So I sh-(grabs armor and shield)...so I shaved with a cartridge razor today...

[Friggin Joe]

I felt like giving it a shot, I do on occasional since I've gotten into DE and then straight shaving.
I can get a smooth shave from a single blade BIC, so it all went fine. I didn't go as far back as using canned cream, so the shave went fine. But man just a few hours later and here's the 5' clock shadow and stubble over the jawbones already, which I'll have to touch up due to a wedding later.

Has there been a conclusion as to why the straights or aggressive DE razors give the longer-lasting shave? Do they even give you a longer lasting shave, personally?
I can only imaging a single exposed edge being able to push into the skin that little bit instead of multi-blades or plastic casing making it so that it's more dummy-proof but less deep of a cut is what accounts for this.
I've heard others say they actually feel smoother LATER after a straight shave, as do I.

Anyway, don't pelt tomatoes at me or anything, I got so many of these triple blade carts I bought on liquidation it's a shave not to experiment now and then.

[jnich67]

Burn him!!!



Jordan

[ucliker]

The only reason i can think shaving with a multi-blade cartridge razor doesn't last as long as a straight or D/E is that they cut the hair on an angle, the first blade pulls the hair out and the rest cut as opposed to the straight and D/E that cut flush against the skin. It could also be that since the cartridge pulls and cuts it stimulates the hair follicle more.

[Big_E]

I'm in a similar boat. I have so many DE cartridges It's a shame not to use them so I packed my travel kits full of them. Then I loose a DE razor during a trip, it won't be such a tragedy as losing a favored straight.
Ernest

[heavydutysg135]

Shame on you. By now you should know better than to use a disposible to shave for an important occasion. I really don't see the point of experiementing with a shaving method that you KNOW is inferior

[Wildtim]

This is slightly off topic but Why post a new thread when This is pretty close.

Got a fusion in the mail the other day.

What should I do with it?

[Kenrup]

Heresy! Repent! You must do penance! Flagrance with a strop!

[Sharp&Shiny]

I always get an inferior shave with anything but a straight,now that the learning curve has smoothed out.
But i do use a shavette (focus blade razor) for travelling abroad with as it wont upset me much to loose it as it would to loose one of my straights.
It doesnt give me such a lasting shave but its better than the other DE's&twin blades ive used.Paul

[FiReSTaRT]

I've used a double-bladed store-brand cartridge and canned goo once since I went straight.. We were staying in Saskatoon and the razor/strop that I sent ahead with our work gear was trapped in Hanger #3 of the Saskatoon airport, while my stubble was accumulating. Knowing all the wet-shaving tricks helped keep irritation away and the shave was about as unsatisfying as a can of spam after years of daily doses of prime medium-rare ribeye, but it did the trick. Ofcourse, I was drooling when we got to Yellowknife and I could finally break out the Wapi and my trusty ol' strop and go for the real thing (minus the plastic bristled travel brush lol)

[Dewey]

I hadn't pulled it out for months but I used my Gem 1912 single edge safety yesterday (and today, since I'm already confessing ) and it was a really nice smooth shave - and for me, without the blasphemous guilt of using a disposable or multi-blade cartridge!!