Thread: Is Shavette any good or best avoided?

Hi all!

This is my first post, I've been lurking and reading for several weeks, and enjoying the place a lot but now I could do with some product advice.

First some background. I started shaving with one of my fathers old Gillette DE razors (+ derby blades) a couple of months ago and it was a revelation; a shave as good or better as with Mach 3 in terms of closeness, but with less razor burn. I have thick stubble and pale skin so reducing the appearance of razor burn is challenging and an even more important factor for me than closeness.

But then I started thinking (like a lot of people here) that if DE shaving is good perhaps SE is better? And with that in mind I'm looking at buying a cheap "Shavette" as a way to find out what straight shaving is about without having to tackle the added complexities of blade maintenance. And so, on to the point of this thread;

The two Shavettes I'm looking at are a Japanscissors or a Dovo. The price of the Japanscissors shavette is certainly right, it's about £10 including postage and 10 extra blades!

But something tells me it's a bit too good of a bargain be genuine...


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Otherwise I'll probably buy the Dovo shavette instead;




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...opinions?