Yet another, slightly different, blade discussion

[recurve1usa]

Morning fellow Shopsmithians;
I have been using a Shick injector razor all my adult life, which is a long time as I'm going on 68 years young.It has an adjustment dial on top of it so you can set the space between the blade and the bar that rides on your face. I threw out my original one after many years of use. The glue that holds the head on let go. I waited many years to find another one. Along came E-Bay and I was saved. I bought a used one in great condition for a high price.You can't get blades in the store so I get them from Amazon. I just shave like Dusty when I get out of the shower and the whiskers are still soft. Never use shaving cream and I don't contribute to the plastic disposables going to the landfill. Thanks for the post, nice to read a little nostalgia here.
John
Ps for those to young to remember this is a single blade injector razor.

[Ed in Tampa]

...versus using chemical-laden foam out of a can that
cost less than a cup of coffee from Waffle House...

You are aware that the cream you're pushing, along with
the stuff "out of a can" AND the cup of coffee ALL are 100%
CHEMICAL, aren't you?

EVERY SINGLE THING YOU CAN SEE, and some you can't,
are ALL chemical!

Since you went there, can you name a single NON
"chemical laden" ANYTHING?

Any single thing at all?

Not counting the interior of your skull, of course!
THAT is a perfect vacuum!

And, I actually HAD a cup (make that 2) of coffee,
from Awful Horse. (Not really, WH was quite good
today!)

steve

I kinda agree with Steve. I am tired of people telling me they only eat natural things.
Mercury is natural, as is arsenic. They love to say they don't take chemicals but have cabinets full of "vitamins". They brag they aren't making a drug manufacture rich while they are making vitamin manufacture rich??? If you do not want to use a product fine don't but do not think that makes you superior to someone that does.

[the torch]

I started to shave in 1958 - in 1969 I grew some facial hair for a Halloween costume. By not shaving I found I had multiple hairs growing in some follicles. I had 18 ingrown hairs because I shaved to short. In 6 mo. I had to tweeze all the in grown hair.
I clean shaved in 6 mo. then repeated a winter beard for 42 years. The second year there were 6 in grown the third year 1, with no problems since then. I do have a very fine and light hair.
Any other skin problems from to short of a shave?

[reible]

Dug out the shaving brush that had been my Dad's. He died in 1953 so it has not been used in a lot of years. He was born in 1905 so if this is his first brush he would have gotten it in say 1920 or so(1905+15). It could of course be newer but not newer then 1953. I have very few things of his but this is one of them. Anyway for those who are interested in such things this is a picture of it:

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Ed

[robinson46176]

I wear my beard at about 1/2" to 3/4" long... Normally trimmed.
Our son (our youngest) is in his mid 40's and has no idea except from pictures what I look like clean shaven.
Razor cost? Zero...


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[recurvearcher]

I switched to a Merkur DE Safety Razor about 10 years ago. I've tried many different blades, but Murker blades seem to work best for me.
Around the same time I started using a Conair hot lather machine. I cant recommend hot lather shaving enough, it's the next best thing to a shave at the Barber Shop.

[jms]

Well, I see this thread got interesting while I was on the road traveling for work this week lol.

Thanks for sharing your own preferences and experiences guys - that's all this thread was meant to spawn. Certainly not looking to insult anyone here who prefers good old Barbasol (my dad still uses it daily) and razor of their choice. I think it's fair to say that our own experiences, preferences, along with our individual beard and skin needs, drive us all to different shaving needs.

As I mentioned in my original post I like my razors sharp just like my saw blades, and for me personally, after about 2 shaves with a Feather or Gillette 7 O'Clock Yellow, I toss and get a fresh blade. This has to do with the coarseness of my beard (which dulls a blade quite quickly) and the sensitivity of my neck skin (dull blades pull and cause cuts down there). YMMV !

Even when using a Fusion cartridge (still have to use when I travel, can't take a DE blade on a plane) I usually toss after the 4th or at most 5th shave -- just too dull for ME to get a close enough shave.

And for the record I love Waffle House - eat there 2-3 mornings per week after dropping my kids off at school :-) ... was quite disappointed when they dropped the "Chop Steak and Eggs" plate a few years back, now I have to order all the items separately to get something close.

Again, thanks for sharing !

[reible]

I was looking at The Woodturners Catalog (yes a paper copy) and noticed that they have razor kits and badger shaving brush kits. I'm sure they are not new but I had not really paid attention up until now.

Any one diy with these kits?

You can see them online here:

https://www.woodturnerscatalog.com/p/58 ... rm=105-607

and here for safety razor folks:

https://www.woodturnerscatalog.com/p/58 ... -Razor-Kit

Not on my to do list but maybe some one here can show us what they have done with one of these or similar kits.

Ed

[jms]

I was looking at The Woodturners Catalog (yes a paper copy) and noticed that they have razor kits and badger shaving brush kits. I'm sure they are not new but I had not really paid attention up until now.

Any one diy with these kits?

You can see them online here:

https://www.woodturnerscatalog.com/p/58 ... rm=105-607

and here for safety razor folks:

https://www.woodturnerscatalog.com/p/58 ... -Razor-Kit

Not on my to do list but maybe some one here can show us what they have done with one of these or similar kits.

Ed

Ed - those are very cool. I have never turned anything before, including not on my SS. This just might be the project that inspires me to give it a whirl, so to speak :-)

Thanks for sharing

--jeremy