Real man shaving.

[JoeyB]

I find the electric OK for a quick top up shave, but it physically rips the hair out if i leave it a few days! Can't bring myself to spend £20 on Mach3 blades so think I'll spend a little more upfront and try some of the kit mentioned in this thread.

 

[tyred]

Use a wood plane.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

What do you all do your gooch with?

a smear of bovril and next doors cat.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

after shower, hot flannel, skin food, trumper extract of limes shaving soap, applied with a badger brush, merkur futur with feather blade (changed once per month), two passes re-soap on second one, cold rinse, bloc osma, dab of limes cologne behind the ears, moisturiser applied an hour or so later. three times a week. sorted.

I've got a straight blade but have not yet developed a good enough technique to use it regularly.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Rechargeable electric for me i am afraid, no matter what blades/ soap/ creme etc i have tried and how careful i am i find that razors give me a rash.

poor technique and shaving against the grain used to give me a rash. not any more.

 

[fossala]

poor technique and shaving against the grain used to give me a rash. not any more.

Same, but I still get the odd ingrowing hear on my neckline.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Rechargeable electric for me i am afraid, no matter what blades/ soap/ creme etc i have tried and how careful i am i find that razors give me a rash.

other way round for me, I have thick fast growing stubble & coming to (cartridge system) wet shaving was a godsend after teenage years of electric shaving (cos' my dad did) and a face that glowed red for hours afterwards.

 

[boybiker]

A cut throat razor when I can be bothered to sharpn it and take a few mins extra using it. For a quick wizz round a Gillette fusion.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Use a wood plane.

If you can't be bothered to wait it's at 15 minutes approx, whole thing's great though!

 

[tyred]

If you can't be bothered to wait it's at 15 minutes approx, whole thing's great though!

That's exactly what I was thinking about but couldn't be bothered to look for the clip

 

[Milo]

Bog standard safety razor soap and brush for me. Don't see why you would bother with anything else tbh.

 

[cyberknight]

poor technique and shaving against the grain used to give me a rash. not any more.

i shaved every which way , odd innit.My dad was the same and he just had a beard in the end.

 

[goo_mason]

Too many to name - I could shave with a different razor every day and not repeat myself for 3 months. Then there's the choice of one of four brushes, about 30 different AS lotions or colognes, about 10 different balms.....

Go-to razor in a hurry is either my Merkur Futur with a Feather blade (dialled up to 6) or my fully-restored 1835 William Roger straight:

 

[GrumpyGregry]

that's a nice blade

 

[pauldavid]

a smear of bovril and next doors cat.

It should be noted that if your neighbour has a dog bovril doesn't work.


Beef Paste on the other hand is very effective as long as you make sure he gets the last bits from under the hood!