- Jul 3, 2005
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I just bought a Merkur DE, Razor Blade Sampler, and a Shaving Kit (brush, pre-shave oil, lather, after-shave, and a travel case [useless to me]).
I only shave once a week or so; sames my job doesn't require me to be looking professional or anything. This of course lead to a problem with standard dual and tri blade razors; they tended to clog quickly and no amount of rinsing would get the stubborn hair out of the blades (happened more with tri-blades) or they would just become blunt really fast. Besides that blades are becoming really really expensive.
Edit:
For the Curious on what I bought.
Sampler Pack:
http://westcoastshaving.com/in...&cPath=2&products_id=3
Razor:
http://westcoastshaving.com/in...cPath=8&products_id=50
Shave Kit (for whatever reason the link doesn't want to work):
http://westcoastshaving.com/in...Path=22&products_id=91
Updated
God damn, I finally got my shaving supplies today (fuck USPS for taking 3 weeks). Seems I have encountered a small hiccup in my sampler pack; I'm missing some Dorco blades and Red Pack Israelis(dropped WCS a email about it already). I will be shaving tonight and see how well this works though.
I hope this works quite well cause I haven't shaved in about a month; my beard is now about 3/4 inch long.
Update
Just got done with my first shave. Decided to go with the a Merkur blade to shave with (it came with the razor). I gotta say it was an interesting experience. It did give me a nice shave and I didn't have any razor burn like I usually do when I used tri-blade razor. I was quite surprised I honestly thought it was going to hurt like hell considering my beard was about 3/4 inch long. With that much hair it was getting clogged quite often so being able to rinse the clogged hair out was breeze compared to not being able to on a normal razor. I however did nick myself twice; didn't even feel it and didn't notice until I started rinsing my face off when I was done. Two little nicks on my chin
I'll do my next shave in two or three days when the hair is a little longer.
I only shave once a week or so; sames my job doesn't require me to be looking professional or anything. This of course lead to a problem with standard dual and tri blade razors; they tended to clog quickly and no amount of rinsing would get the stubborn hair out of the blades (happened more with tri-blades) or they would just become blunt really fast. Besides that blades are becoming really really expensive.
Edit:
For the Curious on what I bought.
Sampler Pack:
http://westcoastshaving.com/in...&cPath=2&products_id=3
Razor:
http://westcoastshaving.com/in...cPath=8&products_id=50
Shave Kit (for whatever reason the link doesn't want to work):
http://westcoastshaving.com/in...Path=22&products_id=91
Updated
God damn, I finally got my shaving supplies today (fuck USPS for taking 3 weeks). Seems I have encountered a small hiccup in my sampler pack; I'm missing some Dorco blades and Red Pack Israelis(dropped WCS a email about it already). I will be shaving tonight and see how well this works though.
I hope this works quite well cause I haven't shaved in about a month; my beard is now about 3/4 inch long.
Update
Just got done with my first shave. Decided to go with the a Merkur blade to shave with (it came with the razor). I gotta say it was an interesting experience. It did give me a nice shave and I didn't have any razor burn like I usually do when I used tri-blade razor. I was quite surprised I honestly thought it was going to hurt like hell considering my beard was about 3/4 inch long. With that much hair it was getting clogged quite often so being able to rinse the clogged hair out was breeze compared to not being able to on a normal razor. I however did nick myself twice; didn't even feel it and didn't notice until I started rinsing my face off when I was done. Two little nicks on my chin
I'll do my next shave in two or three days when the hair is a little longer.