10 or 12 for a buck

Their cleaning stuff works just as well for 10-30% of the cost of name brands!

last for weeks. I find that i rarely if ever cut myself when i shave with them. I"m by no means a shaving purist. I think i recieved a Fusion shaver for free in the mail years ago and I use when zi find a good deal on blades.

I am retired so I do not have to shave daily. My growth is now slow enough a couple of days can do.

If i dont have to meet with anyone at work.

an old fashioned safety razor is so much better and it looks awesome too.

much smoother. They have , i think, 5 blades that are made to very tigbt tolerances. Dur to the surface area and the little glide strip on them they are very smooth. I never cut myself with them.

I have an open shower with a mirror I can see. A mug, brush and a high quality Germany made safety razor.

Wash the body and the hair(same soap-I'm a guy) lather up the face and 3 minutes of pleasant break in the morning. After I am done use my natural sponge to wash my face.

That said, I do carry one of the expensive plastic things on vacation. Just easier. But I always jones for my manly shave when I get home.

Been with the wife for 30 years and when I switched 10 years ago she said it sexy having a guy use a real razor. And I am an overweight middle aged guy!

Have a nice evening.

Close, smooth, comfortable, and I use a trick my grandfather taught me to sharpen a double-edge blade when it starts getting dull. (Use the inside of a glass tumbler and some old-fashioned abrasive cleanser like Ajax. Be very careful!)

was to toss it and put in a new one because they are only 12 cents each!

But you're right, there was a time when people found it worthwhile to hone DE blades on glass but they are cheaper now. I wouldn't do it at this point. The most expensive Japanese blades i have are still only 40 cents each.

there are good soaps on Amazon that if you buy it by the case it's less than a $1 each.

If you like putting soap in the bottom of a mug to load it, you can buy some of the Italian soft soaps by the kilo. It should last a couple years of excellent shaves.

When I was in the USMC I had to shave twice a day.

the last couple years razor blade prices have gone through the roof. I am thinking it is because foreign producers have the market cornered?

So far so good...

Good razors on the cheap ( same style/quality as the Gilette) and I like the shave butter they sell as well.

They are free to charge as much as people are willing to pay. At least Gillete manufactures in the US.

Look at the price for 100 of these Made in America blades and see how you feel about it.

http://a.co/byL19C9

People are free to buy what they want. Companies generally try to price their products at a sweet spot that maximizes profit and sales. Why does Apple charge so much for a new iPhone? Because they can!

It's also called greed. But as humans, we do tend to justify our magical thinking as a rational reality.

read this article: http://www.artofmanliness.com/2008/01/04/how-to-shave-like-your-grandpa/

My razor blades cost about 12 cents each. I buy 100 packs for $12 on Amazon prime. The razor cost about $30 but it will outlast me if I take care of it.

Your local hippie food store has great shaving creams that are cheaper, better, and last longer than canned garbage they sell at the drugstore. I also get great artisan shave soaps from my local farmers market

Synthetic shave brushes are actually cheaper than badger and boar if you don't want to face animal oppression every morning.





Or if you are open to stropping and honing and never buy another blade ever again, try a straight razor

I seriously am obsessed with my wet shave/safety razor! Like I said, it's made shaving my favorite morning ritual.

now I look forward to it every morning after discovering a safety razor and the correct products and technique. It feels great

using good natural ingredients to saponify oils to make soap the traditional way with natural scents rather than some corporate factory using harmful chemicals and artificial scents.



my local soapmaker has a large online customer base http://www.mysticwatersoap.com/shaving-soap.html

Decades and decades ago I shaved like that.. as did my father.

I've gotten into the habit of using the triple plus supper duper fancy schmatnzy razors..and power=propelled shaving cream.. only shave about once every 2-3 days...too lazy..

maybe I'll switch back..

I switched to old school wet shaving with a brush and safety razor about five years ago, and I'll never go back to the newer, pricey multiblades. Here's a few reasons:

1). Cost. Multiblades are too damn expensive and their cheaper varieties were tearing my skin up. There is an upfront cost to safety razors and wet shaving but if you're smart about it, that cost can be minimized. I buy a pack of blades maybe, and I mean maybe, once every six months, and they are dirt cheap.

