymore.  I just use the electric clippers once a week.  :)

[Wild Bill Guzzi]

I use a 1959 Gillette Fat Boy and a 1962 Gillette Long Handle.  Currently I'm trying out the Proraso line of Shave Soaps.  I bought an assortment of blades and trying them out.  Next soaps will be from Klar line in Germany.

[LowRyter]

Now that I am retired and I don't shave every day, I generally don't use the Norelco rubbing may face for 10 minutes.  I use a disposable when I shower, it takes a few seconds and get a closer shave.  I wouldn't want to shave everyday that way though.  I figure 3 times a week works fine.  If I'm in a pinch and need to shave and don't want to shower, I'll pull out the Norelco. 

You can get a bag of dozen BIC disposables for about five and a half bucks.

[Lannis]

Now that I am retires and I don't shave every day, I generally don't use the Norelco rubbing may face for 10 minutes.  I use a disposable when I shower, it takes a few seconds and get a closer shave.  I wouldn't want to shave everyday that way though.  I figure 3 times a week works fine.  If I'm in a pinch and need to shave and don't want to shower, I'll pull out the Norelco.

I've got to believe that the less time you spend dragging a sharp piece of steel across your skin, or rubbing it with 10,000 RPM cutters, the better off your skin is going to be .... !

Lannis