Thread: First shave with a de super speed

Usually shave with a straight, but I wanted to give a de a shot. So i saw a good price on a super speed on eBay picked it up brought it home cleaned her up a lil Maas came out like new. I put a merkur de blade in her was still laying around from my days of the shavette, and I shaved with her. Ok now I'm hooked on all types of wet shaving. Some nicks on the neck but nothing crazy. I really didn't find it that difficult to shave with the de, maybe because I have been shaving with a straight for about a year. I feel that everybody should have a de in there shaving kit for a quick shave when u can't use your straight.. Just a great shave ...

I feel the same way. I have gone for a few yrs of using the straight, just picked up a Gillette Slim, and wow, quick and easy, almost no thought at all.

Glad to hear it, I enjoy my DE too.

Originally Posted by Airportcopper

I really didn't find it that difficult to shave with the de, maybe because I have been shaving with a straight for about a year.

I definitely think it helps to go Straight to DE (a horrible line, I know ). I had perhaps a couple years worth of SR experience before picking up a safety razor for the first time, and I took to it immediately. This is vastly different from some accounts I've read where someone will go from a Mach 3 to a DE and end up looking like they went 3 rounds with the Champ. It happens often.

Anyway, congrats and happy shaving.

Originally Posted by Ryan82

I definitely think it helps to go Straight to DE (a horrible line, I know ). I had perhaps a couple years worth of SR experience before picking up a safety razor for the first time, and I took to it immediately. This is vastly different from some accounts I've read where someone will go from a Mach 3 to a DE and end up looking like they went 3 rounds with the Champ. It happens often.

Anyway, congrats and happy shaving.

I went from a Mach 3 to a de before going to a sr. My first shave looked like I had acupuncture on my face... Just recently (after about 8 months of sr shaving) i thought I would try the old de again, after the shave I decided that I would teach my girlfriend to wet shave and stick to my straight due to me having acupuncture face again!!

Next step is to get a cheap SE and try that. I love mine!

There's a reason Super Speeds were Gillette's bread and butter for so many years. Smooth and efficient shavers all, almost all of them still look good decades after they were made.

Originally Posted by Ryan82

I definitely think it helps to go Straight to DE (a horrible line, I know ). I had perhaps a couple years worth of SR experience before picking up a safety razor for the first time, and I took to it immediately. This is vastly different from some accounts I've read where someone will go from a Mach 3 to a DE and end up looking like they went 3 rounds with the Champ. It happens often.

Anyway, congrats and happy shaving.

Yes, that's what I did when I first got into wetshaving. I went from a Mach 3, to a vintage DE, to a straight razor. There was a learning curve with the DE for me, and for the first while, I did look like I went 3 rounds with the Champ! It's natural to try and speed shave like you did with the Mach 3, but it doesn't end well.

I have a 1956 Gillette SS that belonged
to my dad that I use from time to time.


Terry

I don't know why, but I had the same luck with my Merkur that Airportchopper did. I had a nick or two but not that bad. Hmm now my first straight razor shave had two bad nicks but I expected to bleed there. Guess I was lucky.

Eric