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Guys blade or electric what do you use?
D M E C K E R T wrote: learned how to shave on something similar.......... double edged wilkinson.......... I was sneaking at the time shaving. Many cuts were had but I got in lots of practice. Its the most efficient........ but you need to be very precise and have good lather and even pressure. Nov 14 12 12:06 am Link Wildcat Photography wrote: What's the difference? Nov 14 12 12:20 am Link i started using a straight razor when I was at uni, just to be badass and different, they were probably the best shaves ever, then i buggered my wrists, took years to fully recover, so sharpening it became a real pain and quickly gave it away, besides once I started working and had to shave everyday the ease of electric was impossible to pass over. No that I'm my own boss I shave about once a week, which is getting pretty beardy gone to regular (safety?) blade now ...but thinking it might be time to see how good I can get the edge on the old straight razor these days Nov 14 12 12:22 am Link What shaving taught me about capitalism... http://weeklysift.com/2012/07/16/what-s … apitalism/ Basically all we need is something sharp sliding over something slick. "So let’s review. Shaving has basically been a solved problem for at least half a century. By the 1970s the patents on those solutions had expired, and nothing of importance has been invented since. In a sensible world, all men would know this and the factories would focus on delivering cheap high-quality double-edged razor blades. That didn’t happen because it wouldn’t have made anybody rich. Since a standardized, patent-expired product like the double-edged razor can be made cheaply by anybody, the profit margin is too small to buy Super Bowl ads or pay stupendous CEO salaries. So instead, the market has gone two ways. The mass market has kept research labs busy churning out phony “improvements” that generate market-protecting patents and give advertisers something to work with. And vast amounts of money have been spent persuading men (successfully!) that there’s something new worth paying up for and something primitive about the double-edged safety razor." Pay attention because this is exactly what GMO's or health care are all about, but I digress Nov 14 12 12:27 am Link I hate electric shavers. I use a .... Nov 14 12 12:30 am Link electric, once or twice a week. Nov 14 12 12:43 am Link Visual Serotonin wrote: I know......I think it's the slick marketing that has made me go from electric to blade and back and forth over the years. Nov 14 12 12:46 am Link Wildcat Photography wrote: udor wrote: Well, I don't scratch my face! Nov 14 12 12:49 am Link Ahhh forget the knives, swords and blades. I use this: This is the industrial edition, I obviously use the Personal Edition Nov 14 12 07:21 am Link My comments on this product got published. http://www.panasonic.com.au/Products/El … er+reviews I am surprised they would allow for a negative review. Nov 14 12 05:19 pm Link RINALDI wrote: MAD Magazine did a story once many years ago about crazy inventions you'd never see and one of them was a laser shaver.. It actually looked pretty well thought out too, and the design was based on a blade shaver but in place of the blade you had a laser beam which would cut the hair very close to the skin. Nov 14 12 05:22 pm Link Gabrielle Heather wrote: it's definitely a process that takes some care. i've managed to condense it down to a "good enough" process for a Nov 14 12 05:33 pm Link D M E C K E R T wrote: Nov 14 12 06:08 pm Link Gabrielle Heather wrote: legs with a straight sounds terrifying. lol. Nov 14 12 06:54 pm Link I used to using both. My job requires me to be clean cut all the time and I honestly like it. The only part I don't like is when I get a clean edge up and my supervisor drops by and breaks my balls about me having a beard... Nov 15 12 12:03 pm Link D M E C K E R T wrote: interesting you mean? I like a challenge. I know I could do a face. Nov 15 12 12:09 pm Link Blade....when I do. I've always hated shaving. Got an electric Remington for Christmas when I was a teenager....bleech. Lousy job. Did try Norelco triple header many moons ago.....wasn't half bad, sometimes. Do they still make those? Nov 15 12 12:13 pm Link For several years, I rarely