Shaving...your face

[VICTORIADON]

I have always used a razer in the shower, Gillette has up and changed heads...again. I have had enough. The Track series, then Excel, Sensor, now some kind of 5 blade razor that costs $5 a head.
I am thinking about just buying an electric razor. I have never used one.
Any suggestions on what type to buy? Do they shave as close as a razor? Make, Model etc...
I don't mean some kind of cheap travel electric thing, I have spent so much on razors over the years, I will spend some money on an electric if it saves money in the long run.
Do they have to be sharpened some how, change parts, how much is that etc?

I really have no idea, I am just so ticked off with Gillette changing heads all the time.

 

[seven2go]

I first used a Remington electric and it was OK.......I was always scared shitless of cutting my chin to pieces with a bladed razor as I have a couple scars.......
After the Remington I tried a Norelco and have stayed with Norelco for far longer than I care to remember.......

 

[teadrinker]

I used an old-fashioned safety razor for years, like this:

and cut myself most days, until I switched to electric in my late 20's (first Philips, then Braun). I found that electric took longer, and never gave a very close shave. In the last year or two I've started using Gillelle Sensor Excel with a good shaving gel, and I can't imagine ever going back to electric again.

-T.

 

[SLOPPYSECONDS]

me look in mirror ans scare ma hair out HA

 

[StationToStation]

i'm growing out my facial hair and i love it, its sexy, lazy and easy lol like me

 

[Nomenclature]

Of the multi-blades, the Mach 3 is the only one that works worth a crap; The 4 and 5 blades keep getting hair stuck between the blades, and it's a pain to clean all of it out, since just rinsing it doesn't work.

I now use a mach 3 and an electric razor. One when i'm lazy, and the other when I want to shave against the grain.

 

[BearMagus]

I found the electric razors do a terrible job if you have a heavy beard and I've tried them all. They turn your face into hamburger meat for weeks until your skin adapts and this includes hundreds of in grown hairs in the process.

 

[ronboy]

I started shaving when I was 16 (circa 1979-1980) First I used my late grandfather's 1950's vintage Remington electric shaver, which I had cleaned and had new blades put into...

Then I bought my first Norelco, but I still wasn't getting a close enough shave.

Then I started using a Gillette Trac II, which was also my father's preferred blade. I was using Gillette Foamy and Edge shaving cream. My only beef with Trac II was that I used to cut myself all the time because the blades would dull quickly.

About 20 years ago, I began to use an old fashioned mug and brush to lather up, and I continue to use this today. My preferred brand of shaving soap is Williams, (when I can find it in the stores)

About five years ago, I finally switched over from Trac II to Gillette Sensor Excel razor blades. This is what I currently use.

I received a free Gillette Fusion razor (supposedly the latest technology), but haven't tried it yet...

 

[Hello-Good-Bi]

I'm somewhat obsessed with shaving and have bought all of the 3, 4 and 5 blade razors at one time or another. I usually use the Gillette Fusion Power but will buy whatever replacement heads are on sale too. I've recently switched to King of Shaves shaving oil instead of a cream or gel and it seems pretty good so far.

I've often wondered if the newer "high end" expensive electric razors are any good. It would make me angry if I shelled out 180 bucks for one and wasn't satisfied with the results.

 

[BearBoi]

Check out: badgerandblade.com/

You might like a vintage safety razor. They are still widely popular and you can get the blades for them cheap as heck.

I’d also suggest you check out NancyBoy.com for some excellent shaving products, specifically their shaving cream and after shave gel. That stuff is top-notch. In a British review of shaving creams, Nancy Boy was the only non-UK brand to make it to their top 100 list. (And if you are wondering about the name, it is made/owned by two gay men from San Francisco, but it is so good a lot of str8 guys swear by it too. hehe)

Or, you could use a straight-razor; a one-time purchase which can easily last you your whole life. Not to mention looking über-butch.

 

[2pourvous]

i shave only twice a week and plain rassor do the job

 

[rareboy]

I've used the very same twin blade razor for 25 years.

Two blades are just fine. Period.

Don't use electric. It is never as good.

I ended up with ingrown whiskers like crazy when I used one for awhile.

 

[HornyHenry]

I've used a Norelco a lot, first a Rotatract, then I got an old Norelco double-header from a friend a dozen years ago. The simple no-frills Norelcos hold up better with less to wear or go wrong than the fancy ones. I use it to trim some ear hair and stray whiskers on my face above my beard and then I use a yellow Bic razor when I get out of the shower when my beard's softened up to shave my neck under my chin and jaw line.
I've had a beard most of my adult life so I only have to shave around it to keep it in shape.

 

[IowaGuy]

I use a Gillette Sensor razor. I've tried electrics but just don't get a close shave with them.

 

[mbamike]

I started out with shaving cream and a razor just because that's how my dad did it. I switched to an electric razor sometime ago while I was in the Navy. I still use an electric razor today, a Remington.

 

[treanir]

Electric won't give you a close shave at all. When it comes to shaving, I use a Wilkinson Quattro and shaving soap.

 

[justsimon]

I use a safety razor. The blades are cheap.

 

[Nomenclature]

I started shaving when I was 16

I had to start shaving my mustache when I was 11.

 

[LoveIsNow]

My brother uses an electric and he always looks raggedy and not properly shaven.

I use an old-fashioned double edge safety razor. Like this:

I used to use a Gillette Sensor, but my blades went up from $14 when I started shaving at 16 (in 2006) to $18 in 2008 and $22 in 2010 for a box of 8, so I switched and now my blades are between $3.50 and $5.50 for 10. I cut myself for the first week or two I used it, but now it shaves closer than the multi-blade ever did, and without cutting like teadrinker and my father complained they did.

There is a bit more skill involved; that's why people's father always taught them to shave on old TV shows. I learned off of YouTube. After getting used to it, shaving is now more a pleasure than a chore. In fact, I'm now considering getting a Dovo Shavette:

which is sort of a practice version of the old Sweeney Todd-esque straight razors that uses replaceable blades rather than being sharpened, and is cheaper, so I can see how I like that kind of shaving.

But yeah, don't go electric. You'll look like a bum.

 

[Hello-Good-Bi]

I am very prone to ingrown hairs so I guess I should stay away from electric razors. If it wasn't a requirement to be clean shaven at work I would probably only shave a few times a week. Even on a good day shaving really does a number on my face.

Maybe I should try an old fashioned safety razor?