Hello to all. I am new here. This will be my first post.
Let me start off by saying, I am not hardcore into shaving like some of you cats. Yes I have lurked around.
My reasoning is such that , I am tired of spending 20 bucks a pop for three cartridge style replacement blades.
I used to use my grandfathers ( butterfly) safety razor. It was an adjustable razor and I used it on like setting 5 or so, if memory serves me correctly.
As I recall, it did a nice job. In other words, I've used these before, just haven't ever owned my own.
So now, I have decided to purchase a DE safety razor. But not just any razor.
I've been looking for something fancy, I guess you could say. You know, something really nice, unique, as my first one.
Something really slick looking, if you know what I mean.
I have my limit on this set at 300.00, maybe a little more if something really nice happens along.
I've also noticed that on some of the 2 and 3 piece razors that the edges of the blade stick ( both ends, not the blade edge itself)out from the top cap on both sides.
Not sure why this is, and would prefer a razor that when the blade is placed and the top is locked down , the edges do not stick out of the sides.
Or do they all do this? Or is this normal for many brands? So I suppose this is the first of my onslaught of dumb questions.
So far I have narrowed things down to a few nice razors, but I'm sure I have missed quite a few.
At the low end of the spectrum , I was looking at Yaqi razors.
They are pretty cheap but looked nice and interchangeable and stuff.
These are actually much nicer than anything I've ever used, so, I could live with Yaqi and save a bunch of money.
Maybe even get the whole show, you know, Brush, several heads. And it would be affordable.
But I've not ever used one so........I don't know. They look nice, for sure.
Looks of things go a long way with me.
Higher up on the spectrum, The Tatara razor. An exotic import, that looks really nice. I figure anything that costs that much will probably get the job done. I could live with this one pretty easy. I'd probably have something prestigious that nobody else has in a 100 mile radius.
I imagine most people wouldn't care and just hurry up, shave and get it over with. It's just a shave, they say. But If I'm going to do this, I want top of the line stuff. And be happy with my purchase the first time around.
At about the same level, I've been researching the Blackland Blackbird pretty hard. I really like this razor a lot.
Very nice looking. Not sure how it shaves but they are all something I could probably learn pretty easily. So this razor is up there on the list.
I even spoke with a guy named Shane about it, Turns out he owns and drives the same type of sports car that I have.
Seemed like a real nice guy.
So anyway, thanks for reading and please advise.
Be well
Let me start off by saying, I am not hardcore into shaving like some of you cats. Yes I have lurked around.
My reasoning is such that , I am tired of spending 20 bucks a pop for three cartridge style replacement blades.
I used to use my grandfathers ( butterfly) safety razor. It was an adjustable razor and I used it on like setting 5 or so, if memory serves me correctly.
As I recall, it did a nice job. In other words, I've used these before, just haven't ever owned my own.
So now, I have decided to purchase a DE safety razor. But not just any razor.
I've been looking for something fancy, I guess you could say. You know, something really nice, unique, as my first one.
Something really slick looking, if you know what I mean.
I have my limit on this set at 300.00, maybe a little more if something really nice happens along.
I've also noticed that on some of the 2 and 3 piece razors that the edges of the blade stick ( both ends, not the blade edge itself)out from the top cap on both sides.
Not sure why this is, and would prefer a razor that when the blade is placed and the top is locked down , the edges do not stick out of the sides.
Or do they all do this? Or is this normal for many brands? So I suppose this is the first of my onslaught of dumb questions.
So far I have narrowed things down to a few nice razors, but I'm sure I have missed quite a few.
At the low end of the spectrum , I was looking at Yaqi razors.
They are pretty cheap but looked nice and interchangeable and stuff.
These are actually much nicer than anything I've ever used, so, I could live with Yaqi and save a bunch of money.
Maybe even get the whole show, you know, Brush, several heads. And it would be affordable.
But I've not ever used one so........I don't know. They look nice, for sure.
Looks of things go a long way with me.
Higher up on the spectrum, The Tatara razor. An exotic import, that looks really nice. I figure anything that costs that much will probably get the job done. I could live with this one pretty easy. I'd probably have something prestigious that nobody else has in a 100 mile radius.
I imagine most people wouldn't care and just hurry up, shave and get it over with. It's just a shave, they say. But If I'm going to do this, I want top of the line stuff. And be happy with my purchase the first time around.
At about the same level, I've been researching the Blackland Blackbird pretty hard. I really like this razor a lot.
Very nice looking. Not sure how it shaves but they are all something I could probably learn pretty easily. So this razor is up there on the list.
I even spoke with a guy named Shane about it, Turns out he owns and drives the same type of sports car that I have.
Seemed like a real nice guy.
So anyway, thanks for reading and please advise.
Be well
