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I would pick up a Bic compatible razor, the KoS retro or just the Hybrid.Sorry, I've been AWOL for a while, but I recently started using a cartridge shaver because I could get a decent, quick shave in far less time than a full-on DE shave - a pragmatic, time-saving option to using an electric shaver, rather than laziness or disillusion with my Feather DE, Feather blades, New Forest brush and Truefitt and Hill or TOBS cream routine.
I bought a 4-pack of BIC disposables (Flex 4, available from Amazon) and actually liked them. I've been through several packs now, and at a cost of something just above £1 for each razor, they're not bad value, and give a comfortable, close shave. Even when I use the Feather DE I'll often use a BIC for the "goatee" area, as it's more comfortable with less chance of taking a divot from what is the most sensitive area of my face.
For cream, I tried some Rock Face Shaving Butter - from memory, it was on offer at Waitrose (lesser supermarkets with a lower MILF content are available), and the combination of this and the BIC is almost as quick as not bothering to shave at all. All of which will probably sound like heresy in this community of lather queens, but there are times when needs must, and pragmatism rules.
I've sneered at the TV when adverts for lesser means of facial fuzz reduction appear, but an advert for Harrys coinciding with the need to re-order some BICS coupled with the availability of Harrys in larger branches of Boots led to the purchase of a razor, pack of four blades on the basis that I might like it, and a tube of their shaving cream.
The razor itself feels nice in the hand, with a pleasantly weighted rubberised handle, the eucalyptus cream smells nice, doesn't exactly lather up, but it's quite slick. So far, so good. The blades. Oh. I suppose that if you haven't used a quality DE shaver with good quality blades, you might find them acceptable, but certainly from new they feel "cheap". They feel scratchy, and tug. The BIC feels much smoother, as though the blades are honed better, or the orientation of them in the head is better, or the lubrication strip works better, and they glide over the skin. The Harrys cartridge flexes more, so it can't be a lack of compliance. After three shaves the Harrys blades feel better, they glide better, and the shave feels better. It's hard to explain adequately, but when I have a new Feather blade in my DE I can always tell that it's very, very sharp, and it always feels better on the second shave. I can't believe that the Harrys blades have a second hone like a Feather DE blade (which is why Feathers lose their edge after three shaves, in my experience), so I guess that it's just down to the factory finish of the blades. I reckon that I could get four or five shaves from a Harrys cartridge, which is about the same as I get from the BIC.
Will I continue to use the Harrys razor? Probably, but I've ordered some more BICs, and I'm not giving up the Feather - I'll continue to give myself the luxury of a proper shave with that whenever I have the time and inclination, but with the BIC or Harrys I can have a refreshing, comfortable wet shave in ten minutes, which is a luxury in itself.
Variety, as the saying goes, is the spice of life.
They should rebrand it as Harriet'sThe other half tried her new 'Harry' at the weekend, you know, for the lady bits, legs, underarms etc. Her conclusion was a triumphant 'best razor I've ever used'! Now, I still use my daily Braveheart, and am not about to vary my routine, even as a trial. Maybe y'all shaving the wrong bits for this razor LOL
The other half tried her new 'Harry' at the weekend, you know, for the lady bits, legs, underarms etc. Her conclusion was a triumphant 'best razor I've ever used'! Now, I still use my daily Braveheart, and am not about to vary my routine, even as a trial. Maybe y'all shaving the wrong bits for this razor LOL
The other half tried her new 'Harry' at the weekend, you know, for the lady bits, legs, underarms etc. Her conclusion was a triumphant 'best razor I've ever used'!...
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