Thread: $1000 vs $50 shave

Ive been meaning to do this for a while now.

A noticing trend is for newcomers to think you can buy yourself a better shave. Surely more bucks spent equals BBS?
There's only one way to find out... Fiiiiight!!!

In the red corner....
Iwasaki Tamahaganae western
Kanayama 800000
Simpson's Manchurian Chubby 3
MDC
Weighing in at a whopping... well, I spent more than I would ever tell the wife.

In the blue corner....
Gotta Superfine 120
Homemade strop
LS Finest
Proraso
Weighing in at a miserly $50ish. The Gotta cost less than 2 pints of fine English ale.

I shaved half my fizzog with both set ups for a 2 pass shave. Both setups battled it out for supremacy but the odds were stacked against the $50 shave.

And the Winner is...

Unanimous decision, a draw!

No surprise really, some of our experienced members are constantly reminding us that you don't need to spend a lot of money to enjoy this sport, and right they are. It really does just come down to technique and practice. Sure it's nice to chase the perfect hone or have a shiny NOS razor du jour but many unknown Soligen and Sheffield razors can be had for tuppence and shave beautifully.
Remember to check out the BST there's always a few shave ready razors to be had for less than $50 that will shave just the same as one for $1000.

Mark