Thread: How Low Can You Go...?

I'll have a go.
Bengall 5/8 $2.00 60 shaves so far conservatively. 3 cents a shave
Arko soap $2.80 50 shaves out of a stick easy. 5 cents a shave
Turkish horsehair brush $4.00 probably used 100 times plus. 4 cents a shave
Vintage koken strop $40 stropped with it 200 times maybe. 20 cents a shave

32 cents a shave

Total including all the other razors, brushes, soaps etc etc that I didn't actually need, just wanted? Priceless.

Since Mike did not specify straight or DE, my cheapest shave would be $0.12 for a DE blade. Won the DE from a contest here, brush was a gift, free soap sample, mug was made by a friend. But I prefer to indulge in my Various AD's and don't concern myself with overall cost.

Originally Posted by ReardenSteel

Since Mike did not specify straight or DE, my cheapest shave would be $0.12 for a DE blade. Won the DE from a contest here, brush was a gift, free soap sample, mug was made by a friend. But I prefer to indulge in my Various AD's and don't concern myself with overall cost.

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We have a winner!!!

So who won? I cannot comprehend! Whover did, Atta Boy!

Well, I thought when I grabbed my $20 Wosty that I got off the SRP classifieds, my $24 pure badger Vulfix, a $4.29 puck of Momma Bears and a splash of Clubman that I was going cheap. After reading this thread it makes me feel that I am living extravagantly.

Originally Posted by str8tlkr

Well, I thought when I grabbed my $20 Wosty that I got off the SRP classifieds, my $24 pure badger Vulfix, a $4.29 puck of Momma Bears and a splash of Clubman that I was going cheap. After reading this thread it makes me feel that I am living extravagantly.

Oh, now! You're just showing off, now!

My grandfather's Carl Raider 4/8 $0
Soap that my brother makes $0
And a AoS kit that my parents got me for Christmas $0
So that puts me at $0

Originally Posted by Grazor

I'll have a go.
Bengall 5/8 $2.00 60 shaves so far conservatively. 3 cents a shave
Arko soap $2.80 50 shaves out of a stick easy. 5 cents a shave
Turkish horsehair brush $4.00 probably used 100 times plus. 4 cents a shave
Vintage koken strop $40 stropped with it 200 times maybe. 20 cents a shave

32 cents a shave

Total including all the other razors, brushes, soaps etc etc that I didn't actually need, just wanted? Priceless.

Well if you are going to play like that, i reckon i get maybe 50 splashes out of a bottle so i used 13.2 cents worth of brut, and the resr was free, as i said.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

My question is why should I shave on the cheap? What's the fun in that? I could drive around in a Yugo but I don't, I could go running in slippers but I don't, I could go mountain biking with a 3 speed bike but I don't, and I could eat macaroni and cheese for dinner every day but I don't. None of that is fun.

But for the ultimate shaving on the cheap I'll relate a story told to me by my dad many years ago.

A friend of his was in Marine Boot camp during WWll and they were all told the first day since they are all men and will be Marines they will shave every day period. Two dudes didn't think they needed to. The following day their DI marched them out to the garbage dump and retrieved for both of them two totally corroded DE razors with blades to match. He marched them back to the barracks and made them shave in front of the entire group with these razors and made them keep shaving until the DI was satisfied. That was with no prep, no water, no soap, nothing. After they were done and their faces were all cut up and scared for life the DI poured Alcohol all over their faces while they were doing pushups.

So, when you say shave on the cheap....

Just an exercise to get an A1 shave with inexpensive gear. Not a "cheapest shave" thread per se, but a good, enjoyable shave with your least expensive gear. I fear if I'd said "most expensive shave" the thread would have turned into a male reproductive organ waving contest .

Old Breed Marines are thoroughly hardcore. I've had 80 year old (ex) Marines threaten to whoop the life out of me for making good-natured but less than charitable remarks about the Marine Corps ("sea going bell hops" and the like). Inter-service rivalries die hard, Army and Navy guy here.

BTW- Nothing but love and respect for the Marine Corps.

Now, the Air Force...

My Mauser bayonet and a stick of butter. Free unless the ol lady figures out I been stealing the butter