Multi-blade razors

[Magic919]

Two shaves in an evening sounds excessive.

[Bursar]

Ah yes - PistonHeads - Grammar Matters

Much better shave this time. I reckon I'll soon have the technique sorted.

[E65Ross]

Magic919 said:

Two shaves in an evening sounds excessive.

[cirian75]

2nd shave, used my normal shave gel (the bond one caused massive face rage) but put on old style with brush, massively better, zero burn.

[E65Ross]

cirian75 said:

2nd shave, used my normal shave gel (the bond one caused massive face rage) but put on old style with brush, massively better, zero burn.

Good stuff.

[Bonefish Blues]

E65Ross said:

Magic919 said:

Two shaves in an evening sounds excessive.

I won't tell

[DeuxCentCinq]

ecsrobin said:

Just found this nice ceramic rest on kickstarter for a DE razor https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/217930559/sha... plus he has a range of other shaving items you can back. Nice to see something a bit different so I've got for a black stand to contrast my silver handle.

Looks nice, especially when Connaught can't seem to provide a stand that fits the razor OR brush that they sold me.

[Davie_GLA]

My trusty DE89 is dead.

I dropped it a while ago and must have cracked the plating. Over time it has blistered and this morning a wee bit flaked off, thought i'd cut myself.

Anyway, what heads will go on the DE89 handle? Or am i as well going all out with a new one?

D..

[LordGrover]

Davie_GLA said:

My trusty DE89 is dead.

I dropped it a while ago and must have cracked the plating. Over time it has blistered and this morning a wee bit flaked off, thought i'd cut myself.

Anyway, what heads will go on the DE89 handle? Or am i as well going all out with a new one?

D..

Braveheart. Job jobbed.

It's a little more aggressive but the better for it.

[Eleven]

LordGrover said:

Davie_GLA said:

My trusty DE89 is dead.

I dropped it a while ago and must have cracked the plating. Over time it has blistered and this morning a wee bit flaked off, thought i'd cut myself.

Anyway, what heads will go on the DE89 handle? Or am i as well going all out with a new one?

D..

Braveheart. Job jobbed.

It's a little more aggressive but the better for it.

Great!

Except I just paid £18 for a whole new DE89 with free delivery...

[BertieWooster]

After reading Lord Grover's post about the R41 I went and ordered one. I'm very impressed so far. I get a more aggressive shave than with my R89 but the end result is far smoother.

I've gone and ordered a load of different shaving creams (mostly from Taylor of Old Bond Street). I'm using Mr Taylor's shaving cream at the moment and I find it does a great job. I think the next one I will try is Truefitt and Hill's 1805.

[E65Ross]

Hi guys,

What do you find the best way to "thin out/trim sideburns? Only the past 6 weeks or so have I decided to grow sideburns, but now I just need to thin them out, so to speak.... But obviously using a razor would get rid of them!

Cheers

[NDA]

E65Ross said:

Hi guys,

What do you find the best way to "thin out/trim sideburns? Only the past 6 weeks or so have I decided to grow sideburns, but now I just need to thin them out, so to speak.... But obviously using a razor would get rid of them!

Cheers

I bought one of these a couple of years ago - cheap as chips and do the job superbly.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000W3I8UO?psc=...

[illmonkey]

Managed to get a nice deep cut on my finger when I was trying to put my blade in. It bled for ages!

[cirian75]

accidentally ordered some astra platinum instead of astra stainless blades.

Used one last night, smooth, but no where near as sharp and left me with a load of small bleeders.

the correct astra stainless have been ordered but will prob have to have 2 more platinum shaves

[Silverbullet767]

illmonkey said:

Managed to get a nice deep cut on my finger when I was trying to put my blade in. It bled for ages!

If you've ever used a Merkur Futur, then you'll only slip your finger when adjusting the head once. That bled for what felt like hours!

Now I'll use a towel before I grip the razor to adjust it.

[DeuxCentCinq]

Silverbullet767 said:

If you've ever used a Merkur Futur, then you'll only slip your finger when adjusting the head once. That bled for what felt like hours!

Now I'll use a towel before I grip the razor to adjust it.

I dropped mine, then caught it awkwardly, when putting it away in a sponge bag once. OMG. It was like the Shining.

[LordGrover]

BertieWooster said:

After reading Lord Grover's post about the R41 I went and ordered one. I'm very impressed so far. I get a more aggressive shave than with my R89 but the end result is far smoother.

I've gone back to the R89 for the daily shave. The R41 is a great razor, but after a couple of weeks I decided it is too aggressive for every day. I use it for 'special occasions' when I need a particularly close shave or if I've not shaved for a few days.

[E65Ross]

NDA said:

I bought one of these a couple of years ago - cheap as chips and do the job superbly.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000W3I8UO?psc=...

Perfect, just ordered one!

[jimmyjimjim]

One of my cats jumped up on to the counter, knocking my hand across my futur, which was vertical in a mug next to the sink.

This effortlessly and painlessly took a lovely circle of skin about 8mm in diameter off a knuckle.

The bleeding stopped the same evening, which was nice, and the cleanup only took a couple of hours.