My razor's broken. Not the blade, but the little clips that attach the blade to the stalk(?), so I can't just reattach a new blade. Now, based on my calculations, I have had this razor for approximately 18 years, so when I get a new one, I might as well go all-in for the long haul. What's the best razor to buy?
In terms of my shaving habits, I either shave every day or not at all. I also don't replace the blades, because fuck it, they're expensive. I don't know how often most people replace razor blades, but it's probably about once a month where I will keep the same one for over a year a lot of the time. My last blade lasted two and a quarter years before I threw it away; it still shaved me a bit, but the bluntness was becoming excessive. So if you want to know how long a razor blade would last if you never, ever replaced it, the answer is a little over two years.
Anyway, I have the one in the picture right now, and based on how many spare blades I have (one, and the current one is still pretty new), I was thinking of just buying the same one again. But are they really the best? This is an opportunity to re-evaluate my shaving attitudes like never before. What is the best razor?
Why not make the move the electric at this point? It doesn't sound like you're looking for a close shave and it will save you time at a cost of about £20.
In the old days, I lost or broke a Mach3 handle and just held the blade by the little plastic clip. I only shaved once a week and so got by like that for some time.
Modern razors are pretty fucking shite and do seem to exist just to sell you more blades. For my quite thick hair, I need to replace blades once a fortnight, using the same head for two years sounds incredibly unpleasant. Doesn't it fuck your skin up?
Personally I use a double edged safety razor, which uses good old proper razor blades. The blades are so incredibly cheap that I use a fresh blade every other shave. That's excessive, but we're talking about pennies here.
The only issue with the DE razor is that it's a bit of a faff, there is some element of technique needed. It's not hard, but you don't sound like you particularly care too much about a close shave so it's probably not worth the hassle. For you, I'd say just get a bag of disposable Bic razors and use them as you see fit.
If you do still insist on using a blade for about a hundred times longer than you're supposed to, then it really doesn't matter what you buy, just get one that looks cool or whatever.
>>6683 I've got an electric shaver, but I think that might be going blunt too. It's certainly a piece of shit. Can electric shavers go blunt? Personally, my shaving habits are to take a razor and just hack progressively more violently until the blade is unusable.
>>6685 >Doesn't it fuck your skin up?
I didn't think so, but the shaving experience with the new blade I added a month or so ago is so incredibly delightful that it might have fucked me up a little bit. I know a guy who swears by the old-fashioned double-edged razor blades, but since my usual shaving technique is, by necessity, "just basically sandpaper your face with it", I'm worried that proper blades might behead me before I have time to get used to them.
Yes. The cutter heads typically last about 18 months and are replaceable.
>I'm worried that proper blades might behead me before I have time to get used to them.
Sharp blades do require a bit of care, but they'll give you a closer shave with much less effort and irritation. A blunt blade tends to pull on the hairs rather than slicing through them, hence the amount of force you're using.
A mild combo like a King C. Gillette handle with Astra or Derby blades will minimise the risk of fucking up your face.
I don't shave my face that often, and if I do I only ever go down to stubble length with the clippers.
However I do like to keep my bollocks tidy. I have until now been using a combination of the electric clippers to do the majority of the work and then finishing off with a wet disposable razor. It does the trick when you are anticipating a night of passion with a slavic greyhound, but the next couple of days when the stubble starts to come through on the mons pubis and the sides of your sack are always a test of endurance.
What's the issue here, do I need to use a better razor, better shaving gel, moisurise after? All of the above?
>>6688 Don't shave above your cock, you maniac. Shave your balls and cock, then leave the surrounding area trimmed but not completely hairless. Like a fade. If you're all hairy around it, you're going to look like you've borrowed someone else's genitals otherwise.
You do the bit just above, and fade it into the line of hair from your belly button. If you don't leave a space you're wasting the entire purpose of shaving- Making it look bigger.
In before "well I don't need to hurr hurr", I'm sure you don't mate, and obviously nor do I, this website has a mean cock size of around 13 inches by my reckoning- And that's just in girth. But who's turning down an extra free inch?
