Yes. I really like the Trac II. I think it's a great shaver, and I have two that were both purchased as NOS. The '73 Trac II deluxe is actually the prize of my limited razor collection.
Does anyone switch back and forth to cartridges?
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I refuse to use a cart even while traveling. It probably only takes me 5 more mins to de shave than what it did to shave with a cart. Time well spent.
The benefit I get from the DE is that it allows me to shave my neck without breaking out. That and I find the whole overall shave more enjoyable and less irritating. That being said, 1 day a week I need a very close smooth shave, and the TracII gets me into that spot under my nose and my 'stache corners wonderfully. The nice thing is, using it this way, a blade can last potentially all year long, and at 5 blades for a buck 
This happened to me today.....Since I fell in love with DE shaving a few months ago, I vowed never to back to my old friend the Mach III. I still have the razor, but no carts. Well, as fate would have it, I was running late for work today and simply didn't have the time to DE shave. I was wishing I had even just one cart in the house to do a quite 5 minute hack job. Alas....had to go to work with a one day growth and shave when I got home.
I use a dorco 4 for my last pass ATG and for touch up. It's the only way I can get a BBS shave.
I'll use the Mach 3 when late for work or something like that. I can crank out a shave in about 2 minutes with that thing. Close enough to pass a visual test, but never the feel test. At least I stopped using canned cream. I'll still whip up something interesting with a brush regardless of whatever razor I choose. I never get nicks or burn with a Mach 3, which is the goal when I have about 2 minutes to shave, but I'll end up shaving again later that day or early the next because it's never close or satisfying.
I get the Gillette Fusion Proglide for free in sample packs so I use them when I am lazy or check want to see how many more shaves I can still get out of my first one. If it wasn't for these freebies I would be using my Injectors on my lazy days because they do just as well.
Here's my take on cartridges:
Failing at carts is what brought me to B&B to begin with. I was always unhappy with my shaves, carts would tear my neck to ribbons. As soon as I "learned" to shave properly with a DE my problem's were virtually gone.
Now when I occasionally use a cartridge I get some really incredible results. Honestly, some of my best shaves come from using a cart now. In my opinion, most folks like me who had trouble using a cartridge razor suffered from poor technique. Upon switching to a DE they gained proper knowledge of using a razor, and if they switched back to a cartridge I can almost guarantee satisfactory results.
Having said that, I rarely use a cart. When I'm in a hurry I'd prefer to skip a shave rather than use a cartridge. I don't find it nearly as fun as much as using a DE, and I enjoy the attention that a DE commands. YMMV.
Failing at carts is what brought me to B&B to begin with. I was always unhappy with my shaves, carts would tear my neck to ribbons. As soon as I "learned" to shave properly with a DE my problem's were virtually gone.
Now when I occasionally use a cartridge I get some really incredible results. Honestly, some of my best shaves come from using a cart now. In my opinion, most folks like me who had trouble using a cartridge razor suffered from poor technique. Upon switching to a DE they gained proper knowledge of using a razor, and if they switched back to a cartridge I can almost guarantee satisfactory results.
Having said that, I rarely use a cart. When I'm in a hurry I'd prefer to skip a shave rather than use a cartridge. I don't find it nearly as fun as much as using a DE, and I enjoy the attention that a DE commands. YMMV.
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This is the razor I received in the mail when I turned 18, in 1992. Sweet! I used this damn thing for probably 12 years.
I'm confused. Why couldn't you carry a DE razor (sans blades) onto an airplane?
A DE razor without a blade is allowed in your carry on bags. DE blades are not.
Nope!
Never!
That's pretty much what I see as well. I still have some old disposable razors and cartridges that I try to use up in bits and spurts. Using the same technique that I would with a DE I get pretty much the same quality of shave. I can't do a 3-pass shave with a Mach 3 or Quatro razor, though, or I start getting razor burn on the third pass. If I'm using one of those I have to limit myself to a 2-pass shave which doesn't give me as good a result.
As for saving time, doing multiple passes with the DE doesn't take any longer than multiple passes with the disposable razor or cartridge, so I never noticed any time savings with them. It never occurred to me to slow down when I changed to the DE.
I felt so liberated from carts that first year that I offered to become a Bronze contributor if someone would take my Fusion off my hands.
Every once in a while I have a fleeting thought about trying a cartridge again to see if I'd fare better with all the knowledge I've acquired from traditional shaving but I always seem to talk myself out of it.
I do ... For fun ... But not very often.
I happen to like the injectors and the Atra.
However, now I have more time and am enjoying my gillette adjustable again
along with shavette shaves.
I happen to like the injectors and the Atra.
However, now I have more time and am enjoying my gillette adjustable again
along with shavette shaves.
Yes, glad you put that reminder on the record.
Another pertinent reminder might be: "never say Never!"
I have not touched a multi-blade razor or single blade disposable since i started wet shaving 18 months ago - I dont know why I would do that!!!
