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That you for the affirmation. I am new and don't want to get 86Xed right off the bat.
Kelly
 
I had one just like Austin's Norelco at one time and really liked it (in fact I think I bought it in 1980). Had the 2 head one for a short time another time, it's just not the same. Later I had a Braun and I think it did do a pretty good job. The motor finally gave out after about 15 years.

I'd buy another Braun, and may one day for when I'm looking for something quick, but I do it manually the vast majority of the time. I use Schick razors, but they have two blades. Personally, I have not found the 3, 4, or 5 blade ones that abound any better, so I stick with them. They have a little thing between the blades to push to clean them, which I like.
 
Dispensation That you for the affirmation. I am new and don't want to get 86Xed right off the bat.
Kelly

Oh baby, you are SO in.
Perfect. Parables take a delcate touch.
YOU HAVE IT!

*ROARING HERE*
 
Norelco rototract

I remember those old shavers. Of course, I didn't need to shave yet when those came out, but I "thought" they were cool... Until I got ahold of one with the "Lift and cut" feature... which should've been named "scrape and pull".. ARGH!!

I think as humas our faces like different ways of being shaved. Rotory razors irritate the hell out of my face whereas a foil shaver works perfectly. And some people like a good old-fashioned face-cutting manual razor. Remember the commercials for an electric razor where the guy was shaving as you heard the theme from Jaws? "dun DUN dun DUN dun DUN GOTCHA!"

Yes, mine is the one in the silver shell. It's the TOL Braun.
 
Fairly heavy beard (saw a pic of meself once, looked rougher than I expected), but typically shave only every 2nd day. Occasionally go from Thu morn to Sun night, looks pretty bad, 'specially now that bits of gray are appearing.

Anyways, never tried electric. Use a SensorExcel (lube strip and rubber fins, but I run 'em until the lube strip is wayyy worm down so it's kinda pointless). Getting to seriously dislike shaving. Blades are too damn expensive for what they are. Don't care for the Mach design or triple-blade cartridges, harder to work under the nose and even more expensive. Bought a huge pump-bottle of Jack Black creme, it has lasted way more than a year. H-o-w-e-v-e-r, I've read that using a cheap *hair conditioner* works just as well ... which in fact I've been using up a bottle of Suave for a couple months now.

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A good face soap with plenty of moisturizer (like Dove or even Lever 2000) works pretty well as a shaving creme.

At least, in the shower for the periphery of the beard, that is.
 
Past life carry-froward.

First pass of razor (shaving down) EDGE gel.
Second pass of razor (shaving up) with soap.

It is a near compulsion. Of course at my age I never used a home-made lather and shaving brush exclusively.
Now where on earth did that habit come from?

My father used an electric razor. [Sarcastically: I cant tell you how lovley that sounds at 6:30am EVERY, morning. As well as the ritual tapping, smacking and brushing of it to clean it.] My grandfather, even, used a shaving cream; Gillette IIRC.
 
Norelco

Being the Sunbeam addict, I was in my early years, my first razor was a Sunbeam. It had a great case and I worshipped the logo, but much a bull with one horn and one testicle, all it could do was beller and pee. As my beard and maturity grew I switched to Norelco, which actually cut the beard and did not burn the skin. I have bumpy follicals and safety shaving gives me a million little bloody bumps. Electric shaving leaves little hairs behind. I use the best of both worlds, an electric shaver and a touch up with a dry (Yeouch) Gillette triple something er other. I whack the Gillette on the sink to loosen the nubs and I am good to go with less mess and using less water, which is not only good for the Salmon, but every teapsoon I save shaving can be a gallon in my WASHING MACHINE!
Kelly
 
If you can find it, get a Remington Face Saver stick. This is a block of compressed powder you rub on your face before hitting it with the electric shaver. You'll have to clean your shaver more often, but it's totally worth it.

veg
 
Remington

True, but why go through all that when the Braun does it just fine without the extra powder and stuff?

For a while Remington used to sell foil razors saying "Closer than a blade or your money back." Whatever happened to that? Now they're in the rotary crowd.

Rotary razors do work well, just not on me.
 
Louis, you'd be surprised how quiet the new Philips Speed XL is, almost too quiet which makes me think there isn't much of anything inside the plastic case. But so far I'm very impressed with it. You can rinse the head and blades under the faucet but I haven't tried that yet. It's made in Holland still.
 
I used to have a Norelco (I think) 3-head electric shaver. My face hair grows in fast and thick, and eventually it clogged and broke the poor thing. Currently I'm using an old-fashioned adjustable razor with a double-edge blade. Very close shave--just don't press too hard!
 
Remington still "makes" foil razors-Guess those are made in China as well.Their foil shaver doesn't come with the clean and charge unit.I have gotten to really like those clean and charge units-very nice-a clean razor for each shave.I think it helps keep the blades sharp longer.The cleaning solutiuon also has a lubricant in it to lube the blades in between shaves.
 
When I was in college, decades ago, I bought an old fashioned shaving soap brush and mug. At that time you could still find little round cakes of shaving soap you'd drop in the bottom of the cup. It was my impression that this worked just as well as aerosol canned lather, and of course it was much more ecologically friendly.

Of course, one hasn't lived until one has had thir sideburns trimmed by a barber college student with a straight razor...
 
I have lived on that sharp edge!! LOL

Pete, I know the newer Philishaves are much more silent than the older ones. But I still don't like the noise in the morning, especially because it takes rather long to get a good shave.

Here's the shaving cream I mentioned earlier. You only need very little of it. One container gets you months and months of shaving.

Louis

http://www.usa.thebodyshop.com/bodyshop/browse/product_detail.jsp?productId=prod170075
 
Some of those Norelco/PHilips rotarys are quiet, you can hear it cutting (pulling) the hair out of their follicles.

Unfortunately, mine ain't quiet. It's the familiar BUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. The clean and charge isn't much better.

I guess I'm phobic of trying to shave manually. I tried it once and cut myself so I don't really have any intention of trying again. Yes, I'm weird.
 
BE CAREFUL HAS SOUND. VERY CAREFUL

I just had to place this post from another thread in here.
Sorry dear author, was not sure if you wanted credit/billing. Deleted to be safe. *LOL*

http://www.shaveeverywhere.com/(same as below link)


Sadi: I read about this ad on the web in the Wall Street Journal this morning. If you are at work, it is best to have headphones, ear buds, etc. After the intro, you have to move to the lower part of the screen to get to the various categories of questions, etc.



http://www.shaveeverywhere.com/
 
What a great commercial...

For a terrible product.

Geez, I hope nobody is actually thinking of buying one of these idiotic machines. I mean, okay, the extra inch thing is a good idea, but smooth legs? Chest?

No. Effing. Way.

veg
 
yes Veg, YES!

i cant explain the horror/grief ive felt when seeing a beautiful man only to discover he shaves his legs/underarms/*down there*.
 

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