Real man shaving.

[andytheflyer]

Merkur 34c with astra blades, an eBay job badger brush. Currently super lathering arko shave soap and Taylor of old bond street sandalwood cream

Finished off with a alum block, which I dropped this morning, and it smashed into a million pieces on the bathroom floor. Turkish lemon colonge and nivea post shave balm

+1 Almost exactly the same but Taylor's soap and Arko cream. Not tried an alum block though....

 

[Leaway2]

BIK (blunt)

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Not tried an alum block though....

Stuff really works! Used wisely, keep it dry and in the box, it will last a lifetime, or at least until next Tuesday - I've had mine for ages.
Don't tell noodley because he'll think I've got a tiny one.

 

[tyred]

Stuff really works! Used wisely, keep it dry and in the box, it will last a lifetime, or at least until next Tuesday - I've had mine for ages.
Don't tell noodley because he'll think I've got a tiny one.

Most importantly of all, don't drop it. Don't ask me how I know it is as brittle as a pane of glass....

 

[goo_mason]

Most importantly of all, don't drop it. Don't ask me how I know it is as brittle as a pane of glass....

Yep - mine shattered on the tiled bathroom floor. Replaced with a RazrRock, which is an alum block in a tube, like a twist-up deo stick. Mind you, I use a styptic pencil these days to deal with any nicks as I find it far better than an alum block in that respect.

 

[donnydave]

I use the flip out clipper bit of my boggo rechargeable once every couple of months to take my beard back to something resembling a badly maintained putting green, then just let it go again until I get more food trapped around my mouth than in it. I mush the normal razor bit between my eyebrows to stop them meeting in the middle about once every month or so and that's about it...

 

[MisterStan]

Currently sporting 3 plus weeks of non maintained growth. Will clip it down to manageable shaving length this evening and then use a disposable to remove the rest as I have a wedding to attend this weekend. Shower gel works for me instead of shaving cream.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I don't own a razor.

 

[Silver Fox]

For a quick one I use an electric shaver or a Gillette PowerGlide ProFusion, or whatever it's called when having a wet shave.

I know a few blokes who have moved over from the cartridge shaver to the tradition DE and have preferred them although I'm told it requires a different shaving technique. I'm picking up a Merkur this weekend, I'll let you know how I get on when I'm back from A+E

 

[PaulSecteur]

Muhle R41 for me, with Gillette yellow 7s as a got to, and black 7s for a really close shave.

 

[Kies]

All this talk of shaving makes me want to try a real razor and a bristle brush etc.
Mach 3 turbo blades don't last long and the money spent is crazy.
I guess buying this lot will cost more up front but work out much cheaper in the long run?

Someone recommend me a shop or website I can buy the original shaving equipment please

 

[Ciar]

Right that's it you have me interested, i have always used a Gillette did once try an old fashioned razor back in the day, but it cut me to pieces, tempted to pick up a starter kit as I always like proper soap and a brush but hated the razor, if i was to give this go what's a decent website to check out and a brand of razor? on top of this my face is pretty sensitive thus why i use the Gillette's with king of shaves.

Any pointers or help would be appreciated, then i can go dive in and see how i fair

 

[Silver Fox]

All this talk of shaving makes me want to try a real razor and a bristle brush etc.
Mach 3 turbo blades don't last long and the money spent is crazy.
I guess buying this lot will cost more up front but work out much cheaper in the long run?

Someone recommend me a shop or website I can buy the original shaving equipment please

Take a look on Amazon.

 

[Silver Fox]

Right that's it you have me interested, i have always used a Gillette did once try an old fashioned razor back in the day, but it cut me to pieces, tempted to pick up a starter kit as I always like proper soap and a brush but hated the razor, if i was to give this go what's a decent website to check out and a brand of razor?

YouTube has plenty of reviews on the Merkur brand of DE blades, German engineering at its best apparently.

 

[Ciar]

cheers, will take a peek.