Wet or Dry Shave ?

[Jimaroid]

I prefer wet shaving. I have fairly sensitive skin, am an eczema sufferer and I used to get irritated with wet shaving but after much experimentation I found it was largely to do with technique. I used to think that spending more money on the big brand disposables would give better results but it doesn't and I realised I was just being suckered by marketing.

What puzzled me was I could go to a barber and pay for a wet shave but wouldn't get irritated. Why was I being sold these multi-bladed face graters if a single blade was better? Is there something magic about a straight razor?

Of course there isn't. The reason why straight razors give better results is due to the process you go through with them:

1. A good face wash
2. Hot towel
3. Lather with a badger brush
4. Razor time
5. Hot towel
6. Cold towel

Without taking shortcuts to that whole process I don't get any irritation at all and shaving has transformed from a painful to a really enjoyable experience.

I bought one of these a few years ago: http://www.mankind.co.uk/merkur-futur-brushed-steel-razor/10363652.html

It's a wonderful thing but I did manage to cut the top of two fingers off with it when I first got it.

 

[JustOne]

Crappy disposable twin blade Gillettes for me, last about a month each.


Never understood why anyone would need 5 blades.

 

[Craigg]

Crappy disposable twin blade Gillettes for me, last about a month each.


Never understood why anyone would need 5 blades.

Snap, but I have been known to get 2 months out of one before it starts pulling!:thup:
Gillette blue 11 all the way

 

[jdpjamesp]

Which are you?

Ever since victor kiam robbed me of my pocket money in the 90's i've never used an electric razor since

I'm aware you can pay a lot now for the all singing / dancing tech but is it really worth it over the trusty blade.

About 2 years ago I went old school. Double Edged Safety Razors. Picked up 150 blades for next to nothing, shaving cream that hardly runs out and a lovely Badger brush. I still have blades. It costs a fraction of the mainstream wet shave stuff, gives me a superb shave (after learning not to slice my throat open) and is really relaxing to use. Oh and no ingrowing hairs like I used to get from a leccie shave.

 

[Slime]

Wet for me, has been for about twenty years now.
I'd never go back to electric.

Slime.

 

[Piece]

Electric stubble razor, once every two weeks or so. Wife likes the rough look

 

[Slab]

Unfortunately wet most of the time

Prefer leccy but its impossible to use it during hotter months when constantly sweating as the foils just get clogged up too easily

Hate shaving though, its such a mundane task almost like a daily chore

 

[Fish]

Wet, Gillette twin disposable with Gillette Gel in support, also have a cut throat razor which I've had for about 2 months but I've only tried it once, think I need to have some lessons with it, it's a bit scary

Use the dogs clippers for my hair :smirk:

 

[Chisteve]

Wet for me with king of shaves shaving oil - great stuff every day

Use Gillette 4 blade contraption they last me 2-3 months HID just got it in special offer with a number of blades

The 1st shaves with new blades are the best - if I was a rich man would us a new blade every day/week - one of the best things ever

 

[bobmac]

The razor manufacturers must be pulling their hair out......... at the drop in sales recently with everyone growing beards.

 

[Craigg]

Wet for me with king of shaves shaving oil - great stuff every day

Use Gillette 4 blade contraption they last me 2-3 months HID just got it in special offer with a number of blades

The 1st shaves with new blades are the best - if I was a rich man would us a new blade every day/week - one of the best things ever

Yes, new blade is a smashing shave. It also finds every tiny spot and blemish so I end up coming out of the bathroom with 4 rolls of toilet tissue stuck to me. Then because your face bleeds for a year before stopping, I promptly forget about the patchwork of tissue stuck to me and waltz off to work!

 

[Break90]

I'm a bit like Rooter, having recently having had to start shaving twice a week instead of once (i'm 41 btw).

I buy a 4 pack of Gillette Pro-Fusion blades about 4 times a year.

 

[Chisteve]

Yes, new blade is a smashing shave. It also finds every tiny spot and blemish so I end up coming out of the bathroom with 4 rolls of toilet tissue stuck to me. Then because your face bleeds for a year before stopping, I promptly forget about the patchwork of tissue stuck to me and waltz off to work!

Try king of shaves shaving oil I think you will find it will help (assuming you dont use it!)

 

[c1973]

Bunch of nancy boys.

I use pliers, but only when the blowtorch is out of gas.

 

[Chisteve]

Bunch of nancy boys.

I use pliers, but only when the blowtorch is out of gas.

Real man at last

 

[williamalex1]

Unfortunately wet most of the time

Prefer leccy but its impossible to use it during hotter months when constantly sweating as the foils just get clogged up too easily

Hate shaving though, its such a mundane task almost like a daily chore

I use Boots pre electric shave lotion when I'm in Tenerife :thup:

 

[Deleted member 15344]

I mainly just shove my head out the window and let the wind blow it off :thup:

I'm the only bloke who needs to start growing a tash in April to get it sorted for Movember

 

[Ethan]

Electric for me. Haven't wet shaved in 20+ years. Got a tip from a barber once to apply a very light dusting of talc on the face first and the electric shave is then much easier and better.

 

[Rooter]

I mainly just shove my head out the window and let the wind blow it off :thup:

I'm the only bloke who needs to start growing a tash in April to get it sorted for Movember

Nah I'm with you Phil! A stray cat could lick off four days worth of 'beard' on me. We did a stag do a few years back where a Tash was mandatory, I started work 6 weeks in advance and still had to use some just for men!!!

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Nah I'm with you Phil! A stray cat could lick off four days worth of 'beard' on me. We did a stag do a few years back where a Tash was mandatory, I started work 6 weeks in advance and still had to use some just for men!!!

:rofl:

That's me as well