Gillette (the all things Shaving Thread)

[newholland]

oh sweet- man razorock kinda rules! i just got a nice knurled razor, a tub of 160, and a brush for like 38 bux! i wish they sold mugs, or i'da sent one of them too! thanks a ton for the heads up-- i'm definitely going that route next i need something-- i'll send a mug and a batch o'razors that way too, and just finish the damn job.

[BroSlinger]

I’ve used nearly every rr aftershave, every rr razor, and quite a few of their soaps.

Rr aftershave:
Top tier:
Son of Zeus- clone of terre d Hermès
Mudder focker
Puros
Blue barber shop
Saturnia
Dead Sea

Also good:
Solid gold
Stallion
New York
Chicago
X
Blue fougere
Sicily
Something Firenze

[BroSlinger]

Razorock razors I’ve had:
Hawk v2 single edge - amazing. Light. Shaves perfectly. Milled aluminum.
Mamba - stainless steel. Milled. Shaves a bit too mild.
Mamba 70 - same as above, but not too mild. Nearly perfect.
Baby smooth - light and beautiful milled aluminum. Strange aggressive head geometry like the merkur Bakelite.
Mj-90 - light. Awesome geometry. Milled aluminum head. Milled titanium handle.

I have a game changer 84 on the way.

[BroSlinger]

Re rr soaps: I’m kind of over them at the moment. Too much medium performance when there are such elite soaps currently available for reasonable prices.

[ajaxlepinski]

Nancy Boy shave cream.... tested on boyfriends, never animals.

Truly the best shave cream....ever!

[newholland]

man you dudes use a lotta stuff comparatively it takes me a year to go through a tub of shaving cream-- so unless you're backloggin' stuff in a bigass cupboard, you're shaving WAY more than i am

hardly surprising, really, cause my miserly ass never changes guitar gear OR shaving gear... just get what works, and stay there basically forever.

well-- i'm hoping to not regret giving a first timer an open comb razor- but set my bud up with a steel cup, a passel of feathers, the open comb old style razorock, a barber handle synthetic brush, and a tub of 160 as a basic neutral starter- which for like fitty bux sure seems like a pretty luxo setup similar to what i started with, except without the bad soap and pighair brush my first razor was a merkur travel razor, and some godawful bar of soap from the cvs which about had me ripping my face off with merkur DE blades, also terrible for my beard.

stoked! a solid (late) christmas present for my best man!

[BroSlinger]

The rr baby smooth worked great today. Fast shave. Racing a newborn

[Steinmetzify]

Fuck. Need it.

[The Anomaly]

I shave in the hot ass shower, (black guys are more susceptible on average to razor burn and ingrown hairs), with a shower mirror, but I exfoliate first then shave. I use the Mach 3's. Yes, they are expensive, but they are quick and easy, like my women

[BroSlinger]

Fuck. Need it.

I’m highly addicted to blue razors. They remind me of my dad and me. He was using a good news disposable. I was using a blue World Cup sensor.

[BroSlinger]

Fuckin a. Great shave today. The Tcheon Fung Sing soap is the shiznit. The furbo aftershave is great too.

[Noah]

nonexistent need. manufactured demand meant to sell us stuff.

[BroSlinger]

nonexistent need. manufactured demand meant to sell us stuff.

Are you talking about all shaving? Modern cartridges? Hobbyist vintage shaving?

Or are you talking about all items in the world?

[Noah]

nonexistent need. manufactured demand meant to sell us stuff.

Are you talking about all shaving? Modern cartridges? Hobbyist vintage shaving?

Or are you talking about all items in the world?

all items in the world. we really just need those cloth underwear wrap up things, maybe a sweater.

[BroSlinger]

nonexistent need. manufactured demand meant to sell us stuff.

Are you talking about all shaving? Modern cartridges? Hobbyist vintage shaving?

Or are you talking about all items in the world?

all items in the world. we really just need those cloth underwear wrap up things, maybe a sweater.

I can go along with that. The children will play with squirrels instead of toys.

[newholland]

nonexistent need. manufactured demand meant to sell us stuff.

and guitars are somehow a necessity outside the same equation?

theyre just tools mang. you can dip yer toe or go balls deep. fars i go i prefer making less garbage with good tools, no more no less.

[Noah]

I can go along with that. The children will play with squirrels instead of toys.

Girl I went to the prom with had a scar on her finger from trying to play catch with a squirrel.

and guitars are somehow a necessity outside the same equation?

theyre just tools mang. you can dip yer toe or go balls deep. fars i go i prefer making less garbage with good tools, no more no less.

Big razor got to you too.

[VTM]

nonexistent need. manufactured demand meant to sell us stuff.

Are you talking about all shaving? Modern cartridges? Hobbyist vintage shaving?

Or are you talking about all items in the world?

all items in the world. we really just need those cloth underwear wrap up things, maybe a sweater.

I can go along with that. The children will play with squirrels instead of toys.

I once tripped and fell over a squirrel. Not even joking.

[BroSlinger]

Still stoked about Tcheon Fung Sing.

Italian barber has the hookup on this shit.

[ajaxlepinski]

Tcheon Fung Sing?!?!?!? Oh Lordy, Lordy, Lordy.... the Italian Barber is going to get some more of my money!

[BroSlinger]

The Tcheon Fung Sing cheapo spiffo soap worked great, but has almost no smell. My face feels kind of dry now, post shave.

The razorock Santa Maria after shave smells killer.

The fatip retro razor is the bomb. Great feel.

[Kardula]

Think I’m gonna grab that Merkur clone, wouldn’t mind getting back into this on the cheap.

Blade and soap recs plz?

for soap I've had decent results with the art of shaving stuff, nivea's shave gel, and whatever the crap my mom got me for xmas is. For blades I've used feather, astra, rockwell, merkur, and wilkinson. The feathers are the best for me, I can't stand the astra or the rockwells, and the merkur and wilkinson are probably the best ratio of price/performance. Can't go wrong with either of those.

[BroSlinger]

Stein, get your blades on eBay. You can get tons of great blades for 10$/100.

Gillette silver blue
Gillette platinum
Gillette 7 o’clock yellow
Gillette 7 o’clock black
Lord platinum class
Dorco prime platinum
Derby premium
Diamonds pro excell
Persona Israeli red platinum

[Steinmetzify]

Think I’m gonna grab that Merkur clone, wouldn’t mind getting back into this on the cheap.

Blade and soap recs plz?

for soap I've had decent results with the art of shaving stuff, nivea's shave gel, and whatever the crap my mom got me for xmas is. For blades I've used feather, astra, rockwell, merkur, and wilkinson. The feathers are the best for me, I can't stand the astra or the rockwells, and the merkur and wilkinson are probably the best ratio of price/performance. Can't go wrong with either of those.

Stein, get your blades on eBay. You can get tons of great blades for 10$/100.

Gillette silver blue
Gillette platinum
Gillette 7 o’clock yellow
Gillette 7 o’clock black
Lord platinum class
Dorco prime platinum
Derby premium
Diamonds pro excell
Persona Israeli red platinum

Noted. Thanks fellas!

[BroSlinger]

Sotd. Awesome results with vintage Schick Injector j type. Furbo soap is pretty nice too. Love the whiskey woods clubman.