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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Shaving

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
I imagine that most on here do it every day or two (except Smithy, but he will be due to start in a few years), so I thought this could be a place to discuss the process, tools, etc.
 
I have been using the Gillette Mach 3 for a good few years now and that is decent enough.  I tried the Gillette 4 blade one, but personally I didn't think it shaved as well.  I have also recently started using the King of Shave Serum, but I don't actually like it that much.  I find it weird to shave without foam (clearly see where you have been) and with the serum the fur sticks together in the basin when it is rinsed out of the blades. All looks a bit messy.
 
I have also decided that I will try to get a proper, barber-shop shave once a month or so.
 
Has anyone tried those razors that have a battery and appear to vibrate?  I have been curious of them, but they must be a jip.

All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Frankie Mac wrote:
I imagine that most on here do it every day or two (except Smithy, but he will be due to start in a few years), so I thought this could be a place to discuss the process, tools, etc.
 
I have been using the Gillette Mach 3 for a good few years now and that is decent enough.  I tried the Gillette 4 blade one, but personally I didn't think it shaved as well.  I have also recently started using the King of Shave Serum, but I don't actually like it that much.  I find it weird to shave without foam (clearly see where you have been) and with the serum the fur sticks together in the basin when it is rinsed out of the blades. All looks a bit messy.
 
I have also decided that I will try to get a proper, barber-shop shave once a month or so.
 
Has anyone tried those razors that have a battery and appear to vibrate?  I have been curious of them, but they must be a jip.
 
Work takes me to Christchurch for a couple of days every month and I used to get a "proper shave" from a place there just off Armagh street which is of course now just rubble and dust. Need to find somewhere else here in welly that does a good shave with a cut throat razor. Great way to relax for the best part of an hour and a fantastic result shave wise!
 
Any one know of someone who does it in Welly?
 
Usually, I use the four blade Schick with a Gel Foam and once a week on a Sunday evening make sure I do a good job, usually shaving twice second time in opposing direction to the first time. Gives a really smooooooth finish and makes a morning shave for the rest of the week a relatively quick process.
 
Have not yet tried the vibrating razor, terrified what the movement along with the shaky hands after a night on the slops might do to my face!
 
 
 
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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
I got a free vibrating razor from some promo girl once and it was sh*t. Those 4 blade ones have the blades too close together too and they just get clogged really easily. Schick Exacta 3 ftw!

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
I use hair trimmers!

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
I used a Remington electric razor for a while and found it took too long, didn't shave too well and felt like it was just plucking the hairs from my face which was most unpleasant. I much prefer a razor shave and am currently using a Gillette Fusion 5 blade thingy.

I find that using a pre shave face scrub in the shower and a post shave moisturizer type thing certainly work very well.


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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
I've stopped shaving because of a skin thing and have found it quite liberating, although I look ridiculous (patchy, thin).  No-one is commenting at work because they know it's medical but I can see they're just waiting to mention it.  I'm intyerested in how long I can keep it up now because the original cause has pretty much subsided.  Up to 3 weeks so far...

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
I use the Gillette 5 blader with Gillette foaming gel. Does a good job. I think it doesn't matter how many blades you use. I've had 2 then 3 blade razors & all have done a good job. I think these vibrating razors are just a gimic personally. They give the impression that they work like an electric shaver, just like the vibrating toothbrushes. I always cringe when I see a old-fashion cut throat blade being used, especially on crime shows.
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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Wongo wrote:
I use the Gillette 5 blader with Gillette foaming gel. Does a good job. I think it doesn't matter how many blades you use. I've had 2 then 3 blade razors & all have done a good job. I think these vibrating razors are just a gimic personally. They give the impression that they work like an electric shaver, just like the vibrating toothbrushes. I always cringe when I see a old-fashion cut throat blade being used, especially on crime shows.
 
A shave done for you with a cut throat is an experience evryone should have.... thoroughly recommend it!
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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Wongo wrote:
I use the Gillette 5 blader with Gillette foaming gel. Does a good job. I think it doesn't matter how many blades you use. I've had 2 then 3 blade razors & all have done a good job. I think these vibrating razors are just a gimic personally. They give the impression that they work like an electric shaver, just like the vibrating toothbrushes. I always cringe when I see a old-fashion cut throat blade being used, especially on crime shows.

