[Closed] What Razor are you using

http://cornerstone.co.uk
I've been using these........awfee good.

Wilkinson Sword Classic dual edge, with Wilkinson Sword blades.

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I was expecting to get stuck into upgradeitis as usual and end up with a merkur or an antique Gilette or something. But the WS combo works so nicely for me I've not bothered. Bloody cheap as well.

The main benefit though is the lack of ingrown hairs since switching from multiblades.

[i]Still use a Gillette Sensor Excel - not felt the need for anything more and blades are cheap.[/i]

+ 1 Ive had mine for at least 15 years I reckon.

Merkur for me too.

I suffer really badly with ingrowing hairs on neck and always had done, within a week of using a Gillette or similar disposable razor they are back, but i shave every second day with Merkur (with some Israeli no -name blade from shavingshack.com, Feather was too sharp) and i ingrowing hairs go within 2-3 shaves.

retro - I have got one of those - thought it was Boots branded.

Use the cornerstone razor too, but it is worth noting even though the blades are excellent and last a very long time, they are exactly the same blades used on Lidl and aldi own brand razors which cost 3 quid a pack.

I was expecting to get stuck into upgradeitis as usual and end up with a merkur or an antique Gilette or something. But the WS combo works so nicely for me I've not bothered. Bloody cheap as well

I've got one of those also. Never got on with it. I got a nice metal DE razor from someone on here (I can't remember what it is or who it was now, I'm so sorry), and the difference is night and day. If you like the WS razor, you'll love a real one I reckon.

got a nice metal DE razor from someone on here (I can't remember what it is or who it was now, I'm so sorry)

chewkw - Member
At the moment:

Hai Karate aftershave

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Mr Woppit - Member

Classic brand. It is good!

£2 per bottle (think it's left over stock) what is there not to like?

I bought more than a litre ...

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My grandad's old kitchen knife and a bar of soap.
How else will I feel like a real man in the morning?

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Cougar - Moderator
I've got one of those also. Never got on with it. I got a nice metal DE razor from someone on here (I can't remember what it is or who it was now, I'm so sorry), and the difference is night and day. If you like the WS razor, you'll love a real one I reckon.

sadexpunk - Member
*waves at cougar* (its an edwin jagger)

<shakes fist at cougar and sadex>

I knew I should have avoided this thread.

ive still got a few DE and SE razors lurking in the back of the cupboard now if anyone wants to have a bash, say a tenner each?

Wilkinson Sword Quattro Precision with high powered batteries. Great shave and a blade lasts me about a week. Second the observations about Arko soap and using oil when travelling, good stuff. All followed by Givenchy Gentleman, great smellies at a diminishing price because it was designed yonks ago.

sadexpunk - Member
ive still got a few DE and SE razors lurking in the back of the cupboard now if anyone wants to have a bash, say a tenner each?

oooh, do tell us more... e-mail in profile

Gillette Extreme 3 - i shaver lasts about a month of daily shaving.

rosscopeco - Member
... Mongoose Stainless SE...it's WAY better than the Cobra but rare as hens teeth to get.

OOoohhh! (Franky Howard expression)

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That is a work of art!

Very nice and niche indeed!

😯

Are we talking for back, sack or crack?
Or is this one of those roadie threads again and your all on about your legs?

iain1775 - Member
Are we talking for back, sack or crack?
Or is this one of those roadie threads again and your all on about your legs?

Shave everything! Make them smooth! 😆

Try the Bearded Colonel - great blades that last well and new ones arrive by post. I go though 4 every 2 months and shave daily except w/e.

https://beardedcolonel.co.uk/?ast=hQYf86

I've got one of those also. Never got on with it.

x2 cuts me to shreds.

Using a short Merkur, think it's a 15C, with Astra blades. Only ones I've found that work with me rather than against!

Arko soap bar applied with a boar hair brush (was cheap but decent enough) and Arko stiptic pencil in case it goes wrong.

I have thick growth that, even with constant rinsing, a dispoable can't keep up with. The Astras last 2 shaves then they're toast.

Gillette Sensor Excel. Awesome and cheap. Dreading the day Gillette stop making them and I have to have some 8 blade behemoth of a razor that shaves my top lip and chin at thee same time

Mongoose 45% of the time, a Rocnel SE the other 45% and various DE/SE's the remaining
Brushes and soaps not so easy to pick, just try to rotate

Gillette Mach 3 disposable ones. Nivea sensitive gel. Shave every other day. Any longer it's like hacking through the Amazon. Usually get two months out of each razor.

