Thread: My experience so far.

I have been shaving for around 7 years now and in this time anybody would have expected to master the system required to shave. Generally my nature is old fashioned and I admire old traditional values and look at the past as something to not be forgotten and as something people should learn from.
I went out and purchased a kit for shaving I spent £50 on a half decent razor and a few other bits that is required to maintain the razor and other luxurious bits the£50 was just the razor.
The razor is made from carbon so it’s not hard to keep a sharp edge after reading various articles and watching a vast number of videos on youtube I kind of got the gist of it.
I followed everything that I remembered to read on the net now I must say some information was very helpful especially the illustration and techniques used to shave the chin and maintain the blades health. By the end of my trial I decided to forget what I read and just do things the way I deem best for myself and my experience improved.
Now being curious I attempted to shave for the first time with a surprised look on my face the fear of a deep cut HaHa it’s just a small nip I said and on I went. The first few attempts were just a learning process for me at the end I managed to master the use of a straight razor to my satisfaction.
The people I know that use a straight razor as friends I have always asked why? There reply was always its cheap and it’s a better shave.
I compared the two over a coupple of months of use with the straight DOVO and later reverted back to the mach 3.

+ssss for the mach 3
It’s quick to shave I can shave in under a minute and be on my way.
One set of four blade can last me 2 month and costs me roughly around £3 which is not that expensive for me
It’s comfortable.
I don’t have to be carful
It shaves closer than a straight razor.


+sss for the straight razor.
There’s none besides learning a new skill and classing it fun.

The reason I’m so harsh I have to be honest with myself and I really can’t see why people use this obsolete method.
You can’t shave closer than stub and I had none with the mach 3 after a few seconds shave. To achieve similar results with a straight razor you have to shave 2/3/4 times and even then you won’t achieve the same results .
There’s more irritation with a straight razor having to keep shaving a countless number of times.
It ‘s very time consuming 10 minutes for the average shave.
The maintain of the razor is rather annoying after some time as compared to a standard throw away razor.

Some of my text and opinions my show that I’m inexperienced and a little ignorant but that’s ok after a few months of use i think I done quite well.

So my question why does everybody on here use such an obsolete method of shaving and strongly stand by it’s use while claiming it is better i'm not trying to criticize anything just understand. Maybe somebody could clear up a few details for me and correct me where I went wrong please but I honestly can’t see the purpose of going switching back to a straight blade.
Thanks for reading
Dave.