Thread: When did you decide to switch 100%

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

As I recall I was using my DE less and less for touchups and cleanups for almost 1 month but really I still use my DE for shaves when I'm in a hurry or when I can't give full attention to the shave.

I use a straight razor primarily, even if I'm in a hurry. I only use my DE when I don't feel like giving my full attention to the shave.

When I decided to switch to using the straight razor was when I found out that my barber was full of crap

I told him that I'd love to use a straight razor, and he always told me that they weren't sharp enough to get a good shave out of . So after researching and finding out that they actually are, the decision was made. I never look back either.

I made the decision out of pure stubborness when, on my second shave, tore the hell out of my face going XTG with a less-than-sharp excuse for a razor. Gave myself some wicked cuts on my right cheek and told myself I'd have to make this work. Thanks to Utopian, I finally knew what it was like to have a razor sharp enough to get a proper shave with. Still use my Fusion on the rare occasion I don't feel up to the Master's Pass on the stiff upper lip. Other than that, I look at my safety razor with pure contempt.

As soon as I realized I was getting a better,cheaper and yes more enjoyable shave. Safeties always killed my face so I only shaved about every 10 days, but now I look forward to shaving every day, it is a small luxury that I enjoy, and for me alone (untill my boy starts shaving).

Two or maybe it was three weeks after I started I put away my Merkur slant and haven't picked it up since. I didn't begin by making a 'decision'. I got to like shaving with a straight so much that I feel I would be wasting a shave if I was to do it with a DE.

As others have said the shave with the straight is superior in every way anyhow.BTW, I've never used a cartridge so I don't know what that is about. From what I've read I haven't missed anything.

I stopped using my cartridge razors two days after receiving my straight razor, and don't missed them one bit.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Two or maybe it was three weeks after I started I put away my Merkur slant and haven't picked it up since. I didn't begin by making a 'decision'. I got to like shaving with a straight so much that I feel I would be wasting a shave if I was to do it with a DE.

As others have said the shave with the straight is superior in every way anyhow.BTW, I've never used a cartridge so I don't know what that is about. From what I've read I haven't missed anything.

You might try a cartridge once just for fun. It's really amazing how poor the shaves are, and how many guys use it because it's easy

I gave up shaving with a cartridge razor the first day I used my straight, and haven't used anything else since. I'm a bit obsessive like that.

For me it was new years day 2009. I vowed that a cartidge razor would never again touch my face. For a few weeks I used a disposable straight until I got a razor sharp enough with which to shave.

Oddly, I switched more because of the goo in a can. I wanted something that didn't smell like shampoo and would last longer than two weeks. Research uncovered the world of DE and straight razors. I stocked up before my last can of goo ran out and I've never looked back. I didn't realize just how poor the shaves were from the cartridge until I realized that with a straight razor, I could shave every day without the extreme uncomfort.

I hacked my face up several times with straights, but nothing that didn't disappear in a day or two. I irritated my face with dull blades, and incorrect technique, and had to let my face rest. But, two weeks in, I was on straights.

Every few days I still use my DE for touchup. It's an hour later, and I feel a spot under my chin that I missed. So, a few seconds later, its OK. The biggest reason for using the DE this way is I am afraid if I started using the straight for these touchups, sometimes because of hurry I wouldn't clean and reoil the blade properly. I really don't want to do that!

Every once in awhile, for years, my wife runs her hands all over my face feeling for missed spots. She's scientific! And, she says my shaves are now closer then they have ever been before.