JohnJ Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 That's it, I am on my last gilet fusion five bladed cartridge. It might last until next weekend. Started using disposables in the early 80s think it was the schick slim-twin first multiple blade I'd used and skinny enough to get close around/under my shnoz. Got a Remington electric for a present once and my face killed it quickly. Liked the smell of that Williams Lectric-Shave. You can still get the slim-twin but I quit getting them long ago when quality suffered then my face did. So gilet insulted every male everywhere a couple years ago and I didn't forget. Guys are guys, girls are girls gtf over it, too late to change me now. It's x+y's or x+x's. Why am I still using them? They were too good to toss out. $8.00 off and better than that coupons and deals at the warehouse I go to and I had five or six sheets of these things when that cr*p hit the fan a couple years ago. Heck the handle and blade set-up was mailed to me by BJ's for free when it came out. Don't wanna fund them again, but darn their blades have lasted the longest for me. My beard ate up Harrys blades when I tried them earlier this year. It could not even clear my neck or face in one stroke. I mean it only took 40% maybe, then clogged quickly and I could see chunks out of the blades or bends or something. That wasn't three days growth, but a 24 hour one! When I had searched for the better of the razor "services" they appeared to be good. Straight to the trash can that went. Way things have been I forgot about it until I had to dig into my dop-kit and find the last of those cartridges today. Never tried the "safety razor type that was the manual besides a straight blade years ago. Might now. There is cheap and there is needless-markup platinum variety in that category. True stainless is good enough for me. Although you can never tell now a days until the corrosion starts if you really have Stainless Steel. Do not see Pittsburgh or PA stamped anywhere anymore. Yea my whiskers are speckled with gray now but I swear they're the toughest thing about me left! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 Bic or Bic sensitive... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted December 13, 2020 Author Share Posted December 13, 2020 Thinking of picking up two different kinds of disposables right now, thanks. I'd hate to fumble with a safety razor when groggy and in a rush early even though I'm looking at those as I type too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 My women like a clean shaven man... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted December 13, 2020 Author Share Posted December 13, 2020 Lucky You. Don't get any action anymore, but I still have to shave. Thought it was great when I was 14! You recall that chest puffing out feeling 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 Don't get any either. but they do not get a clean shaven either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtmudd Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 https://www.dollarshaveclub.com 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted December 13, 2020 Author Share Posted December 13, 2020 You Rascal You ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 Mnnn, could join the German steel club, a dollar a shave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted December 13, 2020 Author Share Posted December 13, 2020 3 minutes ago, dirtmudd said: https://www.dollarshaveclub.com Does it do any good for a really tough beard??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 3 minutes ago, JohnJ said: Does it do any good for a really tough beard??? That's what I use. Don't have a tough beard though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted December 13, 2020 Author Share Posted December 13, 2020 Looked at them `cause of all their commercials that got better over time. That's when I went with the Harrys that got wet once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 I'll never forget those Gillette blue blades. Ouch...couldn't make one pass. Had to go to school with 5 o'clock shadow. Had to go with Platinum. High maintenance... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted December 13, 2020 Author Share Posted December 13, 2020 Had a disposable a few times that nicked me up for no reason than they were blems, or lemons. Quit `em then. Never had a blue blade. Went with a heavy duty coffee grinder last year after spend $80 + every other year on that bodum burr grinder. Gave it to a different company this time. Have to clean it after oily beans a few times but think it will be the last one I buy and can be handed down. Thinking that way now, but would have to learn the safety razor way. Adept with using tools that you can not force but let them do the job when you guide it. Maybe that translates to not too much blood in this endeavor? I'll let you know. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 1 minute ago, JohnJ said: Never had a blue blade. You didn't miss anything. Not sharp enough to cut peach hair. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtmudd Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 28 minutes ago, JohnJ said: Does it do any good for a really tough beard??? depending where up place this.. it might soften a beard... 24 minutes ago, Tarheel said: That's what I use. Don't have a tough beard though. and stiffen others 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 When I shave my beard every month or so, use scissors and then one of those beard trimmers. Then, I use a sensitive Bic for my neck hair. The rest usually is left for my Eastwood look. Thinking a regular Bic worth a shot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasshopper Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 2 hours ago, billybob said: My women like a clean shaven man... Women???? You have more than one? I quit shaving a couple years ago...and the women still seem to like me. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasshopper Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 2 hours ago, JohnJ said: safety razor . You can cut your lip off with one of those things. I spose it's "safer" than a straight razor. I have an antique razor... halfway between a straight and a safety... Looks like a straight with a "comb"... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 5 minutes ago, grasshopper said: Women???? You have more than one? I quit shaving a couple years ago...and the women still seem to like me. Yes but they call me Santa...my lap is sore. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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