Wish you had known, bad purchases.

[DesertIguana]

People be it any product buy stuff that is more hype then good.

What Razors, Blades, etc., have you purchased that were total duds. Would never buy again.

At one time in another life I did Country Fair circuit pitching products as summer job.

Product worked as shown, had few unhappy buyers.

 

[bonbon]

l’Occitane cade shaving soap and... Williams mug shaving soap.

 

[Rhody]

I don’t specifically regret any one purchase
But I do regret buying so much of everything

 

[Alum Ladd]

X-Ray Specs I recall were a big let down.

 

[Alum Ladd]

Talking about DE shaving products, I've been very lucky really.

Never really tried anything that was complete unusable garbage.

I've really found B&B to be a great resource for checking things out, so that has helped.

 

[rbscebu]

My first SR, a RSO.

 

[LoveThatBurn]

l’Occitane cade shaving soap and... Williams mug shaving soap.

If you got any Williams you wanna offload...

 

[bonbon]

Unfortunately, it was 10 or so years ago. Tried to use it as my travel soap and then just thew it away... I wouldn’t mind having a puck now myself, just to keep it for history

 

[SharpieB]

I bought a slant razor (Parker?) and can’t stand the style. Just not a slant guy, I guess.

Also, Arko. Bought a stick, hated it, threw it out, wasted $2.

 

[LoveThatBurn]

Unfortunately, it was 10 or so years ago. Tried to use it as my travel soap and then just thew it away... I wouldn’t mind having a puck now myself, just to keep it for history

Rip. Love it and sad I can't get it anymore

 

[desertcat]

Purchased a puck of Ogallala Bay Rum without doing any research. I think the soap base itself is very reasonable (especially for the price) but the amount of clove in the soap is ludicrous. I didn't necessarily dislike the strange warm/tingling sensation from the lather, but the scent lingers substantially on natural brushes. It's just very overpowering. Wish I had purchased the unscented instead.

 

[Timor1322]

I don’t specifically regret any one purchase
But I do regret buying so much of everything

My self diagnosis is the same

+1

 

[Jay21]

I first tried DE shaving about 7 years ago with a Parker 96. I didn’t like the experience and went back to cartridges. It turns out the 96 was a poor quality razor and I wish I had known that then.

 

[CANES]

All shavettes should be the same right? The $2 one looks exactly like the much more expensive one.

I've used it like twice in 20 years and still have both scars.

 

[Lane101]

l’Occitane cade shaving soap and... Williams mug shaving soap.

Sorry Williams did not work for you. If you still have it see my post on how to lather it well with a boar brush that works for many. Could be worth a try. Link below.

As a consolation prize the Williams could be one of your best investments based on current prices since it was discontinued. If you still have it put it on BST if new or PIF it if used. Glad I have a reserve stock of it.

The Secret to Easy Williams Mug Soap Thick Lather: A Good Quality/Low Cost Boar Brush

Hi Everyone. My new quality Blondie boar brush easily produces excellent lather from a puck of Williams Mug shave soap. Details as follows: Background: I've been a fan of Williams Mug Shave Soap since my return to DE shaving a couple years ago thanks to its glide and slickness. Also it is the...

www.badgerandblade.com

Edit. P.S. Just saw your subsequent post that you tried the Williams 10 years ago and no longer have it.

 

[lasta]

What is this? Group therapy?

I regret nothing!

 

[Lane101]

My bad purchase was a Ming She 3000s adjustable razor. Poorly made with a defect that caused an uneven presentation of the blade with multiple weepers as the result. Fortunately this was an under $10 purchase. Surprising that there is not a low cost (under $20) adjustable razor out there that works well. Given that Black Beauty Razors from Gillette were under $5 ($15-20 in today's dollars) there should be something similar available today. Low cost adjustables seem to have blade alignment problems per the user reviews.

 

[Phoenixkh]

I do wish I knew my face was going to react to the ingredients used in soap fragrances.... but I don't regret buying the soaps I can no longer use. I'm going to pass them on to a fellow member here. All's well that ends well.

 

[Roedeer]

Most of my soap trials have been found wanting in their post-shave results, rather than their in-shave physics.

Arko Stick: nice shave, face a bit dried-up, though
Palmolive Stick (extinct): lovely scent, nice shave, face a bit dried-up , not as bad as Arko though.
Speick: nice shave (which I liked the scent of!), a face like the Sahara Desert

The blue-bowl Wilkinson (circa 2018) was pretty bad across the board (hard to lather, mediocre in-shave physics, nasty dried-up post-shave). I think I tried it before signing-up here.

Afterwards, I wondered if it was a marketing strategy (put them off!)

 

[Tomo]

Antica Barbieria Colla shave soap. It set my face on fire.