2). Skin Health. So, it takes some getting used to the change. There's a learning curve involved and you can't just rush it like with an electric razor or multiblades. Once you get the technique down, it's a breeze and shaving is my favorite morning ritual. Additionally, I no longer have any issues with skin break outs or razor bumps, and my shave is closer than I ever had with a multiblade

The only downside...I travel every few months with my job and I like to use a carry-on. You can't take safety blades through security. So you'll have to either suffer with a bic or buy some blades when you arrive where your going.

I could rant on and on about my love of the safety blade. Check it out for yourself.

astronomically.

I'm sure those two things are connected.

I finally settled on a Gillette disposable that works as good as the inexpensive Bics but costs more.

My shaving costs have minimized drastically since I switch to safety razors

I did break down for a good German made razor, but blades are less than a quarter a piece and the morning ritual is something I look forward to.

Prior to that, I was quite literally, using granddad's razor, found it in a box of things I had kept over the years. It served its purpose well and was a nice connection.

Until I bought my new German one I was using my dads. Mother gave it to me when he died 23 years ago and I had for year before breaking it out. Do not know your age but my dad was born in 33. I will say dad's has a tricky screw handle on the bottom which opened the top to remove the blade. Much more convenient than my German one where I have to unscrew, remove and dissemble the entire head. But Dad's was only about 3 inches long and light...I could not use the angle and weight of the razor to do the shaving resulting in the occasional cut.

if you do it upside down: keep the top cap on your countertop, then place the blade on it, then the bottom plate, then screw the handle on. It's done in seconds and you won't risk cutting yourself.

They do also make modern safety razors where you twist the handle to open doors at the top but they're not as good as the old classic Gillettes. Parker is one brand that makes these types.

I prefer the 3 piece.

I have to disassemble my German razor like you described and my "antique" has the same mechanism as your dad's razor.

I'm 39. My friends initially thought I was somewhat weird when I first made the switch, but several have now switched to wet shaving as well.

What shave soap do you use? I try to play around with that because no two are exactly the same.

Right now I am using one made on the gulf coast with wax myrtle oil. But I also really like the pine scented ones.

The best I ever had I purchased in Montreal made in france. It was ocean scented.

Have a good day.

It's nice to be posting on such a light hearted subject after all the serious shit I normally weigh in on.

check out the badger and blade forum for all things related to traditional shaving, grooming, and similar stuff.

Same exact reason we have u no hu
Squatting at 1600

I get the 4 blade model for $8/month with delivery every two months. I've read that Harry's razors are good too.

..and now I can get the refills at my local Target...

I am part Crow and the whiskers seemed so slow to appear.
Now I am 66 and have a full beard, but hate to shave.
Luckily, in construction, nobody cares. So I shave at least once
a week, or on occasions.

The reason blades go bad is that they are made out of steel and the combination of air and water causes them to rust. Most people just put their razor down someplace so the air and water go to work. If you store them in baby oil or something similar there is no air or water residue. Thus no rust. Thus they last longer sometimes than the razor assembly itself. I go about 6 months between blades and I have heavy facial growth.

Kept this little jar of oil in where he put his razor. It just seemed more trouble than it was worth. And the oil got gross pretty quickly.

Glad it works for you. I am now a safety blade guy. I spend less than 20 cents a week. Probably spend more than that on the hot water I run in the shower while I shave.

Have a nice evening...and a good shave tomorrow!

So I grew a beard.

Therefore I am

What happened to menthol shaving cream?

I guess in Marketing menthol was too closely tied with your granddad and cigarettes...now it is called artic ice or some silly thing. But it is still there.

It felt awesome and cool on a warm August day. Universal health care is not the only thing that people outside the US enjoy. We can still buy these items online though.

to rub it in?

Oddly enough Target used to sell Proraso and Wegmans used to carry the German version of Nivea with menthol but both stopped due to insufficient demand. Nivea said they would consider selling theirs through Amazon if they got data that enough Americans want it. They are still available through some online vendors. Dettol cool is available in some Indian grocery stores.

And some nice menthol aftershave stored in the fridge feels great after a shave on a warm summer morning.

It is made by Proraso and is virtually the same. Good stuff.

Proraso also makes sandalwood/shea butter, green tea/oatmeal, and aloe vera/musk and others. http://proraso.com/category/shaving/

The thing that broke me of the habit was when Target started locking them up.

