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Kuato
Feb 25, 2005

"I CAN'T BELIEVE I ATE THE WHOLE THING"
Buglord

thathonkey posted:

gillette sensor excel is the only razor ive ever needed

:agreed:

Razors seem to last a while too. I bought a bunch at costco years ago and haven't had to get any since.

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Klyith
Aug 3, 2007

GBS Pledge Week

TVs Ian posted:

My facial hair basically does the Homer Simpson thing where I shave, and it seems like moments later I'm stubbly again. Plus it grows in at weird, uneven angles and I have to basically go over my face like three times to get it shaved without leaving patches.

My brother got me a gift card for dollar shave club for Christmas one year, so I tried it. With their fanciest one (4 blades?), I found that my Gillette Fusion on a blade I had been using for a month still worked better than a brand new one of theirs. It was really uncomfortable and left a lot behind. I tried for a full month in case my face just needed to adjust, but no luck. So I cancelled that and got a pack of 12 Fusion blades to last me a year.

lol using a blade for a month at a time, it's dull as gently caress and that's why you don't get a good shave. the FUSION doesn't have magic technology that can keep an edge sharp. you have the electro-vibrator one, don't you? it hides the dullness by doing a bit of sawing movement with the vibrator, it's the Ginsu of razors.

get a razor that you don't have to stretch out for 30 days because buying them will put you in the poorhouse. like bob cratchit begging scrooge for a piece of coal, "please mr gillette just one more blade, it's christmas :smith:"



and despite all that the dollar shave club was worse :roflolmao:

BLARGHLE
Oct 2, 2013

But I want something good
to die for
To make it beautiful to live.
Yams Fan
I did dollar shave club for a while, but even on the once every two months plan, I was still stockpiling razors. I have a super beard, and only shaved maybe once a week before I quit shaving entirely a year ago. I have like a decade worth of razors in my bathroom cabinet, and I will probably never use them.

Mach3 was a better shave.

Throw off the razors of oppression, my bearded brothers!

Alvie
May 22, 2008

Goddamn dude poo poo I don't want to pay a slightly higher price initially for an item that would last a lifetime. What is this steampunk bullshit. I don't want a goddamn ivory unicorn hair brush because why would I ever want to own something nice? Lol nice try gooners. I'm not some sperg who blows $20 for some fancy pants razor handle then gets blades for pennies a piece. I do it the cheap normal way and buy cartridges that are like $4 a piece. You dumb steampunk nerds.

BLARGHLE
Oct 2, 2013

But I want something good
to die for
To make it beautiful to live.
Yams Fan

Alvie posted:

Goddamn dude poo poo I don't want to pay a slightly higher price initially for an item that would last a lifetime. What is this steampunk bullshit. I don't want a goddamn ivory unicorn hair brush because why would I ever want to own something nice? Lol nice try gooners. I'm not some sperg who blows $20 for some fancy pants razor handle then gets blades for pennies a piece. I do it the cheap normal way and buy cartridges that are like $4 a piece. You dumb steampunk nerds.

I have had a handful of straight shaves in my lifetime, and every one of them has been a disaster. I didn't think I was paying for a bunch of cuts and ingrown hairs, but that was what I got anyway!

canpakes
Jul 26, 2016

by Nyc_Tattoo
The stupid straight razor thing will put me in the poorhouse to buy a drat handle and then I'll never use it because it looks like it takes a year

BLARGHLE
Oct 2, 2013

But I want something good
to die for
To make it beautiful to live.
Yams Fan

canpakes posted:

The stupid straight razor thing will put me in the poorhouse to buy a drat handle and then I'll never use it because it looks like it takes a year

I could have sworn that was a nerd fad from like 8 years ago, but I guess it's still hanging around?

Benny the Snake
Apr 11, 2012

GUM CHEWING INTENSIFIES
Harry's, bitches :grin:

BIG-DICK-BUTT-FUCK
Jan 26, 2016

by Fluffdaddy

BLARGHLE posted:

I have had a handful of straight shaves in my lifetime, and every one of them has been a disaster. I didn't think I was paying for a bunch of cuts and ingrown hairs, but that was what I got anyway!

Try going to a barber that doesn't suck

a bone to pick
Sep 14, 2011

by FactsAreUseless
I look down on the femme men that don't proudly display their beards.

a bone to pick
Sep 14, 2011

by FactsAreUseless
Think about it, as men we all have penises and we all have beards, if you shave off your beard you might as well chop off your dick.

Manchild King
Oct 22, 2010
Misogynistic, self-absorbed, incredibly unfunny asshole. BLOCK ME or I will steal your face for creepy fetish porn!
That's why there have been so many suggestions to get a safety/double edge razor. It's the best balance of cost, quality and ease of use. Straight razors require you to have a not only a good shaving technique, but also good sharpening technique. Otherwise there will be lots of blood. Or a hosed up edge on your blade which is easy to do and a quite costly mistake.

Go to your closest fancy gentleman's store/webstore and see if they can work out some sort of payment plan so you can buy a safety razor handle.

