Shavers vs razors?

[davebullet]

Put bike on stand, start engine, in 1st gear, oil chain then use rear tyre to friction burn off stubble. Takes longer to return than a wet shave.

[Brett]

Anyone here ever used a cut-throat blade? I am keen to give one a go...

[Teflon]

I use barber style hair clippers... blades are still mint after 10+ years of use, oiled using shell rimula..

[wysper]

Anyone here ever used a cut-throat blade? I am keen to give one a go...

I have had a shave with one, but it was a barber that shaved me. I am keen to give one a go too. It was excellent.
Might have a crack in a year or two.
I understand you have to be much more careful

[HEMA]

Anyone here ever used a cut-throat blade? I am keen to give one a go...

refer post #48 this thread




I use one. (but I have a stache and goatee, so I only shave the sides of my face)

Make sure you get one thats properly honed before you give it a try (most new ones are not shaving ready), and lather up properly with a brush, don't try quick shave in the shower just using soap like you might do with your current razor.

[Usarka]

One month later and I'm pretty much sold on the double edge razor. The results are now better than what I was getting from the cartridge razors. The purists will be frothing at the badger brush but I just use bog standard shaving cream, I can shave in close to the same amount of time. It's great not having to unclog the razor all the time, and it's good that you can actually feel what's happening instead of just running a piece of plastic around your face.

Don't use if you're Lemy from motorhead, have a face like tommy lee jones, are unco or epileptic (maybe).....

Otherwise, sweet-as-a-nun's out of a scale of 10.

[MisterD]

I can only concur. I'm about 3-weeks in with my Edwin Jagger D86 now and I'm not going back to cartridges either. If you think you've got sensitive skin and that cartidges are therefore your only option - think again. A proper sharp razor blade over your face once, is a much better idea than those multi-blade contraptions. I'm changing the blade weekly and with a 100-pack of Derbys at $30 that's two years of shaves for the price of one pack of cartridges.

I have gone with the brush method, I'm no rabid greeny but it's quite satisfying to remove another landfill-bound aerosol from my life.

Should have done it years ago.