If you’ve used one on your face, then You Know.
If you haven’t, give it a go! You can remove a whole carpet’s worth of hair in one swipe, with less irritation and super close. It’s not as scary as it looks!
Best present I got for my husband when he started T was a safety razor. For softer skin that hasn’t been shaved beforeor isn’t used to it yet, safety razors, straight razors, and shavettes are so gentle and can definitely help if you get razor burn :)
Hehe, I was forgetting I still have T skin…
I’ve considered buying one of these, and holy fuck, everything is branded so ridiculously manly.
And when I say manly, I mean the opposite of manly, of course. The no self-esteem version. Where a minimum of three animals need to have died for a product. And where you’re never quite sure, if you’re actually buying a shaving razor, because all the models look like they would never shave their magnificent beard.
Made me bounce off of that pretty damn quickly…
If you go with some old school Gillette razors there are ones that might be up your alley.
My wife has one of these but in pink - the long handle is evidently better for shaving legs than a standard safety razor?
There are plenty of good soaps to choose from that avoid the overly manly smells - Taylor of Old Bond Street’s Avocado smells delightful and not manly at all.
But I agree, most of the modern day options seem over the top (looking at you Art of Shaving mall store).
I’m a big fan of my safety razor, though, now that I have softer skin, it’s way harder to avoid razor burn
My legs snapped shut just thinking about a straight blade razor down there 😳
Philips norelco electric for body, safety razor for the face (100 blades for like, 15 bucks).
Norelco Oneblade for genitals. They have a genital safe attachment and haven’t nicked myself once.
It’s not a magical thing, still have to go slow and steady.
Straight is I know how to shave or DIVOT.
I wouldn’t trust that to any other hand but my own. Carotid is too close.
Find a good barber. Any barber could do a decent straight shave, a good barber can give you a great straight shave.
No experience with straight razors. How often do you have to sharpen them? Did it take a while to get the technique right?
I’ve sharpened mine maybe once or twice using a wetstone? (Should probably do it more often) Stropping usually seems enough to keep it working well. Technique is actually pretty simple: once you figure out how to hold it, it’s just like any other razor (stroke it over the skin, and never sideways). Although by changing the angle you can get really fine control in tight spots.
Cool, that’s more resilience than I expected from a super sharp edge (but then I don’t really know anything about knives). Stropping looks wicked old-timey to my eyes, so of course I have to try it.
Over the years I’ve only had a couple bloody mistakes using safety razors (just trying to go too fast, not using enough soap, not tightening the head fully, or just getting the angle wrong). I assumed straight razors were less forgiving and never tried, but maybe it’s finally time to give it a shot!
I’m a hoe for safety razors too