I wanted to know what members think is their single most important DE shaving tool and why.
The Razor
The Blade
The Brush
The Soap/ Cream
The Razor
The Blade
The Brush
The Soap/ Cream
Your Single Most Important DE Shaving Tool?
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My fingers. And nope, that's not a smart alec remark. They tell me where I've missed.
Regards.
Regards.
Soap, without a doubt. With good technique, I can use pretty much any blade and razor to get at least one good shave, but lousy lather will ruin you every time.
Three of the four are equally important. One is optional.
Razor.
Ditto.
You can get at least a decent shave with any razor and blade, but if your lather is poor you are pretty much guaranteed to get a bad shave.
All of the above. I had gotten for the most part rotten shaves for 40 years and the lack of a good product in all four cases were the reason things turned around 180 degrees this year.
No way to get a DE shave without the razor and blade, so that has to be it.
I'm going to go with a brush because that's been my latest AD so it must be the most important! 
I'd have to agree with soap/cream. I can use the same razor, blade, and brush and get vastly different shave experiences depending on the soap or cream that I use.
I'd have to agree with soap/cream. I can use the same razor, blade, and brush and get vastly different shave experiences depending on the soap or cream that I use.
The Razor baby The Razor.
The razor, the brush, and the soap/cream. 
The razor...it does the slicing.
If by "DE shaving" you mean wetshaving as a whole (which would cover those of us who primarily use SEs, injectors, straights, or even cartridges as well as those who use DEs), I'd say it's the soap or cream and the brush. You can't make a good lather without them.
Either way you look at it, however, you left one important item off your list: technique. Knowing how to shave properly is just as important as having the right tools, if not more so.
Either way you look at it, however, you left one important item off your list: technique. Knowing how to shave properly is just as important as having the right tools, if not more so.
So which do you think would give a better shave:
1. Top quality soap and brush and a cartridge razor?
2. DE razor and canned shaving foam?
1. Top quality soap and brush and a cartridge razor?
2. DE razor and canned shaving foam?
After more than 30 years of shaving, it must be the razor. No matter how hard I have tried, it is just too bloody hard to shave without a razor!
yup i am going the razor ..without seeing my blue merkur 38c i would probably still be using KOS gel and some kind of 18 blade vibrating whisker whacker come porno balls enhancer.
I'm going with DE and canned goo.
I never ever got as good a shave with a cartridge as I do my SuperSpeed with Derbys and I use soaps and creams available locally.
My single most important DE shaving tool is my razor-blade sharpener.
