Dirt cheap wet shaving

[Noodles]

Cheapest *enjoyable* shaves (CAD$):

Vintage Tech - ~$20
VIG Two-band badger - $25 shipped (Omega boars can be had for $8)
Nacets - ~$0.15 each
Proraso Red tub - $6.25 (or Nivea cream for ~$3 on sale)
Nivea or Pacific balm - ~$6-8 on sale

All available locally aside from the blades (and brush...but the Omega is local).

 

[KrstGor]

Okay, how about this "set-up"?

Palmolive hand soap, my wife's BIC leg-shaver and tap water.

 

[balesofhay91]

Razor: Feather Popular ($10 on Amazon Prime.)
Brush: Turkish #6 brush (PIF'd to me.)
Blade: SuperMax Titanium (less than $17 for 100 blades.)
Cream: Godrej Menthol Mist ($4 or so at Patel Brothers.)
Aftershave: Witch Hazel from the drug store. ($5.)

 

[KW Driver]

Okay, how about this "set-up"?

Palmolive hand soap, my wife's BIC leg-shaver and tap water.

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I’ve shaved with less. It wasn’t irritation free.

 

[KW Driver]

Today’s cheap as I can get a good shave... shave:

New LC: free, found in a drawer.
Astra SP: $0.09 when I bought em.
Dr. Bronner’s liquid soap: cheap for the amount I used. pennies or less.

face lathered by hand in the shower.

 

[Roterodamum]

It could be very cheap of you wish so and buy from a certain rather large online retailer.. Example:

* Wilkinson Classic plastic DE razor + 5 blades: 2,66 euro.

* Palmolive Classic shaving cream: 0,93 eurocent.

* Wilkinson boar brush: 11,83 euro.

* Old Spice Original ASL: 4,86

That's a complete shaving set for just over 20 euro!

 

[Alacrity59]

Canadian prices.

Merkur 38C razor probably $60 bucks 12 years ago so . . . 5 bucks a year
B&B Essential Boar brush . . . around the same era . . let's say 3 bucks a year
Feather (yep expensive blades) . . . let's say I use 100 a year .. . . 33 bucks
Arko stick . . . 14 bucks a dozen . . . maybe 3 bucks worth a year
Aqua Velva . . . kinda optional but maybe 20 bucks a year

So . . . 64 bucks a year . . . . I shave every day so 18 cents a day. Yeah right. I make up for it on other stuff.

 

[Atlantic59]

Okay, how about this "set-up"?

Palmolive hand soap, my wife's BIC leg-shaver and tap water.

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Now, let's not get carried away!

 

[SpudWrench]

Canadian Pre war tech 5 loonies
Arko shave stick 3 loonies
Skin Bracer after shave 3 loonies
Semogue 610 17 loonies?
So that’s 28 dollars Canadian not too shabby.

 

[hcoop112]

i find that some of the cheaper stuff is pretty good..not just in shaving...my proraso omega brush whips up a half decent lather and was only $30.. i find palmolive lather shave half decent $2 a tube and its everywhere...cant comment on strops yet...for aftershave i find i can make my own for cheap a bit of vodka some lime essential oil and thats that (cheap as chips as it makes many bottles and lime essential oil is like $7-10 a bottle)...cant comment for razors as i havnt tried the vintage ones or many cheapies yet.

 

[SterFry]

Brush: Omega 10077---------------- $7
Razor: Groomarang shavette --- $5
Soap: VDH Deluxe -------------------- $2
Blade: Astra Super Platinum ---- $0.07

$14.07 for everything you need

 

[Clay S]

From my days in the field in the army at todays prices:
Gillette Good News Disposable Razor : $0.67

Didn't even use water and received a GMS(gas mask sealing) shave.

I prefer to spend more.

 

[BudgetShaverGuy]

Vintage Gillette New Long Comb - $20
Maggard Timberwolf Synthetic - $16
Speick Shave Stick - $6
Tuck of Gillette Silver Blues - $3

This is what I would consider zero-compromise shave gear. For less than a $50!

 

[razorhead63]

Razor: Tech $5 from antique store.
Blade: Astra SP 7 cents
Brush: Omega Boar 10 dollars
Soap: VdH Glycerin $1.99
AS: Day Logic $3.99

Total cost: $21.07

 

[Marco]

Brush: Simpson Trafalgar T2 Synthetic €17.50

Soap: La Toja stick €2.50

Razor: Edwin Jagger DE89KN14BL €29.90

Blade: Gillette Nacet €0.23

Aftershave: Allume di Rocca €1.99
Floid The Genuine 400ml €12.90

 

[KrstGor]

...my proraso omega brush whips up a half decent lather and was only $30..

Here in Europe, you can get the Proraso Professional brush for about €8 and Omega for less than €4.

Shaving brushes Archivi - The Goodfellas' smile - https://www.rasoigoodfellas.com/en/categoria-prodotto/pennelli-barba-general-it/?product_count=96

$30 (even AUD) seems as an awful lot of money for those brushes.

 

[luv2shave]

Okay, how about this "set-up"?

Palmolive hand soap, my wife's BIC leg-shaver and tap water.

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I am wondering with this setup, if you should also post your face shot to see the quality of shave and skin care

 

[hcoop112]

Alot of stuff here is pricey sadly

 

[luv2shave]

My cheap shave of the day for the past few weeks

Soap : Modern Williams Mug Soap

Brush : Burma Shave bristle brush

Razor : Gillette new LC stripped of all plating and polished to a shine

Blade : Topaz Super Platinum

After Shave : Alum Block / Biotique Wild Grass AFter shave Gel

 

[KrstGor]

I am wondering with this setup, if you should also post your face shot to see the quality of shave and skin care

The quotation marks in the "set-up" were meant to suggest this was a joke. Sadly, many didn't get it.

So, NO - this is not my set-up, I don't shave with a bath soap and disposable lady's BIC

My way of being economical in shaving is not RAD-buying a department-store-envying quantities of supplies that'd last me for 30 years of shaves. I limit myself to not having more than 2-3 soaps and 1-2 creams at any given time. I have 1 SR (Koraat), Feather AC SS "shavette and 2 DEs - Feather AS-D2 and Muhle R41, with R89 spare head. So, I buy expensive gear, but I don't buy for the sake of always trying smth. new. I've got what works for me and am happy with that, not looking to expend any time soon.