Got here via Dollar Shave Club

[Jack Burton]

Hi all. I've never shaved much. Up until the last few years my beard wasn't a big deal. It didn't grow much and I have a job where I don't need to shave. Combine that with the fact I hate paying for blades and you have a recipe for laziness.

The last couple of years my beard has been getting a lot thicker. I've been wanting to shave more often and then I saw the Dollar Shave Club video. I posted it on Facebook and said I was going to join. 2 different friends suggested a DE instead and pointed me here. After some serious lurking, I joined. My Merkur long handle should arrive today or tomorrow.

I tried a brush 10+ years ago when my wife bought a kit for me but didn't stick with it. I think it was a combo of not knowing what to do and not having the right soap. I've ordered the VDH deluxe kit so hopefully it'll be here soon.

I really like these forums. A huge wealth of info and very little snark. A subculture like this could easily have attitude but I haven't really found any yet. I'm sure I'll be asking questions over the next few weeks.

Thanks
Jack

 

[BenO]

Welcome aboard. I'm relatively new myself and agree this is a great community. Ask away and they will be more than helpful!

 

[arjunrc]

Welcome! Interestingly, before I switched to a DE (probably 2 months now - that's a guess), I too considered joining the dollarshaveclub. I was on gillette fusion before. Interestingly, after investing a month in DE shaving, I realized that besides the blade, how you lather makes a "huge" difference. After learning from the fine folks in this forum, I spent time in refining my lathering technique, started using a brush (instead of hand applying foam like I used to before) and then focussed on the strokes - XTG/WTG etc. and found that these things greatly improved my cartridge shaving too.

Bottom line, whether you choose to stick with DE or go back to cartridges, you will find a lot of good advice here that will help you improve your experience either way.

 

[SilentTuba]

Welcome! The Merkur you bought is a good piece of equipment; it was my main razor for four years. If you haven't done so already, get yourself a blade sampler, from West Coast Shaving. It may take a little searching, but once you find the right blade for you, you'll never go back to carts again!

 

[Taborcarn]

That's the same way I got here! Welcome!

 

[Jack Burton]

I need to order a sampler pack. I ordered a small batch of 7 O'clocks along with the Merkur blades that are included. Hopefully it won't take too long to figure something out.

 

[jazzguy]

Welcome aboard! Not much attitude to be found here, except that we try to get more people into wet shaving and enable them to buy more of the goods.

 

[CUSE69]

Welcome Jack

 

[aihpcfl]

Welcome to the group!

 

[celestino]

Jack, welcome to the forum and good luck!

 

[Draven451]

Welcome to B&B! I'm a new member myself and the forum has been a wealth of information with great members.

 

[August West]

Welcome. I signed up for the shaving advice. I'm staying for the humor.

 

[Atalk]

Welcome! Have no worries...there's never Big trouble in our Little forum

 

[Nayskin]

Welcome to B&B, it is indeed a great place

 

[UndrAGlassMoon]

The folks here are great. Friendly, helpful & generous. I've learned more about shaving here, in 3 months, than I ever knew in my 38 years before joining. And I'm still learning new things all the time.

 

[Whiskey Badger]

Welcome!

I have several friends that swear by dollar shave club to save money for years now. At the time they switched I was already using straights (DE is a more recent adventure for me picked up to keep things easy during travel). Dollar shave club isn't a bad way to go if you are a fan of cartridges (you just wont find many cart fans around here, but there are some). I believe they source from Dorko in Korea.

Also, their advertisements are still hillarious!

 

[Mick]

Welcome to B&B

If you have not already done so, stop into the Hall of Fame and tell everyone a little about yourself

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/forumdisplay.php/30-Hall-of-Fame

 

[Jack Burton]

Thanks all. My soap kit isn't here yet, so I used canned Nivea sensitive, but I completed my first DE shave this morning. No cuts or nicks, but I was being super cautious. One WTG and then one pass that was a mix of everything. My neck will take some work, but my face is much smoother. Just used the blade that came with my Merkur. We'll see how it goes.

 

[tdmsu]

Welcome Jack!
I was in DSC for almost a year before I switched. No going back for me!