I was all, "I'm already overpaying for these things. Now I'm supposed to ask some teenager if they can unlock the razors for me? Yeah, no, fuck that noise." (I'm kind of a dick that way. I get it from my mom.)

Now I'm all about Gillette Sensor 2, pack of twelve. (Probably still overpaying, but not near as much as before.)

for almost 10 years now. I replace the blade weekly and I always feel like I'm using a new blade.

Pay once, never pay again

and slit my throat with it.

even though everyone wanted him to.

$9 for a 4 pack of blades every other month (I think they have cheaper options as well, but I like the multi-blade razors). The blades are comparable to the expensive Gillette ones, they're mailed to my door, and when I get enough of a backlog (which happens about every 6 months) I just turn it off for a while. They're other grooming products are pretty good as well.

... looked sort of like a wall pencil sharpener. I assume it was in the attic because it couldn't duplicate the factory edge, but still it probably was valued by a frugal owner at some point. Maybe the sharpening surfaces inside wore out.

I've had a full beard for decades now. I do shave the neck and cheeks daily, but one dispo plastic razor lasts for weeks. I put a mirror in the shower and shave there, so I don't have to deal with shaving cream.. a little soap or shampoo works just fine.

Of course everyone knows the razor blade marketing story: the companies gave away the holders, or sold them at cost. They knew they made their money from repeat business, as the blades would have to be replaced regularly. Modern disposable razors have dispensed with having to buy the holder - it's made so cheaply that it can be given away with each blade.

It doesn't matter to me if the blades are single, double, triple or whatever. However, I've found the single and double blades are better for putting a nice edge on a beard. You get three or more, and it's harder to tell where it's starting to cut.

injectors, I'd buy a lifetime supply ... my favorite razor of all time takes them, but can't find them anywhere ☹️
thus the beard 😝

and I've seen plenty of new Schick injector style razors sold online. Just google it. It's more available than you might think

the blades I get for about ten bucks for a hundred on Ebay.

We probably shave more areas on our bodies than men do...... with exceptions.

Buy one and use it for years with blade changes only every other year or so.
Some do an excellent job.

I just read that they're HERE too! Possibly disguised as green tentacled cartoon characters.Or transported through Kaspersky software. Those Burlingtonian Albanians are really sneaky. I wouldn't blink if you can help it.

And you say "here, hold my zima, i gotta take a leak" and as you wander into the murky mist you first hear the films soundtrack and then your hear the footsteps coming closer and you start to run but your shoe comes off in mud and you trip over a log all the while the sound is getting closer and closer and you start to sceam but the noise is caught im your throat and you hear ominous LAUGHING so you turn to look and there you confront THE UNSPEAKABLE ELDRITCH HORROR

Well played! Now I'm tempted to dust off my old paperbacks and reread all of those old stories. I've got a couple dozen new books on the shelf, two more I just downloaded on Kindle and here I am rereading a Clive Barker novel...

It comes in a package similar to this

I like to go clean shave, including my head. But sometimes I let my bald ass grow some hair and just wear a hat. Regardless, I let my beard grow, I shave it clean, I shave it into different beard styles. The dollar shave club rates are perfectly fine with me for my male grooming needs.

And are socially expected to be clean shaven all over in a way men are not.

Look at the blades and razors marketed to omen: they cost even more than men's.

My solution: I bought a safety razor and 100 German-made blades for $11.

our disabled wards and elderly parents.

I have tried using an electric razor on my adult son, but it takes forever to shave him. With a blade, it is over in a couple of minutes, and for now, a shave lasts about two days. I'm using a double blade razor, cheap, and being careful to watch for irritation, etc.

I buy the single blade bic's for a few bucks a bag of 10 or so and they last me well over or close to at least a year. One razor gives me a good months worth of shaving. In fact I hate to break out a new one because by the time I'm finished shaving I look like one of those blood letting cultist
Rinse the bastards and lap them as you would a straight razor in the palm of your hand and they'll stay sharp for many many shaves.

I got it 33 years ago at fort benning 4.99$ at the store for blades.

Create a need that doesn't exist and then provide the product to fill it.

Old but good article.

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/04/gillettes-razor-everything-wrong-with-america.html

I stopped shaving in 1969, the day I got my DD Form 214 from the USAF. No razor has touched my face since then. I prefer the natural, unshaven look. I always wonder what men who shave really look like.