re: Mens shaving and grooming thread. Update post DE shave #1.

Cheap 4 blade razor , no shaving cream just hot water. No aftershave . Use clippers sans guard for my head.

Merkur DE 34 razor with Feather blades. Badger Brush, bowl, Proraso. I change it all up to try new things.

One thing I have found an appreciation of is a few old school products that are great. Club Man by Pinaud aftershave is fantastic and smells like my pricer Royall Musk - girls love it. Love the Royall line of aftershaves as well as West Indies Lime Lotion during the summer. Brylcreem has a manly smell in your hair and works great IMO.
I also like wearing Creed Green Irish Tweed but do't discount some of the older stuff.

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Those multiblades are shite. I would suggest switching to a safety razor.

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Some reviews say they are the best. Have to be using the better ones though. Fusion and Mach 3 seem to be tops. The high end manufacturers are making $100-200 handles for these blades.

The sum of what I read is that you need a lot of practice to get with a DE razor the closeness that a cartridge gets. I may switch one day but it needs to be when I am ready for the learning curve. And the bloodbath.

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The sum of what I read is that you need a lot of practice to get with a DE razor the closeness that a cartridge gets.

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By shave #5, you'll be about on par. I've nicked myself, but I've never really cut myself. I've gotten myself way worse with a cartridge than with a DE on a safety handle. Perhaps it's because I was careless with a cartridge (shave in the shower, no mirror, etc) and know to be careful with a safety. And as far as time, it really only takes me about 5 minutes to shave (vs 2 minutes with a cartridge). Yes. That is 2.5 times as long. But 3 minutes is also just 3 minutes. For some, that's too much. For me, not so much, thus the switch.

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For me, not so much, thus the switch.

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If I can get my hands on one of my Dad's or grandpaw's old one I would try. Dad laughs at the notion. But he was using barbasol and 1970's caliber blades. I don't think Feather, Astra, and Merkur were as available if existed.

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If I can get my hands on one of my Dad's or grandpaw's old one I would try.

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$18 on Prime. if I was starting today, i would go with that instead of the $45 handle I bought.

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Too scared.

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an understandable drawback. But think of this: in the 50s, this was how people shaves. They shaved everyday, probably starting around the age of 13-15. Are you as capable as a 15 year old from 60 years ago? I like to think I am.


Side note- just checked. From time out of the shower ( which i put my pre-shave oil on before I get out of the shower, but it's a few seconds) to washing my hands after putting on after shave just now was 8:33. That's running water, making a lather, applying lather x3, making passes x3, cleaning the brush, mug, razor, and sink, and then dabbing off the face with a towel before applying aftershave and washing hands. I did not rush. I have zero bleeding spots. I don't think it's all that much longer than a cartridge, which (for me) were prone to getting clogged and take longer to rinse.

Use a cheap razor with barbasol cream. Not fancy, but it works.

After shave....just am about to finish some Polo Black aftershave, but also have some stuff I had gotten from Bath and Body Works (it's not too bad). Might check out sandalwood.

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Get a styptic pencil just in case

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I believe that piece of equipment should have no expense spared.

The Feather razor "Doc" I believe linked looks like a winner but I still have a way to go.