Mach 3 or Mach 3 turbo if their on special. King of shaves gel and just rinse lots. Cartridge lasts me a good month of shaving alternate days, can do 2 months if I'm feeling stingy. Think soap tends to clog the blades more than a gel does.

mac3 and which ever gillette foam or gel I happen to pick up at the time.

*waves at cougar* (its an edwin jagger)

Ah yes, of course. Thank you again, it's tremendous. Found it online, http://www.shaving.ie/products/edwin-jagger-de89l.html

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ive still got a few DE and SE razors

Slightly random but, what do the SE blades look like? Only, I have a case knife which takes single edge razor blades; the one in it is twenty years old if it's a day and I'm buggered if I can find a replacement which doesn't involve me buying a hundred of the buggers.

the injector blades come in a er..... injector and look like these in front of the injector.

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i also have plenty of blades for an ever ready razor, this is a pic of those.

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This thread has piqued my interest, reason being I have to be clean shaven for my job, but find shaving quite uncomfortable after a couple of days, so I'm willing to give this a shot.

Any advice for a complete newbie? Would it be possible to get up and running on a £50 budget?

Gilette Mach 3 with King of Shaves oil. Problem free since I started using this combo about 5 years ago. Oh and I use a razor pit to get at least a couple of months of daily shaves from a blade.

I shave my neck once or twice a week now, but even when I was shaving daily I used to get terrible razor burn and ingrown hairs, particularly on my neckline, I have thick and fast growing beard hair too so I would clog cartridges very easily, I found wilkinson sword protector type the worst for this. As the razor companies seemed intent on squeezing more and more blades into the cartridge the problem got worse, all the time costing even more for a blade that lasted less time.

Eventually I got fed up with this do got myself a 1960s Gilette aluminium tech, it's a lovely thing that is nice and small for travel (came in a little leather case with a comb etc too), my main razor now is a Gilette red tip superspeed, it's apparently on the aggressive end, it's nicely weighted and I never seem to have any irritation from it even after shaving a few days worth of growth. At the moment I'm using wilkinson sword soap with a soft badger brush and Astra blades.

I do have an old Ever ready SE but I'm buggered if I can find any blades to fit that aren't meant for a window scraper

Any advice for a complete newbie? Would it be possible to get up and running on a £50 budget?

drop us a mail if you want to know what ive got to sell and see if youre interested.

I do have an old Ever ready SE but I'm buggered if I can find any blades to fit that aren't meant for a window scraper

depends how deep you want to get into it really bazz. nice razor, brush, bowl, soap, balms etc is maybe pushing it a little bit but certainly a razor, a few blades and a bit of soap/cream

That's very good of you, i'll drop you an e mail, probably tomorrow (at work at the moment and have things to do), I wasn't thinking of this as a hobby, it's purely for practical reasons.

if its for practical reasons, to be perfectly honest i find the bic and gillette blue disposables to be really good these days. id happily use them if it wasnt for the fact i like these SE razors, theyre a bit different and you can tailor your shave to be really smooth or use a more aggressive razor for a few days growth. i just like p1ssing around with them 😀
not sure what sort of razor youre not getting on with, but if you havent tried these disposables, and you just want cheap and easy, you cant go wrong with them. cant remember exactly which disposables i tried (i use em when i go abroad for quick, smooth shaves) but if youre interested ill look at a few google images and work out which ones i rate.

Gillette Mach 3 and a bar of Simple soap. Or just water if I'm out of soap. I shave in the shower so just water works pretty well with the Mach 3 lube strip.

Thankfully i don't need to he clean shaven for work and tend to shave only about twice a week.

Whatever cheapish packet of multiblade disposables I can get from Wilco's. Just so long as they clean up my neck without cutting me to ribbons I really couldn't give a toss who makes them. The rest of my face gets a quick run over with a cheap electric trimmer.

Latest Gillette Fusion as everything else cuts me.

After years n years with the Mach3 I dabbled with the Fusion yes it gives a smoother shave, but hell it clogs up bloody easy with a few days worth of growth so its back to the Mach3 for me.

I'm using Occam's razor, must remember to give him it back.

i also have plenty of blades for an ever ready razor, this is a pic of those.

Them's exactly what I need. Would you be able to part with a couple in a manner that won't get us both arrested?

How the hell do you lot get months out of a blade? I can barely manage 2 shaves before the damn thing is blunt!

Them's exactly what I need. Would you be able to part with a couple in a manner that won't get us both arrested?

Nicely. I'll ping you an email. Just a couple will be fine, like I said the last blade lasted me a couple of decades. (-:

... and, done.

Merkur 34c, accept no substitutes.