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- Wed Dec 07, 2022 9:02 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Coming home and seeing the changes after two years…
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2810
Re: Coming home and seeing the changes after two years…
I'm back to double edge wet shaving after 3 years with a full beard, sometimes out to silly lengths. i usually asked those with a great beard what their methods were, genetics was the bottom line, as it is for most things in life. Nobody with a great long beard hesitated in sharing after my respectf...
- Fri Sep 28, 2018 7:41 am
- Forum: Safety Razors & Blades
- Topic: Derby Blades, A Review
- Replies: 103
- Views: 84272
Re: Derby Blades, A Review
After neglecting Derbys for years I decide to open the seal on a 5-pack (there are a dozen or so packs in the closet).
Quite pleased, I have gone with using one side of the blade until it surrenders, then using the other, I'm 5 days out of one side with good shaves each day.
Quite pleased, I have gone with using one side of the blade until it surrenders, then using the other, I'm 5 days out of one side with good shaves each day.
- Fri Aug 17, 2018 8:17 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Back to a two-pass shave
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5380
Re: Back to a two-pass shave
That wouldn't work for me going against the grain on a second pass.
- Fri Aug 17, 2018 8:16 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: How did you discover wetshaving?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 9921
Re: How did you discover wetshaving?
After slapping down a few 20s on the counter for 4 multi-blade cartridges I got home and half the package was ruined due to plastic encrusted in the blades.
So there had to be a better way...
Someone recommended mantic59's youtube posts and that's all I can recall for specifics...
So there had to be a better way...
Someone recommended mantic59's youtube posts and that's all I can recall for specifics...
- Fri Aug 17, 2018 7:42 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Return to Simplicity
- Replies: 20
- Views: 9184
Re: Return to Simplicity
Thanks JWW! When the ratrace is grinding me down it's good to reach out without looking and put together the old tried and true shaving tools. When I have more time to think about it I like to mix and match again and try something new. and there is an electric razor out there that will be perfect fo...
- Fri Jan 06, 2017 7:53 am
- Forum: Colognes & Aftershaves
- Topic: Worst scent ever
- Replies: 62
- Views: 52467
Re: Worst scent ever
I'd say Lilac Vegetal, but with a caveat: in the bottle it smells like a combination of Jay's Fluid and a urinal cake, but once on my skin for a few minutes it doesn't smell too bad. One scent I can't stand is Brut; in the bottle and on my skin it just turns me off. My cat's urinal cake for the LV....
- Thu Jan 05, 2017 9:29 am
- Forum: SOTD - Shave of the Day
- Topic: SOTD: January 2, 2017 to January 8, 2017
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7276
Re: SOTD: January 2, 2017 to January 8, 2017
Thater 5068
White Proraso soap
Slant
Been on a Derby kick the last month, got a ton of them in storage, and enjoy the risk-free close shave it gives.
White Proraso soap
Slant
Been on a Derby kick the last month, got a ton of them in storage, and enjoy the risk-free close shave it gives.
- Wed Jan 20, 2016 7:37 am
- Forum: Safety Razors & Blades
- Topic: razor aggressiveness help
- Replies: 30
- Views: 10323
Re: razor aggressiveness help
Feathers are the most "aggressive" in that I have on many occasions drawn blood without consciously realizing I cut myself. For some of the listed blades you know you have cut yourself but you still reasonably hope that you won't bleed from it. Some razors were too aggressive, the Vision a...
- Thu Dec 03, 2015 9:11 am
- Forum: ShaveMyFace University
- Topic: Blade longevity?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 28100
Re: Blade longevity?
I believe it's random, and also depends on my preferences at the time. Sometimes a blade starts out great and I know I can get 15 days off it if I want to. Others emit a harbinger on the first pass. And the shaves past day 7 are different for me, I don't mind the duller blade allowing me to grind in...
- Fri Jul 31, 2015 5:41 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Razor monogamy
- Replies: 47
- Views: 16626
Re: Razor monogamy
Under my breaking of monogomy from my Slant.... I tried the Futur for a few weeks after letting it sit there for 4 years. It is too wild and open a blade exposure for me and my tremor/clumsiness/preoccupied mind and I cut my hands a few times, fortunately all was superfluous. Also the Polsilver blad...
