Good riddance to DE shaving!

Leslie145 said:
Got a very nice EJ handled M3 for just those occasions... but the goo? Nah!

I'll definitely agree the nah! to goo - until needs must. Whether I buy a new can when the current one expires in the next squirt or three remains to be seen!
 
Bechet45 said:
Leslie145 said:
Got a very nice EJ handled M3 for just those occasions... but the goo? Nah!

I'll definitely agree the nah! to goo - until needs must. Whether I buy a new can when the current one expires in the next squirt or three remains to be seen!

Just can't stand the stuff - always find it clogs the razor no end; if only Original Source made a proper shaving soap
 
I think I'd say that modern cartridges probably shave too close. They are not sub-par.

That too close a shave was too much for me and after a couple of decades of getting closer and closer, I'd had enough. I have a couple of patches on my face where I have to be careful with a DE. Too close and it goes a little mushy and I risk ingrowers. I get the same with Schicks.

Single edge and straight edge suits me just perfectly. It's not that I don't get a close shave, I just don't get a sub-skin shave.

Tools are tools ... it's how we wield them.

For me, I love the older razors and if I'd not discovered single edge I would have happily remained a DE shaver and still not gone (back) to cartridges.
 
seefman said:
I am going back to cartridge shaving. Gillette Sensor (original) and Wilkinson Sword Hydro 3 both give me a closer shave than DE (tried Personna & others which are considered sharp).

Edwin Jagger and the Parker are going in the bin as I am tired of getting cuts and un-close shaves!

What a mugs game... you can keep DE shaving!

OVER AND OUT

Mods - please delete my A/C

What a waste of good equipment. You could of got some pocket money back from those to buy yourself a cartridge or two.
 
joe mcclaine said:
Professor Blighty said:
I can understand the OP's frustration I think. I felt a bit like that when I first switched from DE's to straights and couldn't get the hang of it for a long time. All I would say is that with effort and perseverance comes attainment. Throwing superior tools away because you're not able to use them yet isn't the way to improve.

I would strongly argue against the 'superior tools' and 'not able to use them' part of your post.

When cartridges were introduced men ditched their old DE razors in their millions. These men knew nothing other than DE shaving. If cartridges were 'inferior' they would never have sold, and sold to men with many, many years 'practice' with DE razors.

It's hardly rocket surgery.

This.

Particularly the bit I bolded.

I can get a perfect shave (and do, once a week) with a DE, but it's much slower and more expensive than using a cartridge.

So now I use a cartridge 6 days a week and get a perfect shave to BBS standard in around three minutes (inc face lathering). On Sunday I use my beautiful Futur
with a fresh blade and spend the extra couple of minutes required to get the same standard as with the cartridge. If I get a nick it isn't a problem because the cartridge doesn't keep starting it off again during the week.

The best think I've got from DE shaving is an appreciation of using decent soap and a brush which means that shaving is a pleasure rather than just a necessary chore. I've also had a lot of fun making my own soaps with all sorts of interesting scent combinations.
 
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