Thread: i am so ticked off..

so last night i decided to use my old mach 3 turbo just to see how it shaved because i forgot...WORST choice EVER! it took me a longgg time to get a smooth shave, which wasnt even smooth. i bled here and there with the lightest touch. it pulled my hair. i just knew i was going to get razor burn. i woke up today to what looked like pimples! i looked like a 13 year old kid who just hit puberty! ingrown hairs all over my face. damn was i ****ed. im NEVER doing this again. ive been working on my skin complexion with the art of shaving and it all went down the drain in one session. well im done with my rant. has anyone tried going from a straight to some lame razor like mine? or cheaper disposable ones? if you havent....dont do it.

Yes. I've been there. I tried to cut down the size of my shave kit last time I was on holiday- big mistake.

I think the problem is that straight shaving takes a while to get used to. It takes a while to hone your technique (if you excuse the pun) and you start off with worse shaves that the mach3 but never actually notice them getting better.

I never looked back. I prefer the "straight" path.

I have been on the straight and narrow as well since I ran out of mach II blades

[Edit: I take that back - I was strongly persuaded by my boss last spring to shave after I had arrived at work. Since I lived 13 miles away and my shift had already begun, I did not have time to go home. So I painfully acquiesced and purchased some plastic bics at the drugstore across the street. Just hot water and a single blade bic - that was a terrible shaving experience and I had nearly forgotten about it until now. Thanks a lot!]

I trie donce when I was in a hurry. Never again.

Sometimes I'd forget my razors while travelling, which I always paid for with ingrown hairs from disposables. Eventually I bought a Feather just to keep in the go bag... just in case.

i can't even go back to the DE. i know i got decent shaves before with it, but i am just so used to the straight now that my DE technique is crap, plus i really do like shaving with a straight. i still have the handle for my Mach 3 but no blades. never again will i buy any.

Come on now... I also prefer straights but to say that after a few shaves with a straight you forgot how to shave with a safety razor seems a bit exaggerated... Many people never use a straight in their lives and they live. I spent years if not decades without shaving with a straight and was able to do it without much difficulty. I find hard to believe that switching back to safety razors could be so hard... But again, everyone is different ;-).

Al raz.

Really, I've never gone back, I've thought about it, when I'm pressed for time, but Str8 shaving really doesn't take me that long. Is it really as bad as you guys claim. Shaving with a Quatro, or Mach 3 will tear up my face because I shave with a Straight Razor? I was thinking about this when I got up this morning for some reason. With a Str8, (Don't hang me here) you do multiple passes for BBS, XTG, ATG, etc...i nomally do two passes because of my beard. I never did that back when I was shaving with a Mach 4, I remember getting a decent shave. For me, The Straight Razor is Nostalgic. I remember watching my Grandfather later up his brush and go at it. I remember him taking me to the Barber, He'd get a shave, Sometimes the barber would Hot Towel me, Lather me and pretend to shave me. They were very nice. So, for me, I have fond memories and enjoy stropping my blade and shaving. It brings me back.

Originally Posted by Alraz

Come on now... I also prefer straights but to say that after a few shaves with a straight you forgot how to shave with a safety razor seems a bit exaggerated... Many people never use a straight in their lives and they live. I spent years if not decades without shaving with a straight and was able to do it without much difficulty. I find hard to believe that switching back to safety razors could be so hard... But again, everyone is different ;-).

Al raz.

I'm inclined to agree with you.