Background:
My father gave me and electric razor as a kid. I disliked it immediately. Believe it or not I would always bleed some. After leaving home I bought a multi-blade razor (mach 3). It was an amazing improvement!!! My dad said I was nuts. I think he tried a cheap woman disposable once and was convinced all razors sucked.
After 15 years of using mach-3 I walked into an "art of shaving" store while on a business trip. I was intrigued but turned off by the prices.
Recently I decided to give it a try. However I now live in China. The Chinese tend to hate all things that look old fashioned. Thus finding a nice razor is next to impossible. So I bought a Merkur on ebay. In two weeks when I go to the USA I will pick it up.
However last week at a bazaar I found a $1 DE razor. Cheap as all get out! All pressed metal, poorly made. But I figured for a dollar I could give it a shot. It worked better than I thought... no nicks or cuts. However my shave was not as close as my mach 3.
Today I found that if I shaved twice I got a very close shave. First time with the grain the second time against the grain.
Summary:
Razor: no name Chinese brand
Blade: no name Chinese brand
shaving cream: left over Wal-mart foam
Brush: no name Chinese (supposedly badger hair)
Not bad .. interesting experience. I think I like holding the DE razor more than the mach-3 simply because I hate the flexing head on the mach-3.
Soon to try:
Merkur razor
high end cream
name brand blades.
My father gave me and electric razor as a kid. I disliked it immediately. Believe it or not I would always bleed some. After leaving home I bought a multi-blade razor (mach 3). It was an amazing improvement!!! My dad said I was nuts. I think he tried a cheap woman disposable once and was convinced all razors sucked.
After 15 years of using mach-3 I walked into an "art of shaving" store while on a business trip. I was intrigued but turned off by the prices.
Recently I decided to give it a try. However I now live in China. The Chinese tend to hate all things that look old fashioned. Thus finding a nice razor is next to impossible. So I bought a Merkur on ebay. In two weeks when I go to the USA I will pick it up.
However last week at a bazaar I found a $1 DE razor. Cheap as all get out! All pressed metal, poorly made. But I figured for a dollar I could give it a shot. It worked better than I thought... no nicks or cuts. However my shave was not as close as my mach 3.
Today I found that if I shaved twice I got a very close shave. First time with the grain the second time against the grain.
Summary:
Razor: no name Chinese brand
Blade: no name Chinese brand
shaving cream: left over Wal-mart foam
Brush: no name Chinese (supposedly badger hair)
Not bad .. interesting experience. I think I like holding the DE razor more than the mach-3 simply because I hate the flexing head on the mach-3.
Soon to try:
Merkur razor
high end cream
name brand blades.
