Multi-blade razors

[NDA]

5 is quite aggressive, but pleased to hear you bought a slim and are enjoying it. I find the Feather blades work extremely well in mine.



Pesty - lovely work from Rod there.... No, don't travel with it!! Buy a decent cheapie fromTaylors or the like for your wash bag. They do little travel ones in tubes that are perfectly adequate.

[Pesty]

I have some travel ones but I'm spoiled with that one now. Same reason I took the other one. I just can't get the lather as creamy with anything else.

[NDA]

Yes I know what you mean.... I had Rod make me a travel one. Two actually.

[zygalski]

My latest DE.
Weber stainless steel polished head/Bulldog handle.
Think a slightly more aggressive head than an Edwin Jagger DE89 + heavy handle.
WTG/XTG is close enough for me with this beasty!

[A - W]

zygalski said:

My latest DE.
Weber stainless steel polished head/Bulldog handle.
Think a slightly more aggressive head than an Edwin Jagger DE89 + heavy handle.
WTG/XTG is close enough for me with this beasty!

Nothing at all wrong with a Weber, I might have one or two and they are my day to day razors.

I'd recommend one like NDA does a Slim.

[littleredrooster]

zygalski said:

My latest DE.
Weber stainless steel polished head/Bulldog handle.
Think a slightly more aggressive head than an Edwin Jagger DE89 + heavy handle.
WTG/XTG is close enough for me with this beasty!

I don't know how you can put those two extremes together in one photo. One gorgeous razor and one profoundly horrible blade.

[crmcatee]

A belated Christmas present from Mrs crmcatee....

[LordGrover]

I'd get a food tester - has she been looking at the milkman, longingly?

Edited by LordGrover on Wednesday 16th July 11:29

[Bonefish Blues]

I'm sure it will be just another shaving accident involving 3 inches of razor sharp steel

[zygalski]

littleredrooster said:

zygalski said:

My latest DE.
Weber stainless steel polished head/Bulldog handle.
Think a slightly more aggressive head than an Edwin Jagger DE89 + heavy handle.
WTG/XTG is close enough for me with this beasty!

I don't know how you can put those two extremes together in one photo. One gorgeous razor and one profoundly horrible blade.

That's a 1970's vintage English Wilkinson blade I was sent to try, not the modern German one. Good blade, quite sharp & smooth & lasted 6 shaves with no sign of getting blunt.
I'd get some more if I could & the price was reasonable.

[Tanguero]

New toy just arrived from Japan!






If anyone needs me - I will be in casualty having my ear stitched back on...

[crmcatee]

LordGrover said:

I'd get a food tester - has she been looking at the milkman, longingly?

Edited by LordGrover on Wednesday 16th July 11:29

Do you think I should be locking the bathroom door behind me ?

[guitarmandan]

Went to buy some blades for my (now old) Gillette fusion, it had been so long that I'd forgotten how expensive they were/are. Hopped on to Amazon to see if they were cheaper, remembered this thread from a while back and plumped for:

Edwin Jagger DE89L Chrome
Derby Blades
Vulfix Lime Shaving Cream
Bog standard 'Men-u' brush and stand (the nicer looking ones seemed a currently un-justifiable jump in price)
Osma Styptic Pencil

Well, as a process - where has *this* been all my life! A really nice balance and weight to the razor which is reassuring. I was a little nervous about losing a finger as I popped in the blade for the first time - but it's all quite easy, really. Once the intimidation died down, it's a really nice experience. Effortless to shave through a weeks beard.

I got a good lather going even with the cheap brush (would this be noticeably better, with a badger/boar brush?) and managed a whole shave without lopping of an earlobe. A splash of cold water, thoroughly dried everything (face included) and I'm actually looking forward to my next shave. Besides the initial buy-in, it looks to be much cheaper ongoing, and more pleasurable, that all that multi-blade rubbish!

[IanMorewood]

That should see you through a few weeks of shaving, then the next step is to look at better blades and yes a better brush would build better lather.

[NDA]

guitarmandan said:

Well, as a process - where has *this* been all my life! A really nice balance and weight to the razor which is reassuring. I was a little nervous about losing a finger as I popped in the blade for the first time - but it's all quite easy, really. Once the intimidation died down, it's a really nice experience. Effortless to shave through a weeks beard.

I got a good lather going even with the cheap brush (would this be noticeably better, with a badger/boar brush?) and managed a whole shave without lopping of an earlobe. A splash of cold water, thoroughly dried everything (face included) and I'm actually looking forward to my next shave. Besides the initial buy-in, it looks to be much cheaper ongoing, and more pleasurable, that all that multi-blade rubbish!

That was very much my experience - a dull daily routine, changed into something rather pleasurable.

As Ian says, yes, a better brush will give you mountains of lather....

Learn to bin each blade after three shaves - no point hanging on to them. 100 Feather blades are £21 - almost a years' shaving.

I'm a huge fan of the Taylors hard soaps - with a decent brush, the lather is, in my opinion, better than the cream. Less paraphernalia too.

[Slyjoe]

Wow - yet again PH is going to cost me more money (purely to save money of course).
A couple of questions though:
1: I generally only shave twice a weeks with a 3 blade thing (aqua 3 or something) but I do have sensitive skin - Any issues with a DE razor here? assuming I get good cream and brush?
2: A couple of moles on ma' face - the safety thing glides over them - has anyone had any issue with a bumpy face with a proper razor?
3: its not this bad by a long shot

[Stu R]

I'd take care around moles. While 1 blade is easier to control than 5 it's also a damn sight sharper and as I'm sure you're aware they bleed like a stuck pig if you nick them, which is easy to do if you're new to it and don't have the technique mastered just yet. Other than that, crack on! Worst case scenario, chicks dig scars

As for sensitive skin, not a problem for me and my skin gets irritated by a hell of a lot of shaving products. I find Crabtree and Evelyn shaving stuff perfect, and a good quality brush to build nice lather. I got my brush from Art of Shaving as I had a voucher to use, it's been great but by Christ they're overpriced - rebranded $40 merkurs are north of $100 etc.

[BertieWooster]

Well, after spending a number of months following this thread I have finally decided to take the plunge and get a DE safety razor and all the necessary accessories. However, before I go ahead and buy everything I would be grateful if the experts here could let me know what they think about the following:

Mühler Classic DE razor



Derby, Astra, Dorco and Shark DE razor blade sampler pack



Fantasia pure badger hair brush



Mühle shaving soap with Aloe Vera



I'm currently living in Germany, hence all the links leading to Amazon.de.

[NDA]

Yes, all looks good. Feather are the best blades for most - the sharper they are the milder feeling the shave.

Report back!

[LordGrover]

That looks like the R89, which was my first DE razor. Still like to use it often. It's a relatively mild razor so ideal to begin with, but with practise it's possible to achieve a very close shave. Enjoy.