Thread: First Razor

Thanks for the replies everyone. Very helpful.

I will not be going for that razor, after all. Absolutely happy to spend a lot more on that, but do not want to spend too much in case I ruin any of the equipment.

AxelH - The gel I use is a King of Shaves gel. Seeing as I can tell you this, the razor I use is a Gillette Fusion. What are training wheels, and will this razor have them? Also, what would be the advantage of using a double edged safety razor over this? Can you recommend any? I have heard that a German company called Merkur do a pretty decent one.

Thanks again for all of the advice.

Originally Posted by llyamah

AxelH - The gel I use is a King of Shaves gel. Seeing as I can tell you this, the razor I use is a Gillette Fusion. What are training wheels, and will this razor have them? Also, what would be the advantage of using a double edged safety razor over this? Can you recommend any? I have heard that a German company called Merkur do a pretty decent one.

Thanks again for all of the advice.

Just don't use it so much that you become fused to it. By training wheels I mean a razor with a pivoting head so you don't have to learn proper angles and with a wider contact surface (with a plastic/rubber grippy safety bar in front) you don't have to learn about proper pressure. What I really mean is it's a razor that has so many safety features that you never have to learn how to shave your own face. Such is the state of manhood in America today. The double-edged safety razors are a very appropriate intermediate step between the training wheels high-cost plastic contraptions and the no-safety cold hard steel that REAL manly men use!

The only drawback I can think of to habituating to the REAL man's shaver is thereonafter you will have to avoid various objects hitting your pubic region as you will find that you have grown something very sensitive and vulnerable.. you know.. down there.



DEs are very inexpensive. You could get a vintage Gillette of some sort for very little. Blades are also very cheap, I've gotten a hundred for twelve bucks and they are.. [drum roll] double-edged so that's two blades on each one. I have a Weishi that I like quite a bit, I feel all warm and fuzzy anytime I support our Communist Chinese friends on the other side of the planet (they practically own our country already anyway so it's kind of my patriotic duty).