Bloody Shavers :(

[Daddles]

[rant]
I'm one of those unfortunates (about 50% of the population, including wimmen) who has sensitive skin and suffers razor rash like you wouldn't believe. I'm also cursed with a beard that goes right down my flamin' neck (yup, nearly to the collarbone) which needs to be shorn in three directions to get off - none of this 'one whisk and you're like a babies bum' bullsh you see on telebox.

Electric razors don't work on me ... without taking off the top layer of skin ... my Dad's Phillishave is the best and that's like using my random orbital with 80 grit, takes twice as long as blade shaving and still doesn't get my face and neck clean.

Some years ago, one company produced twin blade razors with little wires over the blade. Wonderful. If I used a shaving oil, no more razor rash. It was wonderful.

Trouble was, the blades were so good, they took them off the market :mad: (made sense I suppose, they stopped me spending money on blades that didn't work).
So I'm back to bare blades again. The only twin blades available now are cheap and are like shaving with galvanised iron strips The only more expensive and possibly better quality bladed are either flamin three blades or FOUR blades. Bloody hell. The don't take off any more bristle, just more bloody skin.

Dead set. Every second day I have nicks. Every day, my neck is sore and often looks like it's been assaulted with a wire brush. And that's using a shaving oil and regardless of which soap I use.

Oh, and the shaving oil that worked best is now unavailable, as is my preferred shaving soap :mad:

And the latest is battery powered blade razors :eek:

I'm going back to a beard - I look scruffy but at least I don't scare nurses.
[/rant]

Richard

[Tikki]

Off to the beauty parlour for a waxin' Rickie!

Cheers
Tikki

[bitingmidge]

You pooooorrr baby.

(Does that sound like a nurse?)

What works for me is the wonderful "Schick EXTRA II -sensitive with Vitamin E- complete with no-slip rubber Grip and push clean for easy rinsing. (That's all direct quotation from the packet). The handles are even dimpled for your pleasure.

As for soap.

Well I use a badger hair brush; poor little buggers, I guess that's where the expression "bald as a badgers date" came from- I've got his hair on the end of a stick, and a beauuuuuooootiful soft soap from some specialist shaving place in the big smoke.

All the rest of your rant, I agree with completely. Besides, if one has to do it each day, one should derive as much pleasure from same as possible, and the feel of that Badger's bum on the old chinny chin chin is just worth washing your face for.

Why did I reply to this thread?

Oh, yep! Boatmik, I sent your stuff back today, you should be shaving again next week sometime. sorry.

P

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

I'm in the same boat, apart from the nappy rash thing. Electrics just don't cut it (no pun intended) and the last time I shaved with disposables I went through about half-a-dozen of the bloody useless things.

The ol' gillette double-sided safety razors are the only blade I'm happy with, using a hand-me-down heirloom handle. Not that I've used any razors for a few years now...

[Grunt]

Hey Richard,

Why don't you get a cut-throat, practice your sharpening skills and get a real close shave.

[doug the slug]

I normally put my face through the thicknesser, then i get out the ROS and start working through the grits down to about 600 then i burnish it with triton oil, which makes it smooth and shiny with a very appealing aroma as an added bonus

[craigb]

Hey Richard,

Why don't you get a cut-throat, practice your sharpening skills and get a real close shave.

Exactly.

After all, you do have darkside tendencies don't you?

[scooter]

Tried Sorbolene as your shaving cream? Heard of this a few years back, works for me and is economical.

Gilette Blue II sensitive skin is the go I reckon.

Had a proper shave at a flash place in the city when a'courtin' with the (now) missus, the fella there said to shave "downstream" first, then lather up again & shave across, try to avoid shaving directly against the grain (or you'll get tearout ). Then he reckoned to use an alum block, which is a block of a sort of "crystal", get it from the chemist I think, it is an astringent, which stings a bit but (with cold water) closes the pores & stops any nicks. Similar effect to rinsing with cold water, drying, & splash of aftershave.

Even for all the above, I still get a better result if I go without a shave for a day, like on the weekend.


Cheers...............Sean

[fred.n]

Half your luck

I'm 44 and only have a little bit of fluff on the chin:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

I'd kill to have good whiskers :mad: :mad:

[Christopha]

What Tik said Richard..... a very full Brazilian for you mate!

[goat]

Tried Sorbolene as your shaving cream? Heard of this a few years back, works for me and is economical.

i totally agree with the sorbolene not long ago i told my 88 year old grand father (as his skin is very thin) he thinks it's great and he says he looks 15 years younger

[dazzler]

Hey Daddles

havin wog skin n all i know how you feel.

My solution is to use PRORASO shaving cream and after shave balm. Its the stuff from italy and is in a green container with white writing.

You can git it from shave shops and barbers

I also use womens razors with the aloe vera strip.

cheers

[Daddles]

After I stopped eating/using all of them products for only 1week, ...

Funny, it never occured to me you were dead

Richard

[Gra]

What is this shaving thing you talk about ?????

[Daddles]

the fella there said to shave "downstream" first, then lather up again & shave across, try to avoid shaving directly against the grain (or you'll get tearout ).

I tried this routine this morning - ie, down first, then across. Under my neck, i HAVE to do the upwards run as well. Made quite a difference - thanks.

Richard