- Fri Jun 19, 2015 7:39 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Razor monogamy
- Replies: 47
- Views: 16626
Re: Razor monogamy
ShadowsDad wrote:Finally! Someone with a monogamous relationship with a razor who we can attempt to corrupt into razor swingin'!
Alright, I stopped my 2 year devoted Slant use, started up with a Gillette long Sivertone adjustable safety for the first time in 5 years?
Not bad...
- Wed May 13, 2015 7:30 am
- Forum: Safety Razors & Blades
- Topic: The razors you like/use the most?
- Replies: 171
- Views: 63543
Re: The razors you like/use the most?
Merkur Slant almost full time for 2 years now.
- Fri Feb 27, 2015 10:48 am
- Forum: The Gentlemen's Parlor
- Topic: POTD: What pen/pencil are you using today?
- Replies: 151
- Views: 35183
Re: POTD: What pen/pencil are you using today?
Parker 51 fountain pen with a broad nib, Cross capless rollerball, Blackwing pearl pencils
- Wed Feb 18, 2015 7:15 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: One pass shave
- Replies: 44
- Views: 17095
Re: One pass shave
I use a DE razor and I see a lot of guys here that do a 3 or 4 pass shave. I use a little more pressure and do a one pass shave. Been doing this for a long time and I find it is enough. I found that with a 2 pass shave, it was too close and I didn't have enough stubble for the next shave. Anyone el...
- Tue Feb 18, 2014 10:27 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: "The Men's Salon" in TO - a pleasant surprise
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5735
Re:
What I'm only scared is that they'd go way to hard on my skin. I've got some in growns/razor bumps on a spot on my neck so I don't want to leave in an ambulance! A coworker got a straight razor shave at Stark in Unionville on the weekend. Not aware of too many places that would do this for a first ...
- Sat Sep 07, 2013 8:51 am
- Forum: Safety Razors & Blades
- Topic: Gillette Sensor Excel
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3738
Re: Gillette Sensor Excel
I have read posts here on SMF that have made me aware that more than a few SMF members have used or are using the Sensor Excel twin blade razor and cartridges, and seem to like them. I got curious a few days ago and located a NOS Sensor Excel razor in a package with two cartridges. It arrived today...
- Mon Aug 26, 2013 10:46 am
- Forum: The Gentlemen's Parlor
- Topic: The Atlantic: How to Make Perfect Coffee
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2788
Re: The Atlantic: How to Make Perfect Coffee
Julius, I used to have a French press, but I broke it. It's what everyone in Quebec uses, I found. What health issues are you referring to? From browsing the 'net it appears that the lack of filtering poses a few problems for your health; I'll let you see for yourself. So 1/4 cup of ground coffee p...
- Mon Aug 26, 2013 10:32 am
- Forum: The Gentlemen's Parlor
- Topic: The Atlantic: How to Make Perfect Coffee
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2788
Re: The Atlantic: How to Make Perfect Coffee
Thanks for the article.
French press all the way.
less clarity you say????
The health issues are well documented....
French press all the way.
less clarity you say????
The health issues are well documented....
- Fri Aug 16, 2013 2:17 am
- Forum: Safety Razors & Blades
- Topic: Best Trac II blades in production
- Replies: 47
- Views: 19202
Re: Best Trac II blades in production
I don't mean to demean anyone else's use of multi-blade cartridge razors. I have a history of getting hacked up by them -- at least until the M3, something I bought on a whim. Even with the lube strip giving up the ghost after just a few uses, the Gillette still marches on. The results are on a par...
- Wed Apr 10, 2013 7:55 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: My beard is a'changing and I may be changing razors?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4274
Julius, yes, indeed, I resemble my avatar more and more. I used a Feather in a slant bar for years. But when I shaved the goatee, for some reason, it would not really get my chin right under the chin at the jaw bone. And now that I am using the disposable, I am finding that it cuts smoother than th...