Shaving too complicated

Status
Not open for further replies.
Boru62 said:
That was my point, the bakelites I've tried have all been on the aggressive side of efficient. Possibly to make up for the lack of weight
Click to expand...
Yes, I'm sorry I misread your comment but I'm surprised that you find your Souplex to be anything other than mild, that is how I find mine anyway but we all have different skin's so I won't press the point. P.
 
Far Cry Toff said:
I have never thought shaving was too complicated,...until I read this thread.
Unfortunately, I'm too thick to work out if one of the posters suffers from OCD or is on a wind-up.
I'm playing a straight bat to this one.
Click to expand...

Unfortunately, i know enough to be able to say, that i have obsessive traits. What is commonly known as "OCD" by those who don't know what OCD really is. The psyche of all people, is composed of a mix of neurotic traits. They are like different forces fighting each other, pointing to different directions. When one such force is so powerful, as to dominate the others and to drag psyche to its direction, it then become "neurosis". Fortunately, most people are unaware that they all also have neurotic traits and are only able to see them in others, because they are weird to them, being their own the "normality". For example, a housewife that likes order, irons the clothes, bends them neatly and puts them in the shelf and pats them down to look tidy, has likely obsessive traits. For a housewife that keeps her house like a bombarded field, the first one has OCD, while she is normal. It becomes OCD, when it becomes a standard, repetitive, ritualistic behaviour, where the individual finds comfort in doing it, even for no apparent reason.

Or, to put it with an easy television example. You have present the meticulous detective doing CSI work, looking at the last place someone would look and finding a clue? If you have obsessive traits, you will excel in that job, because you pay attention to things that others may not. Fast forward to the detective "Mr. Monk". That's OCD. Because it's obsessive trait gone "rogue" (aka neurosis).
 
Blademonkey said:
Yes, I'm sorry I misread your comment but I'm surprised that you find your Souplex to be anything other than mild, that is how I find mine anyway but we all have different skin's so I won't press the point. P.
Click to expand...
I don't find the Souplex Minor mild, smooth yes but not mild.
Mild I would equate with the Feather Popular or EJ DE89, but as you say we're all different.
 
riverrun said:
Your loss.
I've just used mine - in "that colour" - what a corker. Even better than I remembered...
Click to expand...

Like i mentioned before, "the chase of the perfect razor", never ends. I read an old wetshaver in another forum saying that for brushes actually, but i think same goes for razors... If i have 2 types that give smooth BBS (even if with 4 passes), with no blood and irritation, why sweat it with the chase. Because, the bakelite, might be my loss. Another guy in an italian forum, says that if you haven't shaved with Fatip, you haven't seen heaven. So i guess one must also buy the Fatip. Then another one says that the Merkur 34HD is a staple razor that everyone should have. OK, then go for the Merkur too. At the end, how many techniques one must master to be able to use all these? And where does this end?
 
Boru62 said:
I don't find the Souplex Minor mild, smooth yes but not mild.
Mild I would equate with the Feather Popular or EJ DE89, but as you say we're all different.
Click to expand...
I suppose it would also depend on the blade used but I found it effectively mild unlike my other Bakelite razor of unknown origin which is just savage no matter what blade I've tried although I've not tried a Derby yet, maybe tomorrow's shave. :) P.
 
Boru62 said:
Wherever you want it to.
Click to expand...

Hopefully. Or, it becomes acquisition disorder and thus never ends, because you can't stop yourself. I have bought 3 types of metallic razors and 1 plastic, the Wilkinson Sword classic. I liked the 2, i didn't like the other 2. The Wilkinson i used it only twice, i just find the weight distribution weird, causing my previously developed technique to fumble. So, i think it's the end of the road for me. :D I tried 4 different products, i think it's a fair amount to give a good choice and 2 of the 4 are based on Gillette's successful vintage models (that's why i picked them), so i think i can stop without regrets.
 
Obelix said:
in the era of internet sales, i find it ironic, that someone in Romania has a shop selling them, while i have to address the factory in my own country to get one...
Click to expand...

It all adds to the mystique :p

I feel bad for you, I can go into town (6 miles away) and there are two “gentleman's outfitters” who both sell a good selection soaps, aftershaves and brushes from TOBS, Trumpers and Kent... Only problem is I don't like anything from those brands :D
 
Blademonkey said:
I suppose it would also depend on the blade used but I found it effectively mild unlike my other Bakelite razor of unknown origin which is just savage no matter what blade I've tried although I've not tried a Derby yet, maybe tomorrow's shave. :) P.
Click to expand...
There may be different models of the Minor, I've seen a Souplex OC on here that doesn't take standard handles whereas mine does.
I can't get on with Derbys they give me a rash.
 
