Save on shaving ( Fathers day Pressie)

Grawns · 16-06-2009 6:42pm #1

Don't know if it works but have bought one for my Dad who already gets about 100 shaves per blade ( no idea how). This yoke ( RAZOR PIT Blade Shapener) might mean he gets 1000 shaves per blade. Must be where I get my bargain loving from.

This is only a bargain alert if it works. Will get back ye on that.

MunsterCycling · 16-06-2009 6:54pm

Its called tough skin!

Thargor · 16-06-2009 7:17pm

Just ordered one myself, thanks OP, Im 90% confident I read the reports about this in the papers they mention at the time and they were raving about it, hope this is the same one, will report back. Free shipping if you take the cheap postage option aswell btw.

mateo · 16-06-2009 8:53pm

Looks really good

boardsdotie · 16-06-2009 10:14pm

Probably just me, but how does it remove the stuck hairs from between the blades?

Agent Smith · 16-06-2009 10:20pm

boardsdotie wrote: »

Probably just me, but how does it remove the stuck hairs from between the blades?

not Just you brother...

I'll order one for myself. and Give a Review when it arraives

admiralofthefleet · 17-06-2009 12:28am

for the more budget consious supervalu are selling the gillette fusion range for half price

Thargor · 17-06-2009 1:05am

Dont you mean for the less budget conscious? As in those who throw the blades in the bin and buy more at ridiculous prices instead of sharpening them?

Ludo · 17-06-2009 9:00am

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

for the more budget consious supervalu are selling the gillette fusion range for half price

hmmm...all the other "offers" give the new price...no price shown for the fusion. I wonder why that is?

Anyway, would be very interested to know if this razor pit works...seems to good to be true.

run_Forrest_run · 17-06-2009 9:16am

I've heard about this gadget before and this time curiosity has gotten the better of me, just ordered one, I'll get back to ye if it turns out to be a bargain.

robk24 · 17-06-2009 11:19am

same here, with the price of blades these days it should save a right few bob if it works...

many thanks OP...

snnowwy · 17-06-2009 11:35am

+1

Just ordered mine.

darraghn · 17-06-2009 11:42am

Got mine in the post this morning. I'll give an update following my shave tomorrow morning. I bet you can't wait!:D

Grawns · 17-06-2009 6:06pm

Tesco selling fusion razor including two blades for €5.22 today. Not on-line but available in store. Pretty good price but most people only want the blades. This Razor PIT yoke has lots of green right-on goodness going on.

Please let it work...

Dozen Wicked Words · 17-06-2009 6:11pm

Definitely going to get one of these things if the feedback from here is good. Would take no time at all to pay for itself.

dodzy · 17-06-2009 6:23pm

Got it approx 5 weeks ago. Was on TV3 ( that cracker Laura Bermingham was plugging it I think ). Rang the place and ordered over the phone as the website was acting up at the time ( as it does be when Ryanair offer a special sometimes )

Anyway, using a fusion blade. Onto shave no. 14 today IIRC. Looks good so far. Shaves, even with minimal growth are comfortable. I've been using foam also. Would normally use gel but her indoors picked up the wrong bloody thing . That said, it's hard to see how the reccomended action carried out after each use is accomplishing anything.... but time will tell.

The official line is that 1 blade is good for 150 uses. Again, we will see but here's hoping !:D

killer007 · 17-06-2009 9:50pm

Been using the razorpit for 3 months and only on my 2nd gillette Mach 3 blade.This thing makes no sense but boy does it work and I should know! If my blade is not sharp my face ends up looking like something out of a horror movie.
Just started telling my friends about it in the last few days because I wanted to give it a long test in case I got the blame for any shaving nightmares.

Amalgam · 17-06-2009 9:56pm

This is basically.. a strop?

Wouldn't a strip of leather or canvas have the same effect?

I'd like to hear real user feedback, shills and plants need not apply..

run_Forrest_run · 17-06-2009 10:34pm

killer007 wrote: »

Been using the razorpit for 3 months and only on my 2nd gillette Mach 3 blade.This thing makes no sense but boy does it work and I should know! If my blade is not sharp my face ends up looking like something out of a horror movie.
Just started telling my friends about it in the last few days because I wanted to give it a long test in case I got the blame for any shaving nightmares.

so that's 1.5 months per blade so far, and how many times would you shave per week? every day?

