Shaving face with a straight edge or double edge

[Ah Pook]

I have been looking for the old kind of razors that use the double edged blades that can be replaced. No dice at King Soopers, Walmart, BB&Beyond, etc. They don't even carry the blades.

All I can find is this: https://www.onerazor.com/?mid=4320516 (Edit: this seems to be the best deal I can find online)

Anyone use it?

Try here;
http://www.westcoastshaving.com/
http://badgerandblade.com
http://www.ebay.com/vintage+razor

For a double edge razor, I would buy a used adjustable. West Coast Shaving has good deals on 100 blade packs. Been using Persona Reds and really like them.

Get a $20-$30 badger hair brush. They last a long time. I'm partial to larger "floppy" knots (brush hair) but some like stiffer bristles.

Been trying some different soaps/creams lately. Bigelows, Tabac, Fraziers, Porasos are some of the classics.

This is the current razor of choice. It's a '72 Gillette.

[sniper7]

Everyone even posting in this thread right now should be banned until December 1st!

I would agree, except that I am forced to shave to keep my job.

[generalmeow]

I got this doo-dad on Google deals called the Razor Buddy, it deburrs your razor and keeps it longer. So far, it's been as advertised.

Isn't that the thing that the dad was trying to sell in Gremlins?

[hatidua]

-razors, shaving cream, etc. were fascinating when I was about 16. Not so much anymore. If my razor happens to be dull, I'll reach for the wife's in hopes that she has changed her blade more recently than I have mine.

[Ah Pook]

-razors, shaving cream, etc. were fascinating when I was about 16. Not so much anymore. If my razor happens to be dull, I'll reach for the wife's in hopes that she has changed her blade more recently than I have mine.

We share everything...but razors.

[hollohas]

I just got an Edwin Jagger DE89 for my birthday with a full compliment of various blades, a badger hair brush soap cup, etc. I have been watching the geofatboy videos on YouTube and they are very informative. I have got to say, double edge blades run about $0.10/ea on Amazon and that's pretty appealing to me.

For guys that use a DE razor, do you use an Alum block after?

[kwando]

I use to when I first started now I barely cut myself at all now. Here are my two:

The black one is my grandfathers DE. I remember watching him shave when I was a little boy

[ben4372]

The adjustable gillette that ah pook showed is a winner. Go adjustable, then get a safety razor sample pack. The Koreans and Indians really love the safety razor and sell quality blades for almost nothing.