shaved, but the last time I shaved with a blade, I developed an ingrown hair that I still have as a lump on my jawline. That was in February. I use a trimmer to keep it manageable, but I don't shave my face anymore. Just my neck and crazy strays on my cheeks. I have "unique" hair follicles on my face. Many hairs growing out of a single follicle. Nov 15 12 12:42 pm Link Gillete blade, Mach III. Which kills me to buy because I'm not a New England Patriots fan... Nov 15 12 12:45 pm Link Good Egg Productions wrote: tweezers are there for that Nov 15 12 12:48 pm Link Number of models I have shaved... (4) I used one of those pink razors. Nov 15 12 03:32 pm Link hbutz New York wrote: were all pink on the inside, those razors suck though. Nov 15 12 04:13 pm Link Razor. Nov 15 12 07:07 pm Link Paramour Productions wrote: I use shaving cream with cocoa butter that's already in it. Agree, anything that dries your face out, you're done. Nov 15 12 07:12 pm Link Paramour Productions wrote: Damon Banner wrote: You guys must have very soft/light beards. For me to get anything resembling a close shave with an electric takes forever. I could shave with a blade six time in the time it takes to get rid of my beard with an electric. The only one that even worked (at all) was a Braun and I killed it. I kill razor blades too, but they're more easily replaced. There's a way around your issue. I too can grow a full bread. What I do is cut it as close as I can with hair clippers. Once I'm done with that, I can shave with a razor. Never let your facial hair grow too long. Pain in the ass. Nov 15 12 07:15 pm Link DHayes Photography wrote: the reason why many get those bumps, they shave too close beyond the hair shaft. This dries the skin out and the hair can't find the hole where it's suppose to grow. Others reasons that lead to bumps. Trying to shave when the hair's too long and not letting the shaving cream sit on your face for a second to moisturize and soften the hair and face. Going against the grain is another no no that leads to bump aka ingrown hair. Nov 15 12 07:22 pm Link Just picked up a new safety razor and some fresh blades to have a go at it again. I'm out of practice. My face is happy. My neck is not! Nov 16 12 01:29 pm Link Paramour Productions wrote: You're probably shaving too close to the hair shaft. That'll make your face/neck irritable. Nov 16 12 06:30 pm Link Blades, the more the better. Nov 16 12 06:50 pm Link I did better today. But I have to disagree with the poster who said that shaving technology reached it's pinnacle after WWII and that all that came after is just marketing hype. Bullshit. Nov 17 12 08:46 am Link Paramour Productions wrote: When I first started shaving with a safety razor, I would shave it the same direction as my face and I got major irritation. For me, my neck hairs grow at a 45 from my face, so when I adjusted my angle, the irritation went away. Nov 17 12 10:37 am Link Merkur Futura safety razor/double edge with shave secret oil and bigelow cream and a badger brush. I get back spasms so I don't trust myself with a straight edge ... those crappy multi-blade disposables just don't give a nice, clean shave. It's like the marketing department thought, "hmmm, this double doesn't work very well, let's add another blade and make it a triple. People with fall for that." Then they thought,"hmmm, these triples really don't work very well. Let's add more blades to it. People will fall for that". Nov 17 12 11:10 am Link Gabrielle Heather wrote: They work, but these hair clusters are so large, it's easy to grab them and pull them out. They generally come out with no pain and very little effort. Nov 17 12 12:05 pm Link PhotographybyT wrote: Wildcat Photography wrote: Well, I don't scratch my face! I really prefer to pluck... not the face tho... lasts for weeks until the baby hair grows back softly... and it's easy to maintain... only the initial grooming is... well... gotta have balls to do it... Nov 17 12 12:10 pm Link Gabrielle Heather wrote: let me see. Nov 17 12 02:31 pm Link Paramour Productions wrote: blades matter. feathers are the only ones i'll shave with. got a few freebies when i ordered my safety razor (bluebird and another i can't think of)...i tried them to compare to the feathers and thought i was using a cheese grater. Nov 18 12 11:37 am Link |