I am so tired of all these SOTD pictures on all these facebook wet-shaving pages... I'm in it for real info!
Your Most Unpopular/Controversial Shaving Opinion(s)
- Thread starter Lightspeed
- Start date
Yes, I will tell you an unpopular thing. The mantra on the forum is that lubra strips and swivel heads are from the Devil.
I don't mind them at all.
I don't mind them at all.
Guilty!
Google said it’s where Samuel L. Jackson directed all those JRR Tolkien movies and Peter Jackson made the masterpiece “Bad Taste.”
WebMD was more dire.
Traditional straight razors are obsolete and have been obsolete for longer than the horse and cart or horse-drawn ploughs. They are an anachronistic curiosity, and are still used today by a small number of people with an excess of free time, for primarily this reason.
Replaceable blade straight razors are not “shavettes”, they are modern straight razors and are superior technology, which is why they have replaced traditional straight razors for professional use. The blades are always sharp and consistent, they are more hygienic, there is no need for honing, stropping, lapping, oiling, or buying any of the associated clutter.
Safety razors of course superseded all kinds of straight razor for the home user, long ago, for reasons that are clearly stated in the name.
Is that controversial enough?
Replaceable blade straight razors are not “shavettes”, they are modern straight razors and are superior technology, which is why they have replaced traditional straight razors for professional use. The blades are always sharp and consistent, they are more hygienic, there is no need for honing, stropping, lapping, oiling, or buying any of the associated clutter.
Safety razors of course superseded all kinds of straight razor for the home user, long ago, for reasons that are clearly stated in the name.
Is that controversial enough?
Where's the 'controversial' part?
Dust will still collect due to electrostatic charges. Physics is a beyotch, isn't it?Ah, here we go….
I understand that as I wrote before I store them also on the side and up. Bristle down is a myth or … is it… ??
…but still hanging brush looks cooland keep the knot dust free
I love my replaceable blade straight razors. I have some real straights, but I never use them anymore. I need to put them on the BST.
Fact canned shaving foam works as good as or better than most traditional shaving soaps. Modern cartridge razors provide excellent shaves that can easily exceed most SR and DE shaves in terms of closeness, ease of use, with less irritation, and lastly their cheaper in the long run than maintaining a den full of TWS shaving items.
Lubra strips ARE the devil!
I expected there would be a fatwa on my head by now. It’s heresy to some people.
+1 on the last point, but they are pricey!
Not inside the knot.
A boar brush is better than a badger brush...
There's just too many shaving-myths and too many people who go with them without questioning. Sign of the times unfortunately...
'dust free'... how many brushes does one need before they start to collect dust?!? Or you shave once a year maybe?Ah, here we go….
I understand that as I wrote before I store them also on the side and up. Bristle down is a myth or … is it… ??
…but still hanging brush looks cool
You're speaking truth to power brother re: all the Razor Totin' Jims out there (apologies to Koko Taylor).
Twice top.
This very ymmv
except for high-price Fusion cartridges I was always very unhappy with the results. Mainly with cheap disposables. In all terms, closeness, irritation free, no tugging, DE was much better. Even with expensive top of the line carts I had to go ATG to get to closeness level of R41 shave which many times led to cuts etc. So yes top of the line carts are fine for quick shaving to a decent CCS level but cheap disposable razors are nowhere close to my DE.
About canned goo again expensive ”pro-glide“ gel was ok. Cheap noname goo not good. I tried recently low end goo with bad results so I still remember well.
I've got one more unpopular opinion, if you're going to shave traditionally, use traditional gear and stay away from synthetic shaving brushes and get badger, boar, horse, or something real. I don't care how close they work to an organic brush, I ain't gonna use one. Blech!