 
The scene out of Mississippi Burning comes to mind.

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Downey26 wrote:

Wongo wrote:
I use the Gillette 5 blader with Gillette foaming gel. Does a good job. I think it doesn't matter how many blades you use. I've had 2 then 3 blade razors & all have done a good job. I think these vibrating razors are just a gimic personally. They give the impression that they work like an electric shaver, just like the vibrating toothbrushes. I always cringe when I see a old-fashion cut throat blade being used, especially on crime shows.
�The scene out of Mississippi Burning comes to mind.


Or "Underbelly: Razor"
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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
 Sweeny Todd
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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
I notice that none of the female variety of Feverite are commenting. Do we then assume that they all either wax or have a massive thatch?

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
C-Diddy wrote:
I notice that none of the female variety of Feverite are commenting. Do we then assume that they all either wax or have a massive thatch?


Haha I don't think I'd go with the old school blade kinda shave. Is it possible to wax your face? I'd like to watch.

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
james dean wrote:
I've stopped shaving because of a skin thing and have found it quite liberating, although I look ridiculous (patchy, thin).  No-one is commenting at work because they know it's medical but I can see they're just waiting to mention it.  I'm intyerested in how long I can keep it up now because the original cause has pretty much subsided.  Up to 3 weeks so far...
 
we must do lunch today

All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
sthn.jeff wrote:
  
Work takes me to Christchurch for a couple of days every month and I used to get a "proper shave" from a place there just off Armagh street which is of course now just rubble and dust. Need to find somewhere else here in welly that does a good shave with a cut throat razor. Great way to relax for the best part of an hour and a fantastic result shave wise!
 
 
There have two things that have happened recently that have made me think of starting this thread, the first of which was telling a story about the shave I got in Turkey many years ago.  It was the works, including getting rid of hairs on the cheekbones and in the ears by setting my face/ears on fire and then patting them out.  A very "WTF????" moment when it happened the first time without warning (I was thinking "ooooh, he is waving a lit rag around - I wonder what he is going to do with that....").  It did make me think I must get that sort of thing done again soon.
 
The other thing was shaving yesterday morning before work.

All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Huzzah I have internet connection.
 
Barber shaves are truely awesome.
 
 
I've posted before that the 3 and then 4 blades actually make shaving worse. 3 good blades is enough if they are good enough. With a sharp trimming blade for under the nose.
 
I would like to find a decent brush as I get shavers rash. But aloe vera plants are good at getting rid of this and don't cost anything.
 
I think Gillette have gotten a bit sh*te over the last few years, but there is nothing else worthy of them.
 
 
Bloody hell don't try the Danish generic wet shaver unless you want to look like a a friggin bloke thats gone through a car window screen - hard bastards the danes.
 
 
I hate the "mutant hair" that has probably been growing for years but you've only just noticed. Also hairy nose hair on the outside  - what do you do?
 
 
Bloody hell I love a proper mans thread
 
 
 

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
I don't (yet) have a problem with hair on the outside of the nose, but a good nasal hair trimmer is vital.  If I go a week or two without going through the process, someone always pulls one of the hairs and waits for the butler to appear.

All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Nose hairs ? you cant beat a good old fashioned pluck!
Yes tweezers and watery eyes but the little bastards are gone for weeks !

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Kiwi Jambo wrote:
Nose hairs ? you cant beat a good old fashioned pluck!
Yes tweezers and watery eyes but the little bastards are gone for weeks !
 
 
 
Gah indeed that takes bravery particularly the small ones.

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
abandoned gillette just the other week, i reckon their blades have got poorer quality over the 6 months or so

currently using a schick - doesn't shave a close but fewer nicks

love not shaving on weekend mornings but also get a kick out of shaving sat night if we are going out anywhere special

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Kiwi Jambo wrote:
Nose hairs ? you cant beat a good old fashioned pluck!
Yes tweezers and watery eyes but the little bastards are gone for weeks !
 
agree with you here. certainly deals to them for some time. though plucking 6 in on pull was a bloody eye watering pluck
 
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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
tigers wrote:
abandoned gillette just the other week, i reckon their blades have got poorer quality over the 6 months or so

currently using a schick - doesn't shave a close but fewer nicks

love not shaving on weekend mornings but also get a kick out of shaving sat night if we are going out anywhere special



Used the Gillette 5 blade Fusion manual since they came out few years back.Was told to wash blade head thoroughly and dry after every wash and see the difference it makes to life of the blades. Have had blade heads last two months after being particular!!...but usually can't be bothered or in a rush so usually max is 1 month before they start feeling blunt.

