What's your best shave.....

**Panache** · 15th November 06, 07:31 PM

Originally Posted by Blu (Ontario)

Does more blades = better shave??

In my humble experience...

YES!

Cheers

**Bob C** · 15th November 06, 07:37 PM

Braun Syncro

**Blu (Ontario)** · 15th November 06, 07:53 PM

Originally Posted by PaulX608

.... Old fashioned, yes. But that's the way I roll

This is the gear that shaved millions of men for over 60 years and exactly what I remember my father using back in the 1950's.

I didn't realize it was still available!

Cool!

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**Tattoo Bradley** · 15th November 06, 08:14 PM

Originally Posted by PaulX608

Well, I haven't seen the part of my face under the beard for at least 10 years, but on the neck, this is my setup:

Old fashioned, yes. But that's the way I roll

YEs, IS that still atainable in the retail world??? My grandather used that for years, I would love to have the old adjustable Gillette razor.

**PaulX608** · 15th November 06, 08:55 PM

That razor is a genuine original. I bought it at an antique store about 15 years ago. Cleaned the case as best I could and auoclaved the razor itself. As long as men used these, it's amazing how difficult it is to find the blades nowadays. I used to have a non-adjustable one of the same era, but I think my first wife still has it. Got that one in the 80's when my Great Grandfather died. Once I found the adjustable, though, I never looked back. It's great. The newer plastic heads don't hold heat. That's the best part of the old design. Once you heat it in the hot water, it stays hot and melts the foam so it glides ever so smoothly. Good designs never truly go out of style. Unfortunately, they're harder and harder to find these days. With A.I.D.S. and the like, antique stores rarely have old razors anymore. There's always eBay though! Just remember to take great care to sterilize one of these. If you have a friend like me who works at a dental or medical office or a tattoo parlor, the autoclave is best. But I would imagine that 10 minutes in a pan of boiling water would probably do the trick.

Here's a couple eBay links:

Nice one in the box

Absolut gem!

Another real nice one

**auld argonian** · 15th November 06, 08:55 PM

I'm one of those with that tender red-head's skin and a rally scruffy, tough beard. I have tried lots of stuff over the years with mixed success.

Currently it's the Neutrogena shave gel...this is by far THE best stuff I've ever used and my eighteen year old son is using the clear-skin-acne-fixer-upper version of the same thing with great success. The disposable razor of choice is currently the Schick X-treme 3...get it...three blades. I got a sample of that current Gilette thingie that has five or whatever blades and it worked pretty impressively the first three shaves....after that it got a bit rough and that doesn't really justify laying out the 7+ bucks for four new blades to me.

HOW you shave is probably more important than what you use...I've heard a few studies about this...shave with the grain?...yeah...but when I do shave I like to get a really close shave so I break that rule (carefully) every time. I once heard a dermatologist on a TV show say that you should shave with the non-razor holding hand in your pocket; that is that you should avoid stretching your skin this way and that while you're shaving. Don't know about this one...mixed results.

But that Neutrogena stuff is really the max...

Best

AA

**Blu (Ontario)** · 15th November 06, 08:55 PM

Originally Posted by Bob C.

Braun Syncro....

Very hi-tech looking! Almost like one of those small hand phasers from Star Trek...

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**arrogcow** · 15th November 06, 09:54 PM

The best razor I have ever found is the Bic Metal (single blade), and I have used replacable blade, multi blade, injectors, and electric. Close shave and I can use one for well over a month. They started becoming very hard to find about 5 years ago, and about that time I found a stash in a drug store in Charlotte, NC (bought the entire stock). I did not see them again until this summer when I found them in a store in Scranton, PA (I bought another 5 year supply - 4 packs of 10).

Adam

**neo71665** · 15th November 06, 10:03 PM

Originally Posted by auld argonian

<snip> I once heard a dermatologist on a TV show say that you should shave with the non-razor holding hand in your pocket; that is that you should avoid stretching your skin this way and that while you're shaving. <snip>

My boxers dont have pockets, lol.

I liked the mach X razors but the cost of the refills is crazy. I use an old sensor (all on the handle) with gel shaving foam. I got like 5 or 6 mach 3s that were sent to me to try out and a schick quattro that I can't complain about too much but the fact I can only shave once or twice and the blade is dull.