Thread: Shaving with olive oil

Hi there,

This is my first post on this forum and I am a complete newbie - I don't even have a straight-razor yet, but I am very tempted to buy one.
I have a question in relation to shaving soaps/creams. At the moment I use disposable gilette safety razors (and can't wait to be rid of them! They shave ok, but are pretty expensive in the long run and not the most environmentally friendly).

Anyway, for a few years now I have been shaving using just olive oil on my face - it works great, leaves the skin moisturised, you can see exactly what you're shaving, it's super-cheap and it's even edible

My question is this - will olive oil also work well with a straight razor?

This is the first time I have heard of anyone shaving with Olive Oil as shave cream or shave oil. I would not call a disposable a safety at all, thats stretching the term to a point where its about to snap. I would referr to a disposable as a dispsoable not a sfaety at all.

IIRC people shaved with peanut butter during the war, so why not shave with olive oil?

http://straightrazorpalace.com/after...-preshave.html

Here is a past thread of olive oil. I have used it as preshave before. I know disturben will use it for his ATG pass at times.

I have never tried an olive oil only shave, but if you search the googles you will see that many people use it, and it is popular w/ leg shavers.shave with olive oil

Just make sure your hands are clean when holding the straight.

btw, A disposable is a "safety razor".

Thanks guys,

Special thanks to Slartibartfast for that link - I did a search of the forum before posting this but it seems I missed that one!

Peanut butter? Thats real interesting, I would imagine that would make one smell real good after the shave.

This should actually be fine.......

Pre-heat the face to 325 degrees and then lay a thin layer of oil on it for 3-5 minutes......sprinkle in your spices lightly and then shave. Remove from the razor and allow to cool for another 3 minutes. Next you will want to apply some Floids, pat gently and voila, you are done..........



Lynn

Originally Posted by Slartibartfast

http://straightrazorpalace.com/after...-preshave.html

Here is a past thread of olive oil. I have used it as preshave before. I know disturben will use it for his ATG pass at times.

I have never tried an olive oil only shave, but if you search the googles you will see that many people use it, and it is popular w/ leg shavers.shave with olive oil

Just make sure your hands are clean when holding the straight.

btw, A disposable is a "safety razor".

+1

I've used olive oil as a preshave and it works well. There are also a few threads discussing mixing olive with castor oil and adding scent to make something similar to retail preshaves. I actually like the olive oil scent so I apply it straight. I lather on top of the oil.

And it's worth repeating that you must make sure the oil is completely removed from your hands before shaving.

Originally Posted by commiecat

+1

I've used olive oil as a preshave and it works well. There are also a few threads discussing mixing olive with castor oil and adding scent to make something similar to retail preshaves. I actually like the olive oil scent so I apply it straight. I lather on top of the oil.

And it's worth repeating that you must make sure the oil is completely removed from your hands before shaving.

I have a mixture of olive oil,castor oil, and almond essential oil right now. I rarely use it though.

I found it to be more useful when i shaved w/ DE's, than with straights.

Originally Posted by Lynn

This should actually be fine.......

Pre-heat the face to 325 degrees and then lay a thin layer of oil on it for 3-5 minutes......sprinkle in your spices lightly and then shave. Remove from the razor and allow to cool for another 3 minutes. Next you will want to apply some Floids, pat gently and voila, you are done..........



Lynn

So that's how you like your steaks!