Some good feedback here so I'm looking forward to receiving mine and just to see how this thing works at all! It may be a waste but hey, for €23 it's worth the gamble.
ah, gone are the days when I worked part time in college in a place where we managed to get a large array of top quality blades for really cheap..I had so many I lived like a king, would use a blade once, maybe twice if feeling thrifty and then dumped it:eek:

dodzy · 18-06-2009 12:45am

Amalgam wrote: »

I'd like to hear real user feedback... shills and plants need not apply..

User 1. Got it approx 5 weeks ago. Was on TV3 ( that cracker Laura Bermingham was plugging it I think ). Rang the place and ordered over the phone as the website was acting up at the time ( as it does be when Ryanair offer a special sometimes . Anyway, using a fusion blade. Onto shave no. 14 today IIRC. Looks good so far. Shaves, even with minimal growth are comfortable. I've been using foam also. Would normally use gel but her indoors picked up the wrong bloody thing . That said, it's hard to see how the reccomended action carried out after each use is accomplishing anything.... but time will tell.

The official line is that 1 blade is good for 150 uses. Again, we will see but here's hoping !

User 2. Been using the razorpit for 3 months and only on my 2nd gillette Mach 3 blade.This thing makes no sense but boy does it work and I should know! If my blade is not sharp my face ends up looking like something out of a horror movie.
Just started telling my friends about it in the last few days because I wanted to give it a long test in case I got the blame for any shaving nightmares.

There just aint no pleasin some folk :rolleyes:

mailburner · 18-06-2009 3:17am

8 fusion blades in tesco for 18eu and a few cents
good value considering last xmas it was 4 for 16.99
the fusion power ones are 12eu for 4
mach 3s 12eu for 8
bout time they came down in price

carbsy · 18-06-2009 9:34am

Just noticed on that 4men.ie site ->

“You saved me from having to ask my friends about this sort of stuff ... thank god you’re here!”
Don, Cork
lol

Gran Hermano · 18-06-2009 9:49am

I'll be getting my old man one of these bargains
http://www.traditionalshaving.co.uk/mall/departmentpage.cfm/traditionalshaving/_268168/1/Starter-Kits

With blades less than 30 cents each it makes real sense and I've used
DE safety razors for over 6 months and find them much better than
Fusion/Mach3 multiblade cartridges.

TM · 18-06-2009 10:15am

Amalgam wrote: »

This is basically.. a strop?

I guess so.

For what it's worth more info here - in particular the "About Razor Pit" section:

http://www.razorpit.com

A few more comments here:

http://www.askaboutmoney.com/showthread.php?t=108014

ripcord · 18-06-2009 10:42am

Could you buy this razor pit in dublin? I want to get it for the old man for fathers day, but its too late to order it now. However i will be in town on saturday.
Any ideas?
Thanks

run_Forrest_run · 18-06-2009 11:55am

Thargor wrote: »

Free shipping if you take the cheap postage option aswell btw.

Glad I didn't pay the extra €10 for next day delivery when the standard shipping (which was free as you said) had it delivered the next day anyway! So I'll try it in the morning:)

viv2 · 18-06-2009 12:39pm

Thanks op, mine arrived today i didnt think id have it in time to give it to my dad on sunday so im delighted

Thargor · 18-06-2009 12:41pm

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

Glad I didn't pay the extra €10 for next day delivery when the standard shipping (which was free as you said) had it delivered the next day anyway! So I'll try it in the morning:)

Really? Still no sign of mine in Galway, this is 3 days since I ordered it, Im hurting myself every morning with a dull Mach 3 blade waiting for it.:mad:

run_Forrest_run · 18-06-2009 12:56pm

Thargor wrote: »

Really? Still no sign of mine in Galway, this is 3 days since I ordered it, Im hurting myself every morning with a dull Mach 3 blade waiting for it.:mad:

hmm ,seems a bit long alright, came from Goatstown, Dublin.

Thargor · 18-06-2009 1:14pm

Haha, it just came, stand by for a live test on a dull Mach 3 blade in the next 30 minutes or so....

Ludo · 18-06-2009 1:48pm

Uh oh...its been over 30 mins. Thargor is probably busy applying plasters all over his neck and face.

Save on shaving ( Fathers day Pressie)

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