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Been meaning to do this for a while.

I nearly chocked on the price of Mach3 Turbo blades. £8 for 4 or £15 ish for 8 from sainsbugs.

Fuck me I only want to scrape the whiskers of my mush in the morning.

Soooooooo where can an average bloke like me get stuff like this at a price that means I don't need to ring the bank manager up first?

This should run with other everyday items being available for less that the shelf edge prices we end up paying at large retail establishments. Please bare in mind that not everyone has access to credit cards and the Internet for purchases.

Spend more on foam/gel and 1 blade will last for a couple of months.

You'll save more overall.

I think I read somewhere that the cheap, one blade disposables do just a job as the mach5 uber-power face slicer blades. I wouldn't know though (but wouldn't be surprised), as I only have to shave once a week, so treat myself to the 'luxury'

most people say that but i tried it and they shredded my face.

i only shave once a week, even less lately, so perhaps the disposables work fine if you shave on a daily basis

The double edged razor blades are dirt cheap. Shaving takes forever though.

Yep

I think it's the need to hack away at the stubble that shreds my face. A mach 3 will just slice through it with a decent gel

I use Gillette shaving gel or king of shaves shaving gel. So that does not hold up sadly?

Try Gatsby shaving gel

Bought some a while ago. After nearly bleeding to death I gave them to the misses to shave her flange with. I think she had the same opinion after trying them too.

don't shave, easy

Buy an aldi triple bladed razor. Does a good job and the refills are cheap.

Don't be so flippant, this is serious shit. Some of us rely on being clean shaved and smart for our work. iF I looked like a cross between a vagrant and the Yorkshire Ripper I'd sell bugger all and my earnings would go down and, well the countries tax take would go into free fall.

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 Cheap disposables razors are awful, they leave me with an itchy rash. I've found wilkinson sword to be a much better razor than Gillette too. I got a Phillips electric shaver for Christmas which works fine (though not as good as a razor) and even though the initial outlay might be a tad high, you save pennies in the long run

Tesco have a deal on the King of Shaves Azor 5 blade system at the moment, i got a 8 pack of blades & a new handle with 2 blades for £8. They really are good razors & couple it with a good shave gel/foam & you can't go wrong.

Electric beard trimmer leaving stubble is the future.

Whenever I try cheap blades they just won't cut through the stubble cleanly, even when I do use a good gel. I almost end up tugging them out rather than cutting them off........

Listen to us, we sound like a bunch of girls talking about make up or shampoo or something.

I tend to trim at just have stubble, if I need to be clean shaven you can't beat a Turkish shave.

It really is the bees knees.

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Buy a double edged safety razor. I recommend an Edwin Jagger, which is what I use.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EDWIN-JAGGER-DE-89-SAFETY-RAZOR-PLUS-FREE-BLADES-/130825133674?pt=UK_Health_HairRemoval_RL&hash=item1e75c91e6a

They take a few shaves to get used to, but they're closer than any gilette shit and I buy blades off eBay. You get 100 for less than a £10 and they last longer too.

Another thing to do, is try rubbing the razor backwards up your arm about 20 times - works like a strop.

Oh one of these.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RAZOR-SHARP-THE-RAZOR-BLADE-SHARPENER-/261015076898?pt=UK_Health_HairRemoval_RL&hash=item3cc5b60022

Or this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2pvzsnewkA

And try some Taylor's of Old Bond Street soap and a badger hair brush. Cheap, smooth as fuck and last for ages.

My auntie used to work for Gillette which was a dream
She's retired now  :(

I've been doing this for years, I maybe shave 2-3 times a year.

I havn't shaved for two years....stubble man me.

I've not had a wet shave since 2008... all about the trimmer

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I use King of Shave's Azor- recently switched to the 5-blade (because they don't sell the three anymore), and it's pretty great. I'm using their shaving gel and whilst it's always been good in the past it's leaving me with an itchy face now, as they recently changed the recipe apparently. Will be switching asap.

I like the fact that with the Azor you can see what you're shaving.

I wish these were avaliable in the UK though. Heard it's pretty fucking awesome. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUG9qYTJMsI

absolutely it's as close as you can get to a proper cut throat wet shave, had one of those last year in a turkish barbers and the clumsy fucker nearly sliced my top lip off!

Well, don't let the missus use him for her Brazilian FFS

Disposables do just as good a job IMO. If you're cutting yourself then you're doing it wrong. Shave with the grain and you'll get no tugging which lessens the razor rash afterwards too.

As has been said, a decent shaving soap applied with a proper badger brush helps. Also, shaving after showering when the bristles are softer makes things easier.

Last of all, always clean the razor and dry it after use. Leaving a razor wet and dirty will blunt it so the next time you use it it will rip your face to shreds.

Trust me, having ripped the fuck out of my face whilst on holiday using a disposable because I left my Mach at home, I can tell you that is a horse shit lie - it would have been less painful to have waxed my face

Sounds like a few of you just need waxing strips :)

Mach 3 for me, I need to shave daily.

I worship at the temple of Gillette Fusion. I've tried everything else but haven't found anything as good.

Pah! Beard trimmer all the way for me.  Can't recall my last wet shave, must've been a good three or four years back. Go married in that time as well.

Badger hair shaving brush and a cut throat razor.

ok, so where can we buy these blades cheaper?

Think the general consensus is no

People using electric should try a pre-shave. Boots do one and it's very cheap. Smell is quite strong but shower afterward and it goes.

http://www.boots.com/en/Boots-Electric-Pre-Shave-Freshwood_982366/

I've got one of the Edwin Jaggers, it's great, but I don't like the Derby blades, I use Red Personnas (same as Tesco own brand).

I think the main issue is not the razor but the preparation, washing your face with soap and really hot water first and/or using a hot flannel/towel like the barbers do makes a lot of difference, softening the beard.

Using a proper shaving soap or cream is also an improvement, Palmolive cream in a tube is still widely available and cheap. Taylors is great stuff, but Body Shop also sell the same cream and a reasonable cheap synthetic brush.

The razor is not so important, I've had the same or better results from a single blade Bic disposable as I get from a Gillette Fusion or whatever, provided I've done the prep above.

Can a mod not change this to the Male Grooming Thread?

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