Gentlemen: With what instrument do you shave your face?

[WilliamPitt]

Poll question: Gentlemen: With what instrument do you shave your face?

I've been using the Gillete Mach 3 for a while, but am trying out the new Schick four-blader. Advice: If your face is not made out of granite, avoid the four-blader. I feel like I am peeling myself to the bone using this thing.

[bif]

1. Cheap two-blader and I use em for a year

before I throw them out.

[demoderby]

7. Furry

Razors? We don't need no steenkin' razors.

[VelmaD]

2. But are you smooth...

as the proverbial baby's bottom? ;)

[WilliamPitt]

5. Except for the blood and flaps of skin

I suppose, yes, I am. :)

[VelmaD]

11. Poor baby

*pats you on the head but studiously avoids giving you the customary peck on the cheek* ;)

[gyopsy]

3. As long as it's not electric

I have no preference. Tried electric once and I have no patience for it. It takes way too long.

[Paragon]

4. I'm not shaving again until the FIVE-blader comes out, baby

Honestly -- the Sensor Excel (two blades, two conditioning strips) does the job just fine. Anything else, you're getting ripped off.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

56. Ditto.

Actually, I only use that because I can't find plain Sensor blades anymore.

[kmla]

74. Likewise for me.

Anything more than two blades is superfluous. Plus it provides you a 50% better chance of slicing a portion of your face than a two-blader.

[Richardo]

6. "Mah wimmins like me hairy *what*?

And why the Cockney accent? :shrug:

[slackmaster]

8. I bought a big bag of plastic two-bladers at Costco about 10 years ago

Back before the three- and four-bladers existed.

It's taking a loooooooong time to use up 50 of them.

[Whitacre D_WI]

9. I use Nads!

[WilliamPitt]

10. You shave yourself with testicles?

That's a new one on me.

[Whitacre D_WI]

15. Don't knock it

'til you've tried it.

[Paragon]

13. I think that would be considered "teabagging"

:scared:

[WilliamPitt]

16. *spews onto keyboard*

:)

[Whitacre D_WI]

21. Actually, in that case,

the nads are in the mouth.

Let's be specific with our crude sexual euphemism, Paragon.

[WilliamPitt]

23. Incorrect

According to the film 'Pecker,' teabagging is the repeated application of the testicles to someone's face. Mouth action is optional.

[Whitacre D_WI]

24. Oh, what does Waters know about...

...never mind.

[Paragon]

26. That's a bit of an over-share, Whit

I hear "teabagging" is a rude slapping of the testes on the subject's face, particularly in hazing ceremonies -- insertion of said testes into a subject's mouth connotates something different entirely.

What that is I don't know, and don't want to know.

[Blue-Jay]

30. Does it have to be "rude slapping", or is gentle slapping counted.

This is not a sex-thread. <looks around nervously>

[Padraig18]

12. Norelco electric razor.

:)

[BiggJawn]

73. Norelco here, too. Used to use Braun.

But they started making them in China, and Chinese Brauns are pure shit.

Still have my original Norelco double-header around here someplace....

If i had more time in the morning, I'd go back to a STR8 razor. can't beat it for closeness!

[jonnyblitz]

14. thanks for the info. I was thinking of trying the 4 blader after using

mach 3 on face and sides of head . I bet the 4 bladers are EXPENSIVE.

[WilliamPitt]

20. Yes, especially after you factor in the cost

of facial reconstruction surgery. They charge for skin grafts by the inch.

[jonnyblitz]

50. LOL

:wow: the mach 3 does the trick. I will stay with that.

[GOPisEvil]

17. Mach 3! I've got THREE of the handles...so I ain't changing!

1. Daily use.
2. Travel use.
3. Who knows what the third one is for, but I have one.

[VelmaD]

22. Likely story...

we all know where you're using that 3rd one. ;)

[GOPisEvil]

25. Heh...too much work.

;-)

[Snow]

18. A two blader - gillette atra or some such thing - has a nice metal handle,

got some heft to it. Those multiplying blades are okay for a shave or two, then aren't really better than anything else.

What you want, Will, is to get rid of your canned foam, get a nice mug - coffee mug works fine as long as it's an untapered cylinder, put in a cake of williams or colgate shaving soap, get a nice brush, add hot water & swirl up a nice pile of foam. It's one of those very pleasant morning ritual sort of things, gets you ready for the day.

[4morewars]

27. I still have my mug of foam...

but i haven't used it since i got the can warmer. It's the best !!!

[Toby109]

36. Another Atra two-blader

Had it since 1980. Also new Norelco electric that seems to work okay, for an electric.

[Fenris]

19. Wusses! I CLAW my facial hair out!

:evilgrin:

[GOPisEvil]

38. I pluck my whiskers one by one!

:P

[Fenris]

40. How long does that take?

Man, you must get up for work at 2 in the morning.
:D

[GOPisEvil]

42. LOL!!!

I'm Greek...lotsa whiskers...I never sleep.

[Rabrrrrrr]

43. I go out in the morning and rub my face in the asphalt

until the whiskers are gone.

And the blood that pours out? Pfagh. I'm a man. I deal with it.

Rarrrr! RRRARRRRRR!!! RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRR!

In the wintertime, I just wet my face, then slam into a metal pole and peel the whiskers off with a swift, powerful jerk of my neck.

RRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

[citizen snips]

28. I shave with a Norelco.

I am only 15 and it suites me just fine.

[SOteric]

29. My brother, - whose face is chiseled out of granite

still uses a bic disposable twin blade. He's got a well-formed rant all warmed up about how anything more than two blades is an over-engineered method of removing bucks from the consumer's wallet.

[WilliamPitt]

31. Looks like Gillete has nailed the DU market

I'm going back to three blades after I stop bleeding.