*edit* My face is far, far cleaner than any hippy beard havers can possibly be.

canpakes
Jul 26, 2016

by Nyc_Tattoo

BLARGHLE posted:

I could have sworn that was a nerd fad from like 8 years ago, but I guess it's still hanging around?

There's a thread in the mentally ill clothes forum about guys jacking their rods to badger fur shaving brushes so I thought it was a dumb goon trend devoid of all practicality

extra stout
Feb 24, 2005

ISILDUR's ERR
Is this really too much work for you guys?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVaq2kAlSLY

BIG-DICK-BUTT-FUCK
Jan 26, 2016

by Fluffdaddy

Manchild King posted:

That's why there have been so many suggestions to get a safety/double edge razor. It's the best balance of cost, quality and ease of use. Straight razors require you to have a not only a good shaving technique, but also good sharpening technique. Otherwise there will be lots of blood. Or a hosed up edge on your blade which is easy to do and a quite costly mistake.

Go to your closest fancy gentleman's store/webstore and see if they can work out some sort of payment plan so you can buy a safety razor handle.

*edit* My face is far, far cleaner than any hippy beard havers can possibly be.

They make straight razors that take disposable blades so you don't have to worry about sharpening them

canpakes
Jul 26, 2016

by Nyc_Tattoo

Manchild King posted:

That's why there have been so many suggestions to get a safety/double edge razor. It's the best balance of cost, quality and ease of use. Straight razors require you to have a not only a good shaving technique, but also good sharpening technique. Otherwise there will be lots of blood. Or a hosed up edge on your blade which is easy to do and a quite costly mistake.

Go to your closest fancy gentleman's store/webstore and see if they can work out some sort of payment plan so you can buy a safety razor handle.

*edit* My face is far, far cleaner than any hippy beard havers can possibly be.

You reckon I should buy a straight razor? I have to assume there's a reason nobody in the freakin world except goons uses the drat shits.

Masturbasturd
Sep 1, 2014


Hardly makes a dent on all that 70's hair

DangerZoneDelux
Jul 26, 2006

OP, since you are a cool cat for making GBS threads on these straight edge shave dweebs I'm gonna hook you up to the DSC source
http://www.dorcousa.com/pace-4-cartridges-6-pack-fra1040/
Just Google yourself a coupon and you will get savings to spend on pizza rolls. Works for me

BLARGHLE
Oct 2, 2013

But I want something good
to die for
To make it beautiful to live.
Yams Fan

Manchild King posted:

That's why there have been so many suggestions to get a safety/double edge razor. It's the best balance of cost, quality and ease of use. Straight razors require you to have a not only a good shaving technique, but also good sharpening technique. Otherwise there will be lots of blood. Or a hosed up edge on your blade which is easy to do and a quite costly mistake.

Go to your closest fancy gentleman's store/webstore and see if they can work out some sort of payment plan so you can buy a safety razor handle.

*edit* My face is far, far cleaner than any hippy beard havers can possibly be.

My fat brother is all about the safety razor thing, and his fat results do not inspire confidence. He started shaving his head, and he basically became a potato covered in ingrown hairs.

Not a ringing endorsement, if I have ever seen one.



BIG-DICK-BUTT-gently caress posted:

Try going to a barber that doesn't suck

My normal barber does the best high and tight I have managed to find anywhere, but he can't straight shave to save his life. I got a few straight shaves at various BX barbers at various Air Force bases, and it was always the same thing. Cuts, ingrown hairs, and disappointment.

BLARGHLE fucked around with this message at 05:26 on Sep 21, 2016

Manchild King
Oct 22, 2010
Misogynistic, self-absorbed, incredibly unfunny asshole. BLOCK ME or I will steal your face for creepy fetish porn!
Well no, that's not what I was saying at all. But now I've now realized I was wrong and a straight razor is exactly what you need.

This is the Dovo Bergischer Lowe Buffalo Horn 5/8" Straight Razor


5/8" full hollow, carbon steel blade with gold etching and Natural buffalo horn scales (handle). Made in Solingen, Germany. Just buy one to start out and see if straight razor shaving is for you.

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Roylicious
Feb 21, 2012

Braver than the cops
ain't afraid of no chaps
If they steppin up on me
I just start bustin some caps

BLARGHLE posted:

My fat brother is all about the safety razor thing, and his fat results do not inspire confidence. He started shaving his head, and he basically became a potato covered in ingrown hairs.

Not a ringing endorsement, if I have ever seen one.


My normal barber does the best high and tight I have managed to find anywhere, but he can't straight shave to save his life. I got a few straight shaves at various BX barbers at various Air Force bases, and it was always the same thing. Cuts, ingrown hairs, and disappointment.

No razor is going to eliminate ingrown hairs. If your barber is cutting you with the razor then they are bad at it.

My boyfriend had a straight razor and he was pretty good with it. He rarely used it because it takes 3x longer but he didn't get a bunch of ingrown hairs on his face or anything when he did.

That was really his only complaint; just not really worth the time it takes (stropping the razor and all that too) 95% of the time relative to just using a safety razor.

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