Thread: Hello from China

Originally Posted by MikeMN

Alan, when I was in china, I remember getting the best shave (with a straight razor of course) of my life and a haircut for 3 yuan--then about $0.38 USD if I remember correctly. I went back to the barber for another one 4 days later.

Out of curiosity, and slightly off topic, but what is the most ridiculous counterfeit product you've seen in China? Have you, for example, ever seen counterfeit shaving products?

Hi Mike,

As I mentioned in an earlier post... I bought counterfeit razor blades from a street vendor for about 30% less than what they'd cost in a supermarket, however, this proved false economy, as they were total rubbish and couldn't be used!
Shampoo is often counterfeited here, the packaging looks good enough but the consistency is far too watery and I've had some nasty burns on my neck from using it, so now I only buy toiletries from supermarket chains.
They really have no shame when it comes to copyright and using a play on words... as can be seen from the pic above, taken in the city where I live, Liuzhou.

Now that would be an interesting cup of coffee! LMAO!

Alan, it may well be the blades you have in your shavette, and likely a fair bit of your shaving technique on top of that, but please don't give up on the straights too quick! There is most definitely a learning curve involved, an some of your first shaves can be pretty horrible until eventually things just fall into place and it is magic.

I've also bought some el cheapo Dorco blades here in Hong Kong, and they were really bad and rough. They will pass the HHT, but they have pretty jagged edges that just tear up your skin.

Even if you have top quality blades, and you plan on doing any against the grain shaving, I would REALLY recommend not doing that just yet, that really takes a lot of getting used to with the straight razors. Just start slow and combine your DE with the straights for the first while, and only do your cheeks with the straight, for now.

I will show you where in Hong Kong to get real Feather disposable blades for your razor, and also where to get an awesome Feather straight to go with the blades for a real good price.

It does not sound like you have the real dovo shavette there, is it a local copy or something, or the real deal?

welcome to SRP

欢迎来到 SRP

Originally Posted by Blademen

welcome to SRP

欢迎来到 SRP

Straight razor place

Originally Posted by leadingedge

Now that would be an interesting cup of coffee! LMAO!

Alan, it may well be the blades you have in your shavette, and likely a fair bit of your shaving technique on top of that, but please don't give up on the straights too quick! There is most definitely a learning curve involved, an some of your first shaves can be pretty horrible until eventually things just fall into place and it is magic.

I've also bought some el cheapo Dorco blades here in Hong Kong, and they were really bad and rough. They will pass the HHT, but they have pretty jagged edges that just tear up your skin.

Even if you have top quality blades, and you plan on doing any against the grain shaving, I would REALLY recommend not doing that just yet, that really takes a lot of getting used to with the straight razors. Just start slow and combine your DE with the straights for the first while, and only do your cheeks with the straight, for now.

I will show you where in Hong Kong to get real Feather disposable blades for your razor, and also where to get an awesome Feather straight to go with the blades for a real good price.

It does not sound like you have the real dovo shavette there, is it a local copy or something, or the real deal?

Hi Burt,

It was a very cheap, plastic, shavette.... cost just 5rmb. You gets what you pays for I suppose - but it was all that was available. I'm not going to give those Dorco blades another try, even though I suspect that my poor technique played a major part in my having such an uncomfortable shave.
Ah well, all part of the learning curve I guess!