Author Topic: Anyone here use Sraight or Double Edge Safety razors? (Read 13655 times)

Telesphorus · « **Reply #15 on:** January 28, 2012, 02:52:23 PM »

My face is really red. Not good. I have delicate skin. I think a preparatory oil (or olive oil or something like it) is a must.

If you try this I recommend only doing one pass the first time, and trying different blades on different parts of the face (be sure to have a way to safely dispose of the blades) to find out which blade is optimally sharp. Keep your multiblade cartridge disposable close at hand to finish the job. Don't try and do a complete job the first time. I didn't nick myself but my face is raw red.

Diego · « **Reply #16 on:** January 28, 2012, 03:44:19 PM »

I (or my wife or kids) buzz my scalp with a #1. I'm thinking of letting my beard grow and trim it short in the same way—#1. No razor burn at all.

Alex · « **Reply #17 on:** January 29, 2012, 01:15:50 AM »

Is this what guys talk about when they're by themselves?

Telesphorus · « **Reply #18 on:** January 29, 2012, 01:19:18 AM »

Quote from: Alex

Is this what guys talk about when they're by themselves?

No but women like facial hair :drillsergeant:

. . . and hats.

s2srea · « **Reply #19 on:** January 29, 2012, 08:34:55 AM »

Quote from: Telesphorus

My face is really red. Not good. I have delicate skin. I think a preparatory oil (or olive oil or something like it) is a must.

Tele, here's a 'How-To' on making your own shaving oil. I'm going to try it. Its simple enough:

Castor Oil
Olive Oil
Lavender Essential oil.

He speaks in spanish, then english. So if you're spanish isn't there, just wait, he gets to english right after.

s2srea · « **Reply #20 on:** January 29, 2012, 08:36:44 AM »

Tele are you shaving after a warm shower? Also, have you but a warm, almost very very hot, towel on your beard prior to shaving for two minutes? I recommend this. I was concerned about the Feather razors being too sharp, but I agree- I think the sharper the better. Less passes (with a sharper razor) would mean less irritation, right?

s2srea · « **Reply #21 on:** January 29, 2012, 08:41:46 AM »

Quote from: Telesphorus

Quote from: Alex
Is this what guys talk about when they're by themselves?

No but women like facial hair :drillsergeant:

Some do. All I've been able to grow (due to my bear having uneven growth) is a goatee, without moustach. While the misses likes it, she only likes it very short. I haven't been able to have success trimming it. Perhaps I need a beard-specific trimmer? I use the one that I cut my hair with.

Now there's another interesting topic? Who cuts their own hair??

I do! But I admit, I get help from my wife on my hairline in the back; I've got a cowlick back there that makes my neckline uneven, so she does the straightening for me. Diego seems to do it, but I say shaving your head clean is easier than cutting lol

Telesphorus · « **Reply #22 on:** January 29, 2012, 09:07:07 AM »

Quote from: s2srea

Tele are you shaving after a warm shower? Also, have you but a warm, almost very very hot, towel on your beard prior to shaving for two minutes? I recommend this. I was concerned about the Feather razors being too sharp, but I agree- I think the sharper the better. Less passes (with a sharper razor) would mean less irritation, right?

My face is a lot better today fortunately, I didn't burn it too badly. I thought I did a good job warming up my face but I didn't steam up the room. Anyway, what really got me was passing too many times to get the hair. That's the advantage of the sharp blade, you can get as much hair with each stroke as possible without scraping off too much skin.

Graham · « **Reply #23 on:** January 29, 2012, 09:30:27 AM »

Quote from: Telesphorus

My face is really red. Not good. I have delicate skin. I think a preparatory oil (or olive oil or something like it) is a must.

That happened to me the first couple of times too. After that I guess my face got used to it, or maybe I learned to do it better.

Telesphorus · « **Reply #24 on:** January 29, 2012, 11:21:45 PM »

Tonight I tried the feather blade. It was better but not that much better than the astra. It seems it's just very hard to get a very close shave without rubbing the face raw. My face is burning right now but it's not as red as before. I think what Graham said about the face getting used to it is true. I'll keep this method up until I run out of blades, but I'm not sure i'm going to stick with it unless the facial irritation goes down. I put some vegetable oil (grape seed oil on my face) first, it seemed to help a little.

Sigismund · « **Reply #25 on:** January 29, 2012, 11:42:11 PM »

Quote from: Telesphorus

Quote from: Alex
Is this what guys talk about when they're by themselves?

No but women like facial hair :drillsergeant:

. . . and hats.

It is what we talk about. That and beer.

I have had a beard since I was 18, and would have had one earlier if my Catholic high school did not forbid it. I have never shaved with a blade. I used an electric razor.

Telesphorus · « **Reply #26 on:** February 02, 2012, 07:43:00 PM »

My face is peeling from the burn. Anyone who tries this, I recommend to just take it very very easy, and suggest to you that it might not be worth it. The multiblade cartridges really do make things much easier.

I'm going to keep trying though, once my face heals. Maybe, just maybe, my face will adapt to this. I'm a bit disappointed with this experiment.

Telesphorus · « **Reply #27 on:** February 04, 2012, 03:37:48 PM »

Quote from: Telesphorus

My face is peeling from the burn. Anyone who tries this, I recommend to just take it very very easy, and suggest to you that it might not be worth it. The multiblade cartridges really do make things much easier.

I'm going to keep trying though, once my face heals. Maybe, just maybe, my face will adapt to this. I'm a bit disappointed with this experiment.

Update:

I used aveeno shaving cream, (instead of kirk's castile soap, I think it's the glycerin that makes the difference) held the razor from the end to minimize forced pressure, used an extremely light touch. This time it looks like there's not going to be any burn.

I get a much faster, easier, quicker shave with the gillette cartridges, but at least I've learned how lucky I am to have them, how careless and sloppy I've been shaving up until now, and I get to practice my fine motor skills mastering the technique for a few months.

My face is smooth enough to bridge a substantial age gap.

Raoul76 · « **Reply #28 on:** February 05, 2012, 12:43:28 AM »

S2srea said:

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Some do. All I've been able to grow (due to my beard having uneven growth) is a goatee, without moustache. While the misses likes it, she only likes it very short. I haven't been able to have success trimming it. Perhaps I need a beard-specific trimmer? I use the one that I cut my hair with.

Are you part Indian? I hear they can't grow beards. I am a hairless baby-faced type myself; I can grow a 'stache and a goat, but I can't get anything going on the cheeks. My dream of having a Moses-like beard will forever be out of reach. Just kidding, seeing me with a beard is like seeing Tom Selleck without a mustache, it feels somehow wrong.

Telesphorus · « **Reply #29 on:** February 13, 2012, 10:14:36 PM »

s2rea, did you decide which sort of razor you're going to buy in bulk yet?

I can't decide. I've got about 4 left now, and I don't know which kind to buy.