A quick question about shaving

[goldar]

I keep reading about straight razors and double edge razors. It's piqued my interest. I keep a short stubble beard and shave my neck, following the contour of the underside of my jawline, and line up all edges using a disposable razor. Would a cut throat be better suited to this task than a de razor, or vice versa?

[bongtom]

Cut throats take some to time to master (hence the name) and a double edge razor will be more practical, but you can still cut yourself badly.

There’s a thread about it on here somewhere.

I tried lots of different razors and blades plus different creams and brushes over a 10 year period, plus watched lots of videos.
In the end I ditched it all and use a good disposable Gillette and Body Shop cream applied with a badger brush.

[Gecko1978]

I used to be a wet shave fan at the barbouse but it's costly, I also used to buy Gillet, pro max alpha 10 blade swivel power ultra carbon racing elite ninja eclipse blades when they came out.

Truth is a shave with a Gillet blue 3 for £3 disposable is almost as good as the top end blades and they are almost as good as a cut throat.

I also drive a Seat and an Audi....the seat is the daily. Read into that what you will but unless its an itch you just have to scratch I would not bother

[Turkish91]

Gecko1978 said:

I also used to buy Gillet, pro max alpha 10 blade swivel power ultra carbon racing elite ninja eclipse blades when they came out.

Quality!

[Stuart70]

Body Shop cream, shaving brush to get a lather and a Gillette normal three blade thing which I have had for years. Works fine.

[dundarach]

Merkur Futur safety razor, used for years, with feather Japanese blades.

[goldar]

The issue is that a disposable does not get crisp lines such as my barber does with a cut throat. The second problem is that with a disposable you can't see where the blade is when trying to line up an edge.

[T5R+]

If you have a "styled" beard then jawline (ear to ear) is fine with most good quality razors. Cheeks - cannot beat a straight edge for definition. Straight edge also, if you shave the area between chin and bottom lip.

[goldar]

My my, I just went down a rabbit hole with straight razors. Found a forum and started eyeing up £100 vintage razors on eBay. Someone posted a vid of a bloke having a shave, the faff involved, and the comments from people saying it can take them 2 hours... Nope. Not for me. Perhaps I'll just buy a cheapy that has replaceable blades.

[Mojooo]

I went down the DE route years ago - you can do in in 30 nicely or even 10 mins quickly - mins and it feels kind of nice but ultimately it is time consuming and the results for me were that much different than a Mach 3 because I would shave my entire face usually.

I played with a SE but way harder and didn't have the time to faff.

[bongtom]

dundarach said:

Merkur Futur safety razor, used for years, with feather Japanese blades.

Nope. You’ve been sucked into the hype.

Sure, beautiful looking and feel great but better than a boggo three blade razor?

Naah.

[craigjm]

Cut throat razors are really difficult to use on yourself. Much easier to use on someone else like your barber does.

[Brainpox]

Enjoy OP: https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[goldar]

Haha I'm not reading that!

My question is a bit different from the norm because I'm not looking to shave my whole face.

Does a DE have the same level of control as a SE?

Edited by goldar on Saturday 14th January 18:16

[goldar]

bongtom said:

Nope. You’ve been sucked into the hype.

Sure, beautiful looking and feel great but better than a boggo three blade razor?

Naah.

Would you mind explaining your position on this please?

[Mr Penguin]

bongtom said:

Nope. You’ve been sucked into the hype.

Sure, beautiful looking and feel great but better than a boggo three blade razor?

Naah.

Feels better, cuts sharper (especially with Feather), and is a fraction of the cost of the blades.

[craigjm]

Would you not be better off using an electric trimmer for what you want to achieve ?

[goldar]

craigjm said:

Would you not be better off using an electric trimmer for what you want to achieve ?

And what exactly is it I'm trying to achieve?

[craigjm]

goldar said:

craigjm said:

Would you not be better off using an electric trimmer for what you want to achieve ?

And what exactly is it I'm trying to achieve?

The best way of making the quote below from your opening post as sharp as possible? What’s with the hostility?

goldar said:

keep a short stubble beard and shave my neck, following the contour of the underside of my jawline, and line up all edges using a disposable razor.

[DSLiverpool]

I pay £13 a week to the Turkish guys and use a beard setting electric 2/3 days in between - it’s smart enough