[Qutzupalotl]

32. Panasonic wet/dry electric

Faster than blade shaving, plus no cuts.

[arwalden]

33. Sensor ... Two Blades and plastic... but NOT CHEAP.

[terrya]

75. I'll piggyback on Allen. Ditto. Gillette Sensor. Which I'm not giving up.

Terry

[WoodrowFan]

34. real men have beards (NT)

[Mr. McD]

I haven't shaved in so many years that

I don't remember what a razer looks like.:shrug:

[CanuckAmok]

35. Alto sax

n/t

[Blue-Jay]

39. Huh?

[arwalden]

37. The New Gillette "Diez" (TEN!! Blades... Pic Inside)

[nickgutierrez]

41. Disposable two-blader

I'm twenty years old, and I still don't have enough facial hair to have to use anything else. I guess I'm lucky?

Warning about the four-blader noted.

[Rabrrrrrr]

44. I like the effects I get with a lute

But when that insturment won't cut it, I use the Mach 3. Started using it when it came out, and I really like it.

I also use Burt's bees shaving soap and a brush to get the lather. For $4, I have soap for A YEAR. Stuff lasts a long time, and it's wonderful! And saves all that waste of creating cans of faom, shipping cans of foam, and throwing away cans of foam.

All burt's bees stuff is wonderful.

[DEM FAN]

45. I Use Mach 3. I Think It's Best.

:-)

[trackfan]

46. I've had the same cheap plastic 2 blade for 30 years!!!

It's the only razor I've every had since I was 14.

[ironflange]

47. A heavy brass handle, holds Trac II blades

Mrs. Ironflange gave it to me for Xmas at least 20 years ago. It's sweeeeet. Especially used with this:


The Conair Hot Lather Machine. Next to the printing press, the greatest invention in history.

I also use a Philips (Norelco to you) cordless when I feel lazy. Sometimes a Sensor Excel.

[MrSlayer]

48. The Mach 3 is nice. No irritation, smooth shave.

Buy one today!

[Aristus]

49. Looks like the Gillette Mach 3 is out front on this one.

That's what I use. I don't use shaving cream anymore, though. My wife bought me some shaving 'product' like the guys on Queer Eye recommend. Works pretty good. Shaving cuts have been reduced and the razor-burn lotion is terrific.

[muffin_man]

51. Disposable two blade

Use on head and face.Mach 3 irritated my face too much.Tried electric but it did not work too well.

[Blue-Jay]

52. Hi, my name's Jason and I'm a razor addict.

Really. I am. I buy every new razor on the market. It's not that ANY of them have given me a crappy shave. I just say "Oooo, look at that!", and buy it. I probably have about 12 different models in the cabinet right now. Every razor imagineable from every company. So far I've resisted buying the Quattro, but it hasn't been easy.

Here's what's funny about it: I'm not very hairy. In fact, it takes me three days to work up a good 5:00 shadow. I don't even use shaving cream (don't tell the Fab 5) I just get out of the shower and zipzipzip, I'm done.

I'll have to say that the Mach 3 is probably the best of the bunch, though. That, and its disposeable counterpart, the name of which is escaping me.

[meow mix]

53. old school is best

you cant beat those things, for many reasons. =)

[Red_Storm]

54. Mach 3

never fails.....nice close shaves without any skin or blood loss....

[everythingsxen]

55. A Wombat!

Not only are they totally cool, able to leap tall buildings and sing remarkably well... Wombats also shave one very well!

[The Lone Liberal]

57. A bowie knife and cold crick water

followed by a nice after shave and a lot of screaming.

[name not needed]

58. bandsaw

[The Lone Liberal]

59. Now that I would pay real money to see.

Do you lather up, before or during.

[name not needed]

60. during

[hunter]

61. I shave maybe once a year with a cheap Bic Razor my dad gave me...

...nineteen years ago when I graduated from college. I do it whenever my wife tells me she's tired of sleeping with Grizzley Adams.

Before I start shaving I always cut my beard back with the same scissors I've always used to trim my nails and mustache, and first I sterilize everything with some rubbing alcohol I bought a long, long, time ago for 79 cents. I've got half a bottle left.

Someday I'll have to grow up, maybe even wear a tie, but I'm not looking forward to it.

[Fight_n_back]

62. Four or five blades isn't enough

I want an infinite number of blades!

I want blades moving at the speed of light that increase to infinite mass, covering my face in particals, waves and particles acting as waves. This hyper razor will not only keep hair poermanently off my face but increase gravity around my noggin causing time itslef to bend and go so slow that beard growth is inhibited.

But I'll only get it if I have a coupon.

[Bake]

63. Braun Synchro

I'm on my second Braun ELECTRIC. I used to use a blade, tried all the two-blades and I think a three one time. Got tired of bleeding all over the collars of my white dress shirts for 30 years.

Seriously, Braun is the BEST. I get a better shave than I've ever gotten with a blade, and NO BLOOD. NO RAZOR BURN. NO PAIN!!!

Bake

[DoctorBombay]

64. Cheap plastic two blader here

I have a goatee and sideburns, so there isn't too much surface area to shave. Don't need anything fancy.

[ScreamingMeemie]

65. My husband, MrSensitive Skin, uses Gillette Mach 3...and it only took

me about 5 years of married life to figure that one out!! I was always getting the wrong cartridges. And those things are damned expensive.

[Kadie]

66. My husband use the Mach 21

[ComerPerro]

67. Another Mach 3 user

They are great

[ozymandius]

68. chainsaw n/t

[SmileyBoy]

69. Norelco Electric razor all the way, baby!!!

Although, I'm kinda partial to the Gillette Mach 3 and Schick Quattro.

[Dogