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Neils1304, only you and John Steed can carry the bowler off with such style. Maybe when my top lip scarring gets too bad she'll let grow one.

Good luck with the straights... I'm still learning, which means bleeding on occasion but nothing beats it for a good shave. Using the straight left handed took a bit of practice. When buying the...

Neils1304 - Thanks for the suggestion but my wife, the boss, says no... so that's the end of that!

Hi Guitarguy118 - what guitar BTW?
When I got the slim it hadn't been used for decades, probably since the 70's and the adjuster was seized. So I tore it down, cleaned out years of soap gunk and it...

Has anyone seen footage of 5 blades cutting hairs? The footage of the twin blade sold razors. So I guess it's easy to draw a conclusion from the lack of 5 blade footage.

I can only think that as...

But the question still is - does a 5 blade shave better than a 2 blade? Is there any truth to advertising? All I know for sure is a 3 blade is incredibly efficient at giving me in-growing hairs. That...

I grew up in England and there was a TV show called "Tomorrow's World" that covered new inventions. I clearly remember the episode where they showed the first twin blade razor. Macro - slow motion...

Will do.
I have to say even with the blood loss it is a pleasure to have a good shave again. The feel of a straight or double edge blade shave is so superior to that of a multi-bade - I should have...

Most of the razor burn was started by a straight razor (my first) I'd just bought, so you are probably correct about it being caused by technique - The DE just kept the nicks alive and well.

Thanks for that Bob, much appreciated.

Thanks for that info. Was wondering if you'd tried turning the blades over and getting 2 shaves from each? I've read that shaving acts like a "strop" and sharpens the blade.
My Gillette slim...

I actually know what Fool's pass means and no. Hell no! I cannot imagine the blood loss I'd incur if I tried that.

I've actually worked out what I'm doing wrong. I start off stretching the top...

Thanks guys - I didn't know they were so very different until I started researching - as I said it's been a long time since I've used one of these things, probably the 70's. I'm loving the straight...

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I've just bought my first straight razors, 2 from Larry and Whipped Dog (can't say enough good things about that experience), and I've asked my sister to send me our father's old DE razors...