• Staiden@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    11 months ago

    I still use safety razors. I get all excited when I’m at a bathroom that I can slip one in the wall.

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      11 months ago

      Safety razors are the best! They are cheap, you can buy a bunch of quality blades for pennies compared to a “Mach 3” or whatever.

      Once you learn how to shave with one, there’s no going back.

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        11 months ago

        What’s different about shaving with one as opposed to a regular disposable?

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          11 months ago

          They’re much less irritating to your skin. Disposable razor commercials sold the world on the idea that more blades=closer and smoother shave; when in reality they can really tear up your face and leave razor bumps and ingrown hairs.

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            11 months ago

            Do they really not make any with a swivel head? That’s a pretty useful feature imo, and certainly would be easy to design for on a safety razor.

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              11 months ago

              I’d say it’s more of a learning curve question. With a swiwel you get good results most of the time but if it doesn’t work as you need there’s nothing to do. With a solid construction you need to learn to manipulate it efficiently but then it’s that you can use it for any shape of skull. TL;DR convenient ≠ better

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                11 months ago

                I’ve literally never once had a swivel head razor that didn’t work.

                It really seems like a stretch to make this into a skill issue lol

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                  11 months ago

                  Yeah, I have the same leg but it doesn’t hurt

                  But yes, it’s better I elaborate: it’s not the razor that may or may not work. It’s the user that may not be suitable for swiwel head and such a user will be equally bad suited for all of them. It’s good if it works for you but not guaranteed to work for others

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          11 months ago

          Just crazy cheap. I spent probably 5 dollars on shaving last year. That’s using the most expensive blades made.

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          11 months ago

          Very cheap, and I find if you leave your beard too long before shaving, hair doesn’t get caught either (it can’t really)

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          11 months ago

          Cost! The cheap disposable blades are horrible to shave with. The good ones are crazy expensive.

          Good quality safety razors are cheap! I bought a pack of blades and it’s lasted me literally years. It probably cost me $10-15 too.

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        11 months ago

        I’ve been using DEs for the last 6 years. I use a Feather blade in the shower with no mirror to fully shave and don’t cut myself. Not saying when I started I was that good. Feather blades are extremely sharp. I walked out pretty bloody once or twice when I started using them. Just get really good on some 7o’clocks or Gillette blades first.