Shaving re-discovered

[Mr Pee]

Agreed. Spray foams get all over my bikini

That's my chance of a decent night's sleep gone for a burton.....

[Beef Oven!]

you wear a bikini on your face?!

Not my bikini - I'll get my coat.

[Beef Oven!]

That's my chance of a decent night's sleep gone for a burton.....

[Beef Oven!]

This one:-

http://www.shaving-shack.com/edwin-j...de-blades.html

I think shaving is a very personal thing and if you get on with the Fusion type cartridges, fine- although I thought I did until I got my DE safety razor; it was initially a purely financial decision, but I am now totally converted. Needed a bit of trial and error with blades, though- the Japanese Feather variety are known as the sharpest, so naturally I thought they were the ones to go for- result:- endless nicks and cuts. Apparetly they work best in Feather razors, which are rather pricey. The Gillette blades I use now hardly ever cut and give a lovely smooth shave. Like the proverbial baby's bum.

As for electric razors- not for me. I never got a decent shave from one, much worse than the Fusion type. I used to keep a portable electric razor for emergencies, but then whenever I needed it the batteries were nearly always flat anyway.

I've ordered that Edwin Jagger razor just now, along with wool-fat soap and a badger/hog hair brush and some other things I don't need.

They throw in some free blades and the bloke convinced me to try feather blades. Think I'll use the 5 ordinary ones that come with first, else I'll cut myself to ribbons!

[umslopogaas]

Someone asked in a previous post if anyone still used old fashioned cut throat razors. I've no idea about now, but thirty years ago in the days when I shaved, barbers did. I had been working overseas and returned home for some holiday. Having some spare time at Waterloo Station, I decided to treat myself to a proper shave in the station barber's shop. I was expecting something superior to my own safety, then electric, razor efforts, but I was very disappointed. It was quite painful and the end result no better than what I could achieve. Shortly after that I grew a beard and have had one ever since.

They also used to be a standard component in every biology student's dissection kit. These were a slight variation on the barber's model, because one side of the blade was flat, to facilitate your transverse sectioning through bits of plant stem (for example). Like most students I struggled to get the wretched thing sharp and soon abandoned it in favour of Messrs. Swann Morton's disposable scalpel blades, which really are sharp and just as good for cutting sections. I wonder if biology students are still taught plant anatomy? I rather suspect it has been supplanted by molecular biology and all the sectioning razors have long ago vanished into the dustbin.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Some of the up-market shaving soaps are good, including Kent, Crabtree & Evelyn, and L'Occitaine. And a really good brush is a wise investment.

- pity they don't do C&E products on Amazon

[Mr Pee]

I've ordered that Edwin Jagger razor just now, along with wool-fat soap and a badger/hog hair brush and some other things I don't need.

They throw in some free blades and the bloke convinced me to try feather blades. Think I'll use the 5 ordinary ones that come with first, else I'll cut myself to ribbons!

Excellent choice of Razor, beefy! I tried the Feather blades and just couldn't manage with them- kept nicking myself. You may do better though! I'm not sure what free blades you're going to get, but I have found the Gillette 7 0'Clock Sharp edge ones suit me very well:-

http://www.executive-shaving.co.uk/gillette-7-oclock-yellow-safety-razor-blades.php

And I do suggest you give these Proraso products a try- I love'em!

http://www.executive-shaving.co.uk/shaving/proraso/proraso-shaving-cream-tube.php

http://www.executive-shaving.co.uk/shaving/proraso/proraso-pre-shave-cream.php

The Proraso post-shave cream give you a really good wake-up "zing" in the morning!

[Beef Oven!]

Someone asked in a previous post if anyone still used old fashioned cut throat razors. I've no idea about now, but thirty years ago in the days when I shaved, barbers did. I had been working overseas and returned home for some holiday. Having some spare time at Waterloo Station, I decided to treat myself to a proper shave in the station barber's shop. I was expecting something superior to my own safety, then electric, razor efforts, but I was very disappointed. It was quite painful and the end result no better than what I could achieve. Shortly after that I grew a beard and have had one ever since.

They also used to be a standard component in every biology student's dissection kit. These were a slight variation on the barber's model, because one side of the blade was flat, to facilitate your transverse sectioning through bits of plant stem (for example). Like most students I struggled to get the wretched thing sharp and soon abandoned it in favour of Messrs. Swann Morton's disposable scalpel blades, which really are sharp and just as good for cutting sections. I wonder if biology students are still taught plant anatomy? I rather suspect it has been supplanted by molecular biology and all the sectioning razors have long ago vanished into the dustbin.

I've never used a cut-throat myself, but like you I was disappointed when I had a shave at the barbers'. Four years ago in Istanbul and this year in London.

Both times I was disappointed and did better myself with Gillette or Wilkinson disposables.

[Beef Oven!]

Excellent choice of Razor, beefy! I tried the Feather blades and just couldn't manage with them- kept nicking myself. You may do better though! I'm not sure what free blades you're going to get, but I have found the Gillette 7 0'Clock Sharp edge ones suit me very well:-

http://www.executive-shaving.co.uk/gillette-7-oclock-yellow-safety-razor-blades.php

And I do suggest you give these Proraso products a try- I love'em!

http://www.executive-shaving.co.uk/shaving/proraso/proraso-shaving-cream-tube.php

http://www.executive-shaving.co.uk/shaving/proraso/proraso-pre-shave-cream.php

The Proraso post-shave cream give you a really good wake-up "zing" in the morning!

The free blades are Derbys.

When I've used them, I'll move on to the feathers and cut myself to pieces!

Then I'll get the Gillette 7 0'Clocks or the various Israeli-mades. There are some fantastic deals on Amazon.

Those pre and post shaving creams look great, I may look into them when the ones I've got are finished. Today, one way or another, my order came to over £60, but I got an extra shaving soap that included a bowl.

[Dave2002]

Does anyone know if one can take even disposable razors in cabin baggage on a plane these days?

[Beef Oven!]

Does anyone know if one can take even disposable razors in cabin baggage on a plane these days?

You can. But remember.........Musical instruments

If you want to travel with a large musical instrument, you should contact your airline before you book. You may need to make special arrangements, such as buying an extra seat.

Musical instruments will be screened separately.

[Boilk]

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[MrGongGong]

Musical instruments will be screened separately.

Then thrown about like sacks of rice

[Dave2002]

Does anyone know if one can take even disposable razors in cabin baggage on a plane these days?

Turned out a bit of a disaster actually. I put a disposable razor in my bag - no problems getting through the airport with my carry on bag. However, big problems with shaving at the other end. I'd forgotten that such disposable razors are sharp enough to make a total mess, and there was blood everywhere. I looked as though I'd been attacked by an axe man. [only slight exaggeration!]

Obviously it would have been much better to have taken a decent razor, and also some decent foam, cream etc., but then Sod's law would have dictated that all would have been taken off me on the way out. Shaving enthusiasts would definitely not want to try this with kit such as this - http://www.mankind.co.uk/merkur-futu...FfMQtAod80gAIQ - which in any case would have a high probability of being confiscated.

Leaving aside the razor issue, are there any plane cabin friendly sizes of shaving foam, cream etc.? I've partly answered that - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Proraso-Irri...ref=pd_sim_d_2 but is that one any good? It's the only one I've found so far.

Needless to say, there was no chance of any problem on the return trip, as the disposable was dumped. I hope I don't have to use such a thing again for a long while - if ever, though perhaps one mistake was in the type of disposable - some may be better than others.

[teamsaint]

Then thrown about like sacks of rice

I'm not that worried about sacks of rice getting thrown about, unless they split, and the food gets wasted.