Multi-blade razors

[325Ti]

What's the best place to buy replacement blades? Good old amazon or specialist shaving websites?

Only got a cheap razor, but guessing better blades will make a difference?

[Pesty]

325Ti said:

What's the best place to buy replacement blades? Good old amazon or specialist shaving websites?

Only got a cheap razor, but guessing better blades will make a difference?

get some feathers or personna reds

http://connaughtshaving.com/


or here

http://www.shaving-shack.com/

or Ebay.

Edited by Pesty on Friday 12th October 21:26

[IanMorewood]

325Ti said:

What's the best place to buy replacement blades? Good old amazon or specialist shaving websites?

Only got a cheap razor, but guessing better blades will make a difference?

I would say shave shack as they dont charge postage on blades only.

[325Ti]

Great thanks

Ill get myself some feathers ordered over the weekend

[BrassMan]

Agrispeed said:

IanMorewood said:

Agrispeed said:

hey there, I was wondering if anyone has any experiences or opinions on the Lord L5 (l122) razor? i need a new cheapy and at £7 on connaught it seemed like a good deal...

Cheap and nasty you will get a better shave from the plastic WS one.

Ok, thanks for the heads up

looking for a new cheapy, max around £20 any suggestions before i buy something crap

I wouldn't knock the WS too hard. I got one for the price of a paperback recently and is, so far, the equal of any cartridge razor I've ever used*. It's no work of art, but is up to the job.

• No expert. Just looking for a change.

[Life Saab Itch]

Well I'm a convert...to the electric shaver.

I've had enough of docking about with wet shaving for the last 15 years. Ingrown hairs, shaving rash and mainly the minging feeling of being freshly shaved.

Bought a dirt cheap Braun electric single foil jobby the other day and t has been great.

2 minutes and I'm done. No cleaning up the sink after I'm done. No itchy nicks to spend 10 minutes tryin to stop bleeding. No need for an aftershave balm. And best of all it leaves me at 2 days growth if I had wet shaved. This is the length that is comfortable for me. Since I've had the thing I have shaved every day. Before I used to put off shaving until it got to about once a week when I would clip it, then shave it.

I shan't be goin back. When this £4.50 shaver breaks, I'll get a better one. Until then I'm quids in.

[Pesty]

Life Saab Itch said:

the minging feeling of being freshly shaved.

eh?

[Agrispeed]

BrassMan said:

I wouldn't knock the WS too hard. I got one for the price of a paperback recently and is, so far, the equal of any cartridge razor I've ever used*. It's no work of art, but is up to the job.

• No expert. Just looking for a change.

I have a boots (IIRC) basic one, but it starting to show its age, also it isn't very aggressive... (i used a cartridge razor once, hated them and started proper shaving immediately...) my basic jobbie is starting to rust and the handle is brittle... I was hoping for a step up, but not too much! i think I'll wait a while before i buy a £200 collectors item...

anyone tried Timor razors? they look nice for the price.

Edited by Agrispeed on Saturday 13th October 17:14

[LordGrover]

Life Saab Itch said:

Well I'm a convert...to the electric shaver.

I've had enough of docking about with wet shaving for the last 15 years. Ingrown hairs, shaving rash and mainly the minging feeling of being freshly shaved.

Bought a dirt cheap Braun electric single foil jobby the other day and t has been great.

2 minutes and I'm done. No cleaning up the sink after I'm done. No itchy nicks to spend 10 minutes tryin to stop bleeding. No need for an aftershave balm. And best of all it leaves me at 2 days growth if I had wet shaved. This is the length that is comfortable for me. Since I've had the thing I have shaved every day. Before I used to put off shaving until it got to about once a week when I would clip it, then shave it.

I shan't be goin back. When this £4.50 shaver breaks, I'll get a better one. Until then I'm quids in.

So long as you're happy.

It'd be interesting to know how/what you were doing with the de safety razor though - an electric shave for me is a joke, even with a 'state of the art' philishave costing north of £200. My £25 Muhle does a far better job.

[IanMorewood]

BrassMan said:

I wouldn't knock the WS too hard. I got one for the price of a paperback recently and is, so far, the equal of any cartridge razor I've ever used*. It's no work of art, but is up to the job.

• No expert. Just looking for a change.

I’m not the WS razor was my entry into DE shaving and still gets the odd outing. Its better in my opinion than the cheap Lord DE metal razor that you can find for about £8.

As for the Timor TTO its OK but in no way aggressive I've suggested it before as suitable and inexpensive for beginners.

The option of electric shaving doesn’t appeal to me, been there done that didn’t like it one bit, but if it works for you then knock yourself out.

Edited by IanMorewood on Saturday 13th October 17:28

[zygalski]

Agrispeed said:

...anyone tried Timor razors? they look nice for the price.

Edited by Agrispeed on Saturday 13th October 17:14

I've started out with one.
Basically they're a Weishi that's been re-branded. Same weight even - to the gram.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF3E9_a-N2Q
It's a very mild razor. I'm a total noob & I very rarely get nicks. I do have to make 3 or 4 passes though to get a decent shave, including 1 against the grain. The ATG pass doesn't cause any irritation though.