  Improving,,on the up, a work in progress from Italiano and the Nix. Bring on the bathroom bling in '24! COYN!

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
manscaping anybody?

I LOVE LAMP

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
I did some manscaping a few weeks ago with an electric razor, but went a bit overboard.  It looked like my groin had just enlisted in the army.

All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
james dean wrote:
I've stopped shaving because of a skin thing and have found it quite liberating, although I look ridiculous (patchy, thin).  No-one is commenting at work because they know it's medical but I can see they're just waiting to mention it.  I'm intyerested in how long I can keep it up now because the original cause has pretty much subsided.  Up to 3 weeks so far...
 
Had lunch with JD yesterday - he looks like a struggling poet (in an expensive overcoat)

All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
I just use a beard trimmer these days as both electric razors and clean shaves were giving me a patchy red face! Designer stubble FTW!

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
chefmivec wrote:
manscaping anybody?


Its those arse-crack hairs which are the hardest to trim I find. Helps keep the dags away though
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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
RedGed wrote:
tigers wrote:
abandoned gillette just the other week, i reckon their blades have got poorer quality over the 6 months or so

currently using a schick - doesn't shave a close but fewer nicks

love not shaving on weekend mornings but also get a kick out of shaving sat night if we are going out anywhere special



Used the Gillette 5 blade Fusion manual since they came out few years back.Was told to wash blade head thoroughly and dry after every wash and see the difference it makes to life of the blades. Have had blade heads last two months after being particular!!...but usually can't be bothered or in a rush so usually max is 1 month before they start feeling blunt.


might try that redged - i'm getting about 8-10 shaves per cartridge currently - way below your average
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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
BarryZuckerkorn wrote:
chefmivec wrote:
manscaping anybody?


Its those arse-crack hairs which are the hardest to trim I find. Helps keep the dags away though
i knew i shouldn't have started this

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almost 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Went and had a proper, old school shave on Saturday morning - it was lush.  Hot towels, fluffy foam, cut-throat razor, more hot towels, alcohol (ouch) and then moisturiser.  Add to that the eyebrow trim, fire in the ears and on the cheek-bones, shaving of the neck and and an arm massage and I was chuffed.
 
If there is anywhere that does it in Wellington, I highly recommend it.  If there is no where that does it in Wellington, I highly recommend someone opening a shop that does it.

All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight

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almost 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
I've stopped shaving altogether and am now sporting a beard.
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almost 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Ahh the weekend welcome to the shave free zone! yeah boi.;-)


  Improving,,on the up, a work in progress from Italiano and the Nix. Bring on the bathroom bling in '24! COYN!

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over 13 years ago

Jeff, did you find somewhere in Welly?  Fort, where do you go?

Thinking the MoVember effort may need some TLC that the old 3 blade is just not fine enough for.

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over 13 years ago · edited over 13 years ago · History

oooh, forgot about this thread.  About 6 months ago, I bought the one on the left of this photo (as you look at it):


Also got some pre-shave oil, so my shaving process is slightly less complicated than a middle aged single lady having a bath.

All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight

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over 13 years ago

Two pages and not a mention of wet shaving with a double edge safety razor? I swear by my NZ made Goodfella. $95 but totally worth it. You can get something decent starting around the $60 mark too with other brands. Blades are $30 for $100. 

Gillette and the rest aren't only inferior. They are the ink cartridge scam of the 21st century. 

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over 13 years ago

tigers wrote:
abandoned gillette just the other week, i reckon their blades have got poorer quality over the 6 months or so

currently using a schick - doesn't shave a close but fewer nicks

love not shaving on weekend mornings but also get a kick out of shaving sat night if we are going out anywhere special



I've done the same. Gillette have been going down hill for the last couple of years. Too gimicky and they don't do the job.


Schick are ok far better than gillette but not great.

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