How do you shave?

[GKC]

I've been shaving for the past few years (or however long it is since they came out) with a Gillette Fusion razor. I get an excellent shave with the razor, but the cost of the replacement cartridges is insanely high, IMO...so I'm looking for a lower cost alternative. I've already tried a DE safety razor, and that's just not for me. While I haven't tried one, I'm sure a straight edge ("cut throat") razor definitely wouldn't be. My wife gave me a Braun 790cc - 4 a couple of years ago; I get acceptable shaves with it, but I have to shave every day or I don't...and, I don't get quite as close as I do with a blade. Since I'm retired it's not mandatory that I shave every day, or get a close shave, but when I do shave I like the feel of a really close shave. I have a heavy beard, so I will have stubble by the next day after I shave, even with a close shave.

So, what if any recommendations do you have? (Other than to grow a beard.)

 

[GaryS]

I find the Gillette Mach 3 disposables to be pretty cost effective. The Fusion is way over priced. Or rather the cartridges for it are, even at big box stores.

 

[S&WIowegan]

I'm retired too so I use a Braun if my beard is only 2-3 days long. If longer I go with my Norelco. If beard won't feed into either one, I use a cheap replacement double edge blade. Since that only happens once in a while, I refuse to pay the insane prices for high-end cartridges.

 

[bdsorcic]

Since I am Retired I found it cheaper NOT to shave ... I grew a beard!

 

[cmort666]

Since I switched to the disposable four blade razors from the two blade type, I've cut myself perhaps ONCE. Each one lasts at least a couple of weeks and I get a close shave.

 

[rwsmith]

Think of all the time and money I've saved

I haven't shaved in over 30 years. I get a beard trim with my haircut which doesn't come very often.

 

[Alpo]

I shave my cheeks and my neck with a straight razor. The rest of my face is too hairy.

 

[bp231986]

Wax on...wax off?? lol

 

[old bear]

I use the Mach-3 razor. I've found that if I wash and dry the blades after every shave a blade will last 4 -6 weeks. That works out to be $.80 a week, not to expensive.

As for shaving I do it every morning just as soon as I get out of the shower. I use shaving cream that has to be whipped into a lather and applied with a shaving brush. I give myself a complete and close shave then I lather up again and do it all over again. I get a great shave that way without having to worry about razor burn.

After shaving, I towel dry my face and finish off with Clubman brand shaving talc. When I use an aftershave I use a Bay Rum in the cooler weather and Royall Lyme in the warm weather.

 

[shouldazagged]

I've worn a short full beard for over forty years--keep it trimmed. I'm retired and live alone, so I usually shave neck and caved-in cheeks every other day. My beard is now so white the stubble doesn't show much.

I use the Gillette Good News two-blade jobs without the slimy, nasty lube strip that makes me feel I'm trying to shave with a slug. Haven't bought shaving cream in probably forty years, preferring Ivory soap or the shampoo I use. Haven't tried any of the recent electric razors, but I was never too satisfied with two Norelcos and a Schick I owned years ago.

 

[RonJ]

I use a Norelco. It works great on a clean face.

 

[tlay]

An unsharpened chainsaw! Comb with a porqupine. Don't ask how I brush my tooth!!

 

[diamonback68]

I use the Bic Metal. It's a single blade with a metal bar. Almost as good as a straight razor and very easy to trim and cut close edges on my sculptured beard.
As a test a friend of mine washed and dried a twin blade disposable razor after each shave and got a year out of one blade. I do similar, instead of putting it away wet, I make sure its rinsed and dried on the towel and I get about a month and a half out one Bic Metal.

 

[GKC]

I've found that if I wash and dry the blades after every shave a blade will last 4 -6 weeks.

As a test a friend of mine washed and dried a twin blade disposable razor after each shave and got a year out of one blade.

I've read that after washing and drying, storing the razor in baby oil will keep it from rusting/corrosion. Supposedly, it isn't shaving that dulls the blades, but corrosion from being in a damp environment (bathroom - shower.) I'm going to give that a try.

I've never gotten a really good shave from a disposable razor, even of the same model...like a Fusion disposable. I don't know if it's my imagination or what, but of all the various ones I've tried, the disposables don't work very well for me.

 

[kwselke]

I have an extensive collection of wet razors dating back to the old Schick injector and original Gillette Track II. I found the Gillette Sensor line a leap forward from those bloody days. The Gillette Mach 3 was a slight improvement over the Sensor. My current favorite is the Schick Hydro 3, because it gives me a very comfortable shave. In all honesty, I find that any modern razor gives me a close shave. Cost and comfort are what I hold important.

 

[mg357]

I started shaving at the young age of 13 at that time I was forced to use a safe razor at the age of 15 I got my first electric razor and I have shaved with an electric razor ever since.

 

[P&R Fan]

I use a Gillette Trac II. Same one I've been using since 1981. Blades are hard to find now, and I have to get them on-line.
I rarely use an electric, and when I do, it's my late Grampa's one from the early '70s.
Then of course, I put on a lot of Aqua Velva. It "Smells like a man".
Jim

 

[GKC]

Then of course, I put on a lot of Aqua Velva. It "Smells like a man".

I like Old Spice...but it was what my wife's dad used (he passed away years ago) and it still makes her sad when she smells it, so I don't use it.

I noticed that CVS Pharmacy has a line of double edge replacement blades for the Trac II, which I think are made by Persona. I also saw some generic double edge blades at Family Dollar that were $2 for a pack of 10.

 

[Duster42]

I haven't shaved in over 30 years. I get a beard trim with my haircut which doesn't come very often.

I do the same thing.

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

I haven't shaved in over 30 years. I get a beard trim with my haircut which doesn't come very often.

Makes sense to me. I quit less than 25 years ago, but I think that it's going to work out.