Boru62 said:
There may be different models of the Minor, I've seen a Souplex OC on here that doesn't take standard handles whereas mine does.
I can't get on with Derbys they give me a rash.
Click to expand...
Ours are the same from what I can make out from the pic you posted.
I usually leave Derby blades alone but I think I will have to try in my over aggressive Bakelite razor and see what occurs, hopefully less or even no blood loss! :) P.
 
Rohleder said:
It all adds to the mystique :p

I feel bad for you, I can go into town (6 miles away) and there are two “gentleman's outfitters” who both sell a good selection soaps, aftershaves and brushes from TOBS, Trumpers and Kent... Only problem is I don't like anything from those brands :D
Click to expand...

3 famous british brands and you don't like them? You are a tough customer! :D Here, the situation is bad enough, than in an italian wetshaving forum, they had to do this:

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1Uhf4NQZ-JgF1DK0uN253K8II1QY&msa=0&ll=41.48191270522306,12.606812023437442&spn=16.37111,28.256836&z=6

This is a map of physical shops with something related to wetshaving in all Italy, compiled by the forum members, one trying to help the other, with each shop tagged about which products it has (click on each suitcase and on the left, you will see which brands you can find in that shop). Because, finding "everything" is impossible. And as you can see, if you don't live in one of the big cities, the situation is pretty desperate. Even if you do live in a big city, there isn't some "wetshaver's paradise", like the "Pasteur pharmacy" that i 've seen in USA. And often,they will overcharge you by a good amount.
 
Obelix said:
Thanks. That's why i bought the Baili. I have found a B&B thread with comparing photos and the heads seem identical. However, the shave i get from the Baili Tech clone, is considerably rougher. Maybe because i am used to the angle of Weishi and DE89, which i find very similar, maybe because the Tech heads hold the blade more rigidly and my technique hasn't evolved with such, maybe because it bends the blade more and the blade ends up with different "angle of attack".

But although i got BBS, my face was feeling much rougher after the shave. So, i have abbandoned plans for such razors. The Weish and the DE89 work both very well on my face, and i find i don't have any adjustment need while i swap between them. The transition from one to another seems very natural. With the Baili Tech, not so. And maybe this is why the shaves felt rough. But, why confuse myself with learning 2 different techniques at this point...
Click to expand...

Fair enough, I'm not familiar with the Baili so I looked it up and it does look much like a Tech.

The DE89 is a great razor, I just wish it was brass instead of pot-metal.
 
chris.hale said:
Fair enough, I'm not familiar with the Baili so I looked it up and it does look much like a Tech.

The DE89 is a great razor, I just wish it was brass instead of pot-metal.
Click to expand...

It's the Baili BD176, sold also as Razorock DE1. In Badger & Blade, i had found someone that had dismantled the Baili and the Gillette Tech and had posted photos side by side and they are copycats both in appearance and in measurements. Only difference, the Baili BD176 is an upgraded version of the first Baili Tech clone, which also covers the sides of the blade (the blade doesn't protrude to the sides of the razor). The same Baili head with different handle, is also sold as "Viking's Blade The Godfather" razor in the US Amazon.
 
Last edited:
Obelix said:
Unfortunately, i know enough to be able to say, that i have obsessive traits. What is commonly known as "OCD" by those who don't know what OCD really is. The psyche of all people, is composed of a mix of neurotic traits. They are like different forces fighting each other, pointing to different directions. When one such force is so powerful, as to dominate the others and to drag psyche to its direction, it then become "neurosis". Fortunately, most people are unaware that they all also have neurotic traits and are only able to see them in others, because they are weird to them, being their own the "normality". For example, a housewife that likes order, irons the clothes, bends them neatly and puts them in the shelf and pats them down to look tidy, has likely obsessive traits. For a housewife that keeps her house like a bombarded field, the first one has OCD, while she is normal. It becomes OCD, when it becomes a standard, repetitive, ritualistic behaviour, where the individual finds comfort in doing it, even for no apparent reason.

Or, to put it with an easy television example. You have present the meticulous detective doing CSI work, looking at the last place someone would look and finding a clue? If you have obsessive traits, you will excel in that job, because you pay attention to things that others may not. Fast forward to the detective "Mr. Monk". That's OCD. Because it's obsessive trait gone "rogue" (aka neurosis).
Click to expand...
As I didn't identify the poster in question, you assumed I was referring to you.
That is at best, a case of self-diagnosis, and at worst, exhibiting paranoia
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top Bottom