How do you shave?

I use a model 13 ......no wait, no i dont! I use the Mach 3. Lasts me about 2 months or just under. I was never really hairy and my job doesnt require me to stay clean shaven so i shave twice a week....sometimes once. I got lazy

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diamonback68 said:
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.
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This was my favorite razor until I could no longer find them. Where do you get yours? I have not seen them in years and I'd go back to them in a heart beat - if I could find them.

Now I shave with a three blade Schick I purchase from Sam's. I like this one because there is enough space between blades to rinse out the gunk. Some of the other multiblade shavers I've used wind up clogged. At that point they don't work so hot.

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OT, but inquiring minds want to know. In all old pictures and movies it shows native americans clean shaven. There are a lot of indians in my area and they do have beards that are scragley however outside of mustachs and some manchu type whiskers I have never seen one try to or could (?) grow a full beard. Whats up with that? If they never started shaving the first time they dont grow and if you do start it makes em grow?
How many of you have to shave the outside your nose? I do. I lost my nose and had it built up with grisle from between my ribs and ears and then had a scalplock taken from the top of my head put over it. I have been telling theresa I am going to quit shaving my nose but she wont go for that!
In fact she carrys a little battery pencil looking shaver and makes me stand inspection every few days and works me over with it, especialy when we go out.
 
Out West said:
This was my favorite razor until I could no longer find them. Where do you get yours? I have not seen them in years and I'd go back to them in a heart beat - if I could find them.

Out
West
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Walgreen sold them up 'til recently and may still from time to time, but I can't find them there anymore. I found out Bic still makes them and you can buy them direct, like I did, from the factory, $1.99 for a five pack. I buy 10 packs at a time and shipping is about $4. Love them. http://www.bicworld.com/us/products/details/178/metal Hope that helps.
 
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bdsorcic said:
Since I am Retired I found it cheaper NOT to shave :rolleyes: ... I grew a beard! :D
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I didn't wait to retire last time I shaved was in 1972 when I got out of the army. But I did use DE razors before I stopped. Hair cut last one 1990, saved a lot of money since then.
 
feralmerril said:
How many of you have to shave the outside your nose?
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I do...I still have my original nose, but it has started sprouting a few hairs on it. Fortunately they aren't thick or really noticeable, but I can see them with my peripheral vision, so every few days I run a trimmer over my nose. I also have to shave my ears...they are getting so hairy that I have to mow them down every couple of days. Fortunately, I still have a full head of hair, but if I didn't I could do a comb over from ear to ear and braid it into a top knot. :eek:
 
You guys that never shave or get haircuts...do you look like the Duck Dynasty guys? :p

I always had to keep a clean shave and a haircut (management position in a very conservative company) for my working life. Since I've been retired I've grown my hair longer on occasion, but I get tired of messing with it, so I keep it cut...not buzzed or white sidewalls, but not real long. I also have tried a beard (used to wear one when I was in college) but since I have sleep apnea, and have to use a CPAP machine, I can't get a good seal with a mustache. I don't care for the look of a beard without a mustache, plus I just like the feel of a clean shave.
 
Gillette Mach 4. I thought it must be a Mach 3, because it has three blades, but nooo. I just checked. What's up with that, anyway?

My pops gave it to me as a Christmas present many years ago, along with a stock of blades and his favorite shaving cream. I use the blades for a long time, and use Barbasol if I am home (because it is cheap), or water or hand soap on the road. The main thing is to get it wet.

I tried an electric on a couple of occasions. I don't know how anybody can stand to run one of those things over his face. It's a form of self-abuse, and not the fun kind.
 
a few swipes with a Mach 3 under the showerhead. No cream. Works fine. And why do the disposables cost less than just the refills? Costs to be green, eh?
 
I remember a Saturday Night Live skit right after the double blade was introduced. They announced triple, quadruple and quintuple blade models, of course each one caused more blood on their faces than the last. (The Not Ready For Prime Time Players were as much prophets as comedians)

The key to a decent shave is as much in prepping your face as it is using a multiple blade razor. I'm not much for metro so the only thing I do is make certain I splash my face with really hot water so the soap will set in good.
I have used this same mug, brush and razor handle since 1980. The handle is counterweighted (pewter) so the balance is perfect. Soap is getting harder to find but it's still out there. Gillette TracII blades went to $15 for 10 so I changed to store brand generic. Performance is same-same.
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I use Gillette Custom Plus Pivot 2 blade disposables and Gillette Foamy Shaving Cream and have since they came with them. I tried all the high priced others and always wind up coming back. Works for me.
 
I use a d/e safety razor and Lord blades with Proraso shaving cream and a brush and hot water. I shave twice..Once with the grain and once at 90 degrees. Close enough for me and very, very inexpensive. An electric razor causes me to break out something terrible.
 
That's how they get you, on the replacement blades. If you look for a coupon and wait for them to go on sale you can buy them at a decent price.
 
moosedog said:
I shave while in the shower with a disposable..............thats why my mustache and side burns are always crooked.
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I usually shave in the shower, too, and what I do is to shave my entire face by "feel" stopping short of my sideburns (I don't have a mustache.) Then when I get out of the shower, I just touch up the area at my sideburns while looking in the mirror.
 
I use one of those old safety razors, you know, the kind that uses the double bladed type.

I use to use Mach 3's but I was having to replace the blades after every shave...I must have tough hair or something. The cost was ridiculous.
With the old fashioned razor I can shave twice a day for a week for around $3.00.

Works for me.
 
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