Thread: 5/8 or 6/8 for Newbie?

What difference does the extra 1/8 of an inch make?

Hey Andy,
I guess that depends on your face. But most advice I've heard is 5/8 for new shavers. Its better for under the nose and chin. I'm pretty new to shaving and like the 6/8 better, but thats because I have a lot of face to go over.

my $.02

Hi Andy,

There isn't all that much difference. Either way you
will be a winner. Besides I will predict that if you
turn out like the rest of us, within a month you
will own a 5/8 as well as a 6/8.

Then in short order you will start searching for
a 7/8.



Terry

Buying your first razor is like shooting smack for thr first time - the beginning of the end. You'll be addicted in no time. Six months from now, you'll have 10 razors of different sizes.

-Rob

Originally Posted by robertlampo

Six months from now, you'll have 10 razors of different sizes.

-Rob

Sizes! I wish it was only sizes! Theres also point styles to consider, monkey tails, different scale types, sweet little sways to the spine, cool emblems etched in the hollow. Then you'll notice that you don't have a TI or Dubl Duck.

I'm about as newby as it gets and I'm already in over my head.

I personal prefer the 4/8 and 5/8 blades, I do own several 6/8 but I get better control over the smaller blades. Over the next few months you will end up with at least one of each. The bigger blades look better and more macho.

Peter

I also prefer the 4/8 and 5/8 razors. I have a 6/8 and I don't feel like I have as much control over it, especially when I'm working on my neck.

-- Gary F.

Wait, I was supposed to wait six months to have ten razors?

Damn.


not quite at ten yet.

I am way over my head. I have 3 in the mail right now and bidding on one more.
Then I have to quit for awhile.

I've just started (a month and a half or so now) and I've got 7 razors in my rotation, one got claimed by my stepdaughter and one went to my fiancee, and I have 3 more on the way for a total of 12. I'm also talking to vlad about getting a custom one from him.

And I STILL catch myself surfing eBay looking for more. I need to be shot.

-- Gary F.