Switching to double-edge razors can give you a great shaving experience while also being budget friendly

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It is a technique that is quite hard to learn to shave with these things without turning your face into a bloody mess. At least when you're starting with these. Especially if you had / have acne or some birthmarks in your face that make the surface of your skin uneven.

You can shave them off if you have enough pain resistance.

I learned this when i served my country in the military but when i can choose i definitely prefer an electrical shaver because its more convenient, takes less time and is even better (no water and shaving soap required: only a socket once in a while; only change razors every two years) if you invest some money into your device. Today even the cheaper ones are water-resistant so you can shave under the shower without any mirror required which i think is especially convenient and time-saving.

The only downside of electrical shaving vs. these oldschool devices, i can see, is: You almost never can get it that perfect as with these oldschool razors. But only if you are proficient enough with these razors and take the time and concentration for it.

[–]C3P0 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Been there, done that. I prefer speed and safety, so give me the cartridge razor. 5 minutes versus 10 minutes is a big deal to me; I can set my alarm 5 minutes later.

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You have to be careful though, when I first switched to DE shaving I started buying all these shaving soaps and different razors, several different brushes. It's actually a hobby for some people. And as far as hobbies go, it's not that expensive to get into, but it does make it less than economical.

I do enjoy shaving with a $180 Above the Tie S2 razor machined from stainless steel, it's a fantastic, sexy, razor that will outlive me, and using a Sterling brush. The soaps though, meh, got out of buying those. Barbasol does a good enough job and if I want to lather up a shave soap I use Arko. It's not as nice as a quality shave soap but it's close enough.

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I bought the cheapest everything I could find. $6 shaver, $9 brush, $10 100 pack blades, and a bulk supply of shaving soap from a brand that doesn't seem to sell the bulk supply anymore (and apparently fucktupled their soap prices so fuck them). I only just ran out of the soap... 8 years later.

I'm only half out of blades, the brush is still fine, the shaver is still fine. There is literally no need whatsoever to go with anything but the cheap ones. They'll definitely last.

Probably what would be even cheaper is if they still sold shaving powder. It's just soap you mix with water, but since it's more condensed and easier to produce it's theoretically far cheaper than any shaving soap "bars" you can find.

My only real concern here is that as more people realize they can save money doing this, these producers will re-expand their markets to produce more "luxury" and other bullshit the stores are pushing, just to drive the prices right the fuck back up at a higher profit margin.

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As far as I can tell you can use regular soap as shave soap. There's things that I'm sure make better soaps for shaving, but it's essentially still soap. Although you may be interested in Arko. Arko soap is polarizing. It's really cheap and does a good job, but people complain it smells like a urinal puck and even I'll admit it can burn if you keep it on too long.

There's too many markets where people can't afford carts, it's why you see razor blades made in places like India and Russia. I think those markets will keep demand for low priced options available to everyone. And there's always the secondary market. Gillette made their razors too good, they're still working 70+ years later and there were millions of them made. The NEW is perhaps the greatest razor ever made.

[–]Tom9152 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Bought my first safety razor from the $1 store. Works better than disposables

And a $1 can of barbasol.

[–]latuspod 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Everyone saying they slice their face up must be super uncoordinated, or extremely rammy. I went from not shaving with a multi blade razor, because they give me bad razor burn, i would use a beard trimmer and have permanent scruff, to a safety razor and have cut myself like 3 times in a couple years.

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I don't shave anymore. :-)

I trim the edges of the beard with a good old clipper, it's good enough for me.

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I shave in the shower with only soap and water. Double edge razors slice my face up, at least a little bit. Three to six blade razors are clean and keep me from having cuts and razor burn.