Using a shavette...

Injector blades can be used, I believe there might be an insert for the Dovo Shavette, and a former Personna licensed Mr C or Monsieur Charles, which is long discontinued.There maybe others...

By the way, it's pronounced shayvetta phoneticly.
 
Sabre said:
Injector blades can be used, I believe there might be an insert for the Dovo Shavette, and a former Personna licensed Mr C or Monsieur Charles, which is long discontinued.There maybe others...

By the way, it's pronounced shayvetta phoneticly.
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A current injector blade shavette...

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To avoid mistakes and for those who want to start with a shavette and practise, there is this Chinese full-blade shavette with protection.
Easy to use, gentle on the skin and quite inexpensive.



It is available for around £14 with shipping on Aliexpress.
 
For the last 3 or 4 Christmas's, I have been in Boots for something or other and have noticed the Wilkinson Sword Shavette ("Classic razor" or something ) that always appears on their shelves at that time of year .

I always look at it and think "Oooh", then remember the Shavette horror stories I have read and think "Nah ..."

If I was to go down the straight route, I think I would want something with a long and heavy disposition , rather than half a DE blade.
 
Zorro said:
For the last 3 or 4 Christmas's, I have been in Boots for something or other and have noticed the Wilkinson Sword Shavette ("Classic razor" or something ) that always appears on their shelves at that time of year .

I always look at it and think "Oooh", then remember the Shavette horror stories I have read and think "Nah ..."

If I was to go down the straight route, I think I would want something with a long and heavy disposition , rather than half a DE blade.
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I understand if I was to use a shaver I would not want to mess with a single edge 1/2 double edge blade due to most of those shavers being a PTA to put a new blade in correctly. I would look at one of the straight razors that uses a full modern double edge blade that is not a safety razor of any kind, like shown below.
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Casey 1988 said:
I understand if I was to use a shaver I would not want to mess with a single edge 1/2 double edge blade due to most of those shavers being a PTA to put a new blade in correctly. I would look at one of the straight razors that uses a full modern double edge blade that is not a safety razor of any kind, like shown below.
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They should’ve call it safety shavette for training wheels straight or shavette shavers.
 
Zorro said:
For the last 3 or 4 Christmas's, I have been in Boots for something or other and have noticed the Wilkinson Sword Shavette ("Classic razor" or something ) that always appears on their shelves at that time of year .

I always look at it and think "Oooh", then remember the Shavette horror stories I have read and think "Nah ..."

If I was to go down the straight route, I think I would want something with a long and heavy disposition , rather than half a DE blade.
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Which of these two?



 
Casey 1988 said:
I understand if I was to use a shaver I would not want to mess with a single edge 1/2 double edge blade due to most of those shavers being a PTA to put a new blade in correctly. I would look at one of the straight razors that uses a full modern double edge blade that is not a safety razor of any kind, like shown below.
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There are lots of shavettes that use the entire DE blade.



 
I've always wanted a Weck razor, and I finally found a fairly inexpensive one for sale in a German beauty supply shop, for about €25, including a pack of Kismet blades.
I think I'll go ahead and buy it, as Kismet blades are hard to find and expensive. I think Nikky Platinum blades would work well, or Fromm and Personna blades for hair shapers razor.
 
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