Jonathan Bailey
Well-Known Member
I just ordered a double-edge razor handle and a pack of 100 Personna blades from Walmart. They promptly got returned because they cut the devil out of my face even while shaving slow and carefully.
The equipment that shaves me the nicest are the cartridge razors like Gillette Mach III or Fusion which I can't afford so it's back to the Norelco again.
I won't pay $32 plus for a thing of 8 cartridges. Figure about $5 a cartridge with sales tax and I always used to get about five close/comfortable/safe shaves out of one such cartridge and that was it. A dollar a shave in blade wear costs alone.
Amazon.com has cheap Personna pivoting twin-blade cartridges and a Gillette Atra-compatible handle to fit them but I'm reading mixed reviews there. Some people say they tug and pull the beard, not slicing cleanly. Other people are saying they are terrific. I remember how badly those throw-way Bic twin blades tugged.
I suspect that beard-wearing might largely be in protest to a lack of truly superior men's shaving equipment at a modest price. I have tough facial hair and sensitive skin even as a white man. Electric shaving irritates and never gets as close as a blade. Neck hairs are especially troublesome. Electric shaving is just cheap and free of those nasty GOTCHAS! I have to follow the Norelco with a Braun foil shaver to get a bit closer on the neck.
The equipment that shaves me the nicest are the cartridge razors like Gillette Mach III or Fusion which I can't afford so it's back to the Norelco again.
I won't pay $32 plus for a thing of 8 cartridges. Figure about $5 a cartridge with sales tax and I always used to get about five close/comfortable/safe shaves out of one such cartridge and that was it. A dollar a shave in blade wear costs alone.
Amazon.com has cheap Personna pivoting twin-blade cartridges and a Gillette Atra-compatible handle to fit them but I'm reading mixed reviews there. Some people say they tug and pull the beard, not slicing cleanly. Other people are saying they are terrific. I remember how badly those throw-way Bic twin blades tugged.
I suspect that beard-wearing might largely be in protest to a lack of truly superior men's shaving equipment at a modest price. I have tough facial hair and sensitive skin even as a white man. Electric shaving irritates and never gets as close as a blade. Neck hairs are especially troublesome. Electric shaving is just cheap and free of those nasty GOTCHAS! I have to follow the Norelco with a Braun foil shaver to get a bit closer on the neck.
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