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Shaving armageddon has finally come.

  • 12-03-2020 10:06pm
    #1
    uncle_sam_ie
    Registered Users Posts: 3,191 ✭✭✭


    When people ask me why I have so many double edge and strainght razors, shave soaps, shaving brushes, after shaves, several hones and box of a over a thousand double edge blades, I jokingly say it's my shave den. I'm ready for shave armageddon. Well after going to Lidle tonight it looks like that day has come.:eek:


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  • #2
    run_Forrest_run
    Registered Users Posts: 6,391 ✭✭✭run_Forrest_run


    :D I had a similar feeling recently.


  • #3
    dastardly00
    Registered Users Posts: 13,303 ✭✭✭✭dastardly00


    I am also quite relieved to be well stocked up on DE razors, Proraso shaving cream and post-shave balm ;)


  • #4
    NavyandBlue
    Registered Users Posts: 170 ✭✭NavyandBlue


    Has anyone changed their shaving routine since the lockdown commenced? I bought a double edge safety razor about five years ago but I could never pick up the knack. It didn't help that I used Feather blades as a newbie to double edge shaving. I have been using a Mach 3 for the past few years. I have to shave every weekday for work so my neck is fairly raw by the weekend. Now that I have a bit more time on my hands I have started to use the double edge razor again, this time with Gillette 7 o'clock stainless steel, with some good results.


  • #5
    beardybrewer
    Registered Users Posts: 2,917 ✭✭✭beardybrewer


    Hey that's good to hear and sounds like a much more sensible approach. Maybe you'll improve your technique so much that by the time you return to the office you can DE shave all week and not be raw by the weekend.

    I've been wondering if office life will, or even should, return to what it was. The technology is good enough to meet and share screens to be productive for years and many have the speed at home by now to take advantage. Management have been forced to accept working from home even if they were resistant before. Many are demonstrably as or more productive than before. We're more green, reducing traffic, and have no time wasted commuting. Perhaps a certain proportion of us won't be going back? It might really shake up how business do things and question the expense to have, heat, furnish, and maintain large office spaces.


  • #6
    tunney
    Registered Users Posts: 12,583 ✭✭✭✭tunney


    NavyandBlue wrote: »
    Has anyone changed their shaving routine since the lockdown commenced? I bought a double edge safety razor about five years ago but I could never pick up the knack. It didn't help that I used Feather blades as a newbie to double edge shaving. I have been using a Mach 3 for the past few years. I have to shave every weekday for work so my neck is fairly raw by the weekend. Now that I have a bit more time on my hands I have started to use the double edge razor again, this time with Gillette 7 o'clock stainless steel, with some good results.

    Now not rushing out the door I use a straight razor most mornings rather than the trusty double edged Merkur


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  • #7
    cj maxx
    Registered Users Posts: 13,346 ✭✭✭✭cj maxx


    What's a good de razor to get , in Ireland pref. I use just Mach 3 which is fine to use on 3/4 days growth but if I need to shave every day it leaves my neck in tatters
    Will a Dr razor help?


  • #8
    beardybrewer
    Registered Users Posts: 2,917 ✭✭✭beardybrewer


    cj maxx wrote: »
    What's a good de razor to get , in Ireland pref. I use just Mach 3 which is fine to use on 3/4 days growth but if I need to shave every day it leaves my neck in tatters
    Will a Dr razor help?

    The DE89 is the most recommended razor to start with and is available from shaving.ie

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=112508729

    Read through the thread above and follow the links. You can definitely improve your shave with a little effort to retrain yourself up front.


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