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Still is. Modern DE razors are still designed around the same blade dimensions, but the original pre-1920 thin head is still the one to beat.
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Nothing recent, I have a MicroTouch One, which is a good razor, but not better than a Super Speed, A Fatip Piccolo, which is a great razor, but it's just a Gillette OLD type clone, an EJ DE89, which is a good shaver, and a RazoRock OLD TYPE head, which is a mild shaver that's just another Gillette OLD type clone. Nothing has the smooth shave feel of an early brass Gillette.
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you always used de razors like the vintage gillettes or were you a cart user too?
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Where Toby comes from, carts have 4 wooden wheels and a (to be) shaven boar in the back!
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Used to get free cart razors in the mail, every time they came out with a new one they sent out promotional razors and blades. I used them and the free blades that came with them but refused to pay the $$$ to get refills. I would buy bags of disposable razors for less than two bucks a bag and used canned foam too. A few years after my old man died I pulled out his OLD type Gillette and ordered some Wilkinson Sword German blades and I got the best shave of my life. I never shaved with a plastic crapper again. It was a couple more years before I started using proper shave soap and a brush, and a couple more years before I discovered boar brushes. These days I even use aftershave.
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anyone used the bic metal single diosposable razors?
i saw these in a local high street shop the other day was thinking not seen these before,
according to posts on B&B theyve been out for a long time
anyways they were in the shop pack of 5 for i think about £1.50 cheaper then amazon uk,
might grab some next time to give them a go
Edit: search amazon and youll find it, link doesnt work
i saw these in a local high street shop the other day was thinking not seen these before,
according to posts on B&B theyve been out for a long time
anyways they were in the shop pack of 5 for i think about £1.50 cheaper then amazon uk,
might grab some next time to give them a go
Edit: search amazon and youll find it, link doesnt work
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Yea I seen those but sorry I should've said I meant in like the vintage old spice sets like this random one
Like I know talcum powder was used on babies years back not so much nowadays but was wondering what it was used for in shaving? Like before or post shave?
It's a bit before my time @Tony'schin lool
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Here's more than you wanted to know on the subject of talc. It's pretty old school now but then so is traditional shaving. Concern about inhaling the fine dust kind of put a lot of people off. I can remember being given aftershave and talc sets for Christmas as a teenager who just started shaving.
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Talcum Powder After Shaving (How & Why Shavers Still Use It Today!)
If you were lucky enough to experience a shave in a vintage barbershop, chances are you’ve smelled the unique scent of talcum shaving powder. This fine powder
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Thanks will have a readHere's more than you wanted to know on the subject of talc. It's pretty old school now but then so is traditional shaving. Concern about inhaling the fine dust kind of put a lot of people off. I can remember being given aftershave and talc sets for Christmas as a teenager who just started shaving.
Talcum Powder After Shaving (How & Why Shavers Still Use It Today!)
If you were lucky enough to experience a shave in a vintage barbershop, chances are you’ve smelled the unique scent of talcum shaving powder. This fine powder
Yea I think that's one of the reason why they stopped using it for babies
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That was an interesting readHere's more than you wanted to know on the subject of talc. It's pretty old school now but then so is traditional shaving. Concern about inhaling the fine dust kind of put a lot of people off. I can remember being given aftershave and talc sets for Christmas as a teenager who just started shaving.
Talcum Powder After Shaving (How & Why Shavers Still Use It Today!)
If you were lucky enough to experience a shave in a vintage barbershop, chances are you’ve smelled the unique scent of talcum shaving powder. This fine powder
Pretty sure I've got some talcum powder somewhere do might try it out
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Use a very small amount of powder and a soft floppy brush and act like you are dusting something off, a light dusting of powder is best. I don't use the stuff but I remember barbers using it back in the '60's.
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Talcum powder is generally regarded as bad nowadays, after it was linked to cancer (if used a lot) and Johnson & Johnson USA lost in court and had to pay gazillion's of dollars to a woman who got cervical cancer after using their talc for years (down there)
I don't remember it being used for shaving, but I remember it being part of cosmetic gift sets for men back in the 1970`s
I don't remember it being used for shaving, but I remember it being part of cosmetic gift sets for men back in the 1970`s
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I've never used it shave-related and I have only had a barber shave once, relatively recently, and they didn't. I do remember barbers brushing my neck with it after a haircut back in the day though.