I'm getting a Jagger DE89 for Christmas, which I understand is a little more agressive, but still only moderately so.

[Blue62]

Life Saab Itch said:

Well I'm a convert...to the electric shaver.

I've had enough of docking about with wet shaving for the last 15 years. Ingrown hairs, shaving rash and mainly the minging feeling of being freshly shaved.

Bought a dirt cheap Braun electric single foil jobby the other day and t has been great.

2 minutes and I'm done. No cleaning up the sink after I'm done. No itchy nicks to spend 10 minutes tryin to stop bleeding. No need for an aftershave balm. And best of all it leaves me at 2 days growth if I had wet shaved. This is the length that is comfortable for me. Since I've had the thing I have shaved every day. Before I used to put off shaving until it got to about once a week when I would clip it, then shave it.

I shan't be goin back. When this £4.50 shaver breaks, I'll get a better one. Until then I'm quids in.

Good for you, but I found that I suffered in-growing hairs on my neck with my Phillishave, since I went DE no problems. I'm at the sad stage of enjoying a shave now, for me it's an art form.

[Craphouserat]

Hi All

Been shaving with my Timor for a couple of months now - getting there but I think I want an adjustable. My lathering technique is getting there and I am actually starting to enjoy a shave. This thread made me end my affair with the cartridges. So I have a lot to thank you all for.

Now to my point of this post - currently after shaving I use the Alum block, air dry then I've been putting on a Clinique product - Post Shave Healer, just been using this because I had it. Now its coming to an end and I'm wondering what the best post shave products I should purchase.

What do you guys recommend? So far after reading this thread I'm leaning towards the Proraso Pre/Post shave cream followed by Trumper Extracts of Lime.

Cheers

CHR

[Dan_1981]

Trumpers Skin Food is still the best thing I've tried.

[IanMorewood]

Dan_1981 said:

Trumpers Skin Food is still the best thing I've tried.

Indeed but its expensive, I normally use the alum block and then some aftershave a few moments later, im not sure how good it is for your skin but subdues any irritation or bleeding I may have caused with the razor.

[zb]

Dan_1981 said:

Trumpers Skin Food is still the best thing I've tried.

Yep agree, it is dear but there are larger bottles available that bring the overall cost down slightly. If Trumpers is too rich for your blood, then at almost the opposite end of the price scale is Nivea Sensitive Post Shave Balm, IMO it is a very decent product indeed and available in most supermarkets/chemists etc.

[Agrispeed]

Craphouserat said:

Hi All

Been shaving with my Timor for a couple of months now - getting there but I think I want an adjustable. My lathering technique is getting there and I am actually starting to enjoy a shave. This thread made me end my affair with the cartridges. So I have a lot to thank you all for.

Now to my point of this post - currently after shaving I use the Alum block, air dry then I've been putting on a Clinique product - Post Shave Healer, just been using this because I had it. Now its coming to an end and I'm wondering what the best post shave products I should purchase.

What do you guys recommend? So far after reading this thread I'm leaning towards the Proraso Pre/Post shave cream followed by Trumper Extracts of Lime.

Cheers

CHR

Im doing a big shaving shop now I haven't ever really used anything other than palmolive and Wk soap, so what is a good soap? I have heard some good things about Mitchell's woolfat soap, and it sounds pretty nice... and most importantly what type of bowl, ceramic or wood

I'm going to order the Timor razor, and when, and indeed if i have to get something more aggressive I am planning on getting something more aggressive, and keeping the Timor as a travel/hangover razor for when I dont need a great shave, but dont want to cut myself.

Im also ordering an Alum bar and a pack of styptic matches to see what they are like... I would also be interested in what post shave cream to get!

Now I'm just waiting for paypal to stop being so useless and i can get down to a proper shave!

[LordGrover]

TOBS limes skin food is great.
For me; shave with soap, rinse, alum block, rinse, skin food, air dry, moisturiser, after shave/toilet water.
Tapping that lot in sounds a little OTT/ghey but it works for me, when I'm 'making an effort'.

[Life Saab Itch]

LordGrover said:

So long as you're happy.

It'd be interesting to know how/what you were doing with the de safety razor though - an electric shave for me is a joke, even with a 'state of the art' philishave costing north of £200. My £25 Muhle does a far better job.

Didn't bother with DE. After the cut-throat shave I had at a barbers I gave up on the idea. The Wife got me the cheapy Braun and I haven't touched the Gillette stuff since. I don't like the "rubbery skin" feeling of being freshly wet shaved, I prefer the feeling of two/three days growth. Wet shaving gave me no end of ingrowing hairs The electric shaver keeps me at that all the time and it takes a fifth of the time to whizz over my face.


No downsides as far as I can see.

[Shaw Tarse]

Life Saab Itch said:

Didn't bother with DE. After the cut-throat shave I had at a barbers I gave up on the idea. The Wife got me the cheapy Braun and I haven't touched the Gillette stuff since. I don't like the "rubbery skin" feeling of being freshly wet shaved, I prefer the feeling of two/three days growth. Wet shaving gave me no end of ingrowing hairs The electric shaver keeps me at that all the time and it takes a fifth of the time to whizz over my face.


No downsides as far as I can see.

That's fine,so long as you're happy!