Wet or dry shave?

[Cubist]

Using Sainsburys own foam and disposable blades one week usage.
Also gone to asking for a blade haircut.Number 6 last week.
That thin footpath that was a parting is now an American sized highway.

So i asked for the blade.Quite good so next time a number 4.I think it looks very tidy.

Number 6! You'll be tripping over it. Get a man's cut. Down to the wood. Remember- The Lord made some beautiful heads. The rest he covered in hair.

 

[Cubist]

No 4 you hippy!, no1 or 2 in winter here

Number 2?! Faggitt.

 

[oxbob]

Number 2?! Faggitt.

I still have a full head of hair

 

[Cubist]

I still have a full head of hair

So did I until the kids were born. Still, in those eleven years the savings I have made on shampoo, conditioner gel and hairdressing fees have meant I can afford my own island in the Indian Ocean.

 

[atbman]

Wet shave with old-fashioned double sided razor and Wilkinson stainless steel blades. Shave daily (but have beard and moustache) and go through 4/5 blades/year.

I check whether or not they're too blunt by not shaving for a few days, then shaving one side of my face and waxing the other. If the shaving is more painful, I change the blade.

 

[Realman]

I shave with a Merkur DE razor, badger shaving brush, and an aftershave. Before I shave I put on some shaving oil on my face for preparation.
I must say that wet shaving is a routine I look forward to everyday.

 

[BigonaBianchi]

I wet shave using a lady's venus triple blade...I find they last three times as long as a blokey blade and shave much smoother..& yes I am defo hetero

 

[Chrisc]

A 1963 gillette superspeed or merkur HD double edged razor for me and my Dovo straight razor as a treat a weekends. Actually I seem to have quite a lot of shaving kit when I look at it...
Shaving is my time to get a bit of peace and quiet.

My weapon of choice...

 

[tyred]

Wet shaver here. Usually use a Palmolive shave stick. So much nicer and cheaper than any of the aerosol crap.

Use a Gillette GII or a DE safety razor. Modern multiblade razors cause me serious irritation and I've never found an electric razor capable of shaving my chin which resembles a wire brush.

 

[XmisterIS]

Oh my! Have you ever tried to dry-shave your chin with a razor? I had to do it once when I was almost late for a job interview - suddenly realised I hadn't shaved, dove into a garage to buy a pack of disposable razors, toilet was out of action, ended up having to dry-shave in the rear-view mirror. "Painful" is not the word ...

 

[tyred]

Oh my! Have you ever tried to dry-shave your chin with a razor? I had to do it once when I was almost late for a job interview - suddenly realised I hadn't shaved, dove into a garage to buy a pack of disposable razors, toilet was out of action, ended up having to dry-shave in the rear-view mirror. "Painful" is not the word ...

OUCH!

 

[jeltz]

Wet shave, traditional shaving brush and proper shaving soap or cream. Double edged safety razor that takes an old fashioned style razor blade.

Once you get the technique right a its closer more comfortable shave than I ever got from a multi blade razor and no ingrowing hairs. Works out cheaper to.

To me 5 blades means 5 X as much face taken off as well as beard. IMHO its all marketing.

 

[ASC1951]

Wet shave. Some of you guys must have really tough stubble - my twin blades usually last for weeks.

Same here, one month per razor. I shave after my shower, so the bristles have had a few minutes in hot water to soften them. Palmolive stick and a proper shaving brush.

 

[swee'pea99]

Wet shave always.

I had a nasty experience with an electric philishave - the thing gripped hold of my stubble and jammed the rotating blades, leaving the shaver clinging to my face with no means of getting the bloody thing off. I had to yank it off in the end.

Chucked it straight in the bin.

Sorry but that made me laugh like a drain!

In other news...

I used to work Saturdays in a department store's electrical dept, selling razors among other things. At the time there were three brands: Braun and Philishave, which were neck and neck and really pretty good - not quite on a par with wet, but pretty good. And Remington, with their M3, an indescribably crappy piece of kit Yet it out-sold the other two put together. How so? The salesman got £3 for each one sold. I remember at the time being amazed that this was legal, but no-one else saw anything amiss about it.

 

[Hacienda71]

wet for me