NEW DE SHAVERS - What to buy to get started...

Great Post !!!

I think you covered everything for the new DE shaver.
The only product I would possibly add would be Erasmic Cream. Apologies if anyone already mentioned this.


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Just ordered a DE87811 and some blades, razor currently on sale at nkdman.co.uk/edwin-jagger-de87811-safety-razor/

Also used the forum discount code of 'SR10' for a further 10% and chose free postage.

If you ask me, this is a deal too good to ignore.
 
Must update this thing....

What's UK new and cheap?

Bodyshop brush out, WS & Boots cheap razors to remain or replaced by what ?
Maybe I'll include an SE for my bitch Martina.
 
antdad said:
Must update this thing....

What's UK new and cheap?

Bodyshop brush out, WS & Boots cheap razors to remain or replaced by what ?
Maybe I'll include an SE for my bitch Martina.

Shaving Cream
Real shaving co £1 Poundstretcher
Ingrams £1.75 Superdrug
Palmolive £1.80 Asda
Truefitt & Hill no.10 £3.99 Sainsbury
Proraso £5.32 with discount Nkd Man

Brushes
Wilkinson Bristle £3.20 Asda
Omega Various Hog brushes less than £10 on line
 
I think you guys have more traditional wet shaving products available at local brick and mortar stores than we have here in the states. I don't think de and se wet shaving totally went out of style like it did in the states.
 
I'd think that the Feather Popular at £10 - £12 online would be a better starting point? Also Arko shave cream widely available for less than £2, or Super Max cream at Savers for 79p! Superdrug aftershave at £2.49 not bad either. Just a thought [emoji16]
 
Hmmm, I don't think the pop is a good choice to start with, you can chuck it around your mug with absolutely no chance of nicks or irritation, but you have a slim chance of actually removing any bristles.

The tendency then is to press hard, a bad habit to get into. Pop a feather blade in, go at a steep angle and you'll get a smooth shave

Totally agree with everything else you recommend, good shout :)
 
Fair comment. The one I used (only once granted) seemed quite intuitive, and did a fair job with 2 passes. Also I personally found it handled well. I had a WS plastic thing years ago, never found a sweet spot and went back to cartridge hell for 7 years. YMMV I guess [emoji39]
 
I've been kindly given a gillette tech, an omega brush, multiple blades by different manufacturers, and some shaving cream and post shave conditioner. So far, so good, although today for some reason I got a lot of nicks.
 
Good razors that are on the extreme cheap side (<$10) are few and far between. There is the Wilkinson Sword classic which is nice for how cheap it is. Weishi 9306 is not bad and is $10 - $15, but butterfly open mechanism can start to malfunction. Personally if I was on a budget, I still would just spend a little extra and buy a Merkur 33c or 34c which is around $30 - $35. You'll get a much higher quality shave and will last. There is this article that lists the best safety razors by price range which I found to be helpful.
 
I first bought a Jagen David Eo1 of the bay for £8. I tried it for my first De shave with some Personna blades from Asda for 3.50 and a wilkinson sword brush which I used for my cartridge shaver. It wasn't too bad. Couple of light nicks but that was all. Tbh the savings come online where I got 50 Astra blades for £3.20 the Personnas were only 10 which shows the supermarket mark up.
 
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