Shaving/Male Grooming Thread

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  • Captain_Call
    Captain_Call Posts: 1,553 ✭✭✭✭✭
    @Wylaff has it. Several companies make it. I haven't noticed extreme differences in the affects from one to another so I will buy a scent sampler and then decide what I like and stock up. I go through about a pint a year
  • Wylaff
    Wylaff Posts: 5,513 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Try grape seed oil. It's very light, odorless,  and it does not go rancid during a period of heat. I use grape seen oil 9 months of the year, and coconut oil the other three. 
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  • silvermouse
    silvermouse Posts: 24,966 ✭✭✭✭✭
    just a Braun Series 5 electric razor, 2 minutes and no nicks.
  • Captain_Call
    Captain_Call Posts: 1,553 ✭✭✭✭✭
    @Wylaff I also supplement with biosilk. The scent is necessary to keep the missus from shaving me in my sleep. She hates my friendly hairs
  • Captain_Call
    Captain_Call Posts: 1,553 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What I like roughly translates to what she tolerates
  • Heavysetrapier
    Heavysetrapier Posts: 642 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I use a Gillette Mach 3 like I have for years. I really don't use shaving cream or soap except for once a week (right after my two off days because I've got 3-day growth). That being said, when I get a haircut I also get a shave so that someone else with a better view and hopefully better skills can line me up and make my beard look clean. My question is that I see all of the pictures of these straight blades like the barber uses - do y'all use these on yourselves? How do you shave yourself with a straight razor?
  • Captain_Call
    Captain_Call Posts: 1,553 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Heavysetrapier said:
    How do you shave yourself with a straight razor?
    Carefully and with practice. Invest in a styptic pencil. Get the angle right and don't try to turn the blade laterally and you can run that razor across a balloon. The learning curve is a bit steeper than something like your gilette but it's a very rewarding experience once you get good. I used a mach 5 for several years and got to where i had to shave three times a day to keep the head from plugging and I couldn't afford to replace the blades as often as I found I needed them. Now I use a safety straight razor and shave for pennies a year. There used to be a dedicated wet shaving thread in here somewhere. Maybe it's time to resurrect it
  • d_blades
    d_blades Posts: 4,753 ✭✭✭✭✭

    On the off chance I ever get the urge to shave, I have my granddad's straight razer and strop.

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  • memento_mori
    memento_mori Posts: 6,181 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Considering shaving off the beast 😳❓❓

  • Bob_Luken
    Bob_Luken Posts: 11,894 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @OutdoorsSmoke_21191 said:
    Considering shaving off the beast 😳❓❓

    I would leave it alone.
    That was his way of saying… “Speaking of shaving, hehe, I’m still doin that weird stuff I told about on vHerf.”

  • Itsfine
    Itsfine Posts: 21,548 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Hey @MrShrek "male grooming" doesn't mean what you think it does.

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  • Rhamlin
    Rhamlin Posts: 9,142 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I’ve been thinking of getting me one of those Gillette intimate razors 😁

  • Wylaff
    Wylaff Posts: 5,513 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @VegasFrank said:
    Hey @MrShrek "male grooming" doesn't mean what you think it does.

    That's the only part I do shave...

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  • Vision
    Vision Posts: 10,568 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ........ tempted

  • Yakster
    Yakster Posts: 33,310 ✭✭✭✭✭

    My boss called me Santa on a cross-functional conference call recently, that also helped make up my mind. It's just so easy to let it ride and not shave the beard.

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  • Bob_Luken
    Bob_Luken Posts: 11,894 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm still trying to find an alternative to gillette sensor 2 twin blade pivot head disposables. I've been using these as long as I can remember. I'm still wishing to boycott them since they got all sanctimonious with their ads a few years back. I like a lightweight handle and the swivel head, and gillette performs best for me, fewer strokes and thus fewer hairs missed, for a quick and fast task. I have not found an equal or even an acceptable alternative yet. I'll admit I have not looked hard enough. I tried a few here and there and I'd always go back to that big ole value bag of cheap but effective gillettes that last me a long long time because I would get 6 to 8 uses out of them before I'd have to toss 'em, plus I'm usually only shaving every other day at most. Of the others I can remember testing out, bic single blades and bic twin swivel recently, and those missed sooo many hairs. Also tried a huge box of no-name twin swivels from amazon that, by appearances, looked a lot like gillette. Pathetic results. I returned that whole box minus one. Currently waiting for amazon to deliver a few of the Barbasol twin swivel disposables. TN Paul recommended those barbasol disposables way back when we were discussing the boycott, so I may have tried them already but don't recall. I have considered going old school with safety razors, but I understand there's a learning curve involving blood and scabs, plus a hefty initial investment which has me continuing down the path I'm already on for now.

  • Hawks
    Hawks Posts: 2,708 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Bob_Luken I understand the disdain for Gillette but I am not willing to give up my Sensory Excell. Especially after buying a big box of blades from the Bay a few years ago. Been using the damn thing since they sent me one in the mail when I turned 18.

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  • Yakster
    Yakster Posts: 33,310 ✭✭✭✭✭

    My niece and her family are coming by for dinner tonight so I decided to indulge in a nice shave before they came. It's been a while since I filled the scuttle with hot water from the kettle, but it was worth it. I decided to use my boar brush instead of my usual badger one.

    Pre Shave: Warm shower.
    Soap: Unknown sample circa 2011
    Bowl: GP Scuttle
    Brush: Omega Pro Boar
    Razor: Gillette 1960 Fatboy (with a new Astra SP blade)
    Post shave: Thayer's Rose Petal Witch Hazel and a splash of Pinaud Clubman

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  • WolfHunter909_
    WolfHunter909_ Posts: 262 ✭✭✭✭
    edited April 19

    Here is my shaving gear from years ago but now I have a big bushy beard that still does get cleaned up with them..
    Both are the Gillette Slim and the other not sure

    @Yakster said:
    My niece and her family are coming by for dinner tonight so I decided to indulge in a nice shave before they came. It's been a while since I filled the scuttle with hot water from the kettle, but it was worth it. I decided to use my boar brush instead of my usual badger one.

    Pre Shave: Warm shower.
    Soap: Unknown sample circa 2011
    Bowl: GP Scuttle
    Brush: Omega Pro Boar
    Razor: Gillette 1960 Fatboy (with a new Astra SP blade)
    Post shave: Thayer's Rose Petal Witch Hazel and a splash of Pinaud Clubman

    Try the Feather Blades and the Astra is one of my favorites..The Gillette Fatboy are really nice but always drifted towards the Slim more than not..

  • Yakster
    Yakster Posts: 33,310 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like a Gillette Super Speed and a Gillette Travel Tech, nice collection. I do prefer the Fatboy or Slim adjustable razors but the Super Speed does give a great, easy shave too.

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  • ShawnOL
    ShawnOL Posts: 15,105 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Super Speed and shaving dont sound like they should go together.

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  • Yakster
    Yakster Posts: 33,310 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Pre shave: Shower
    Shave Product: Indian Old Spice cream
    Brush: Teeezerman Basket
    Bowl: GP Scuttle
    Razor: 1960 Fatboy
    Blade: ProSilver SI
    Post Shave: Thayers Lavender WH
    Aftershave : CVS Artic Blue
    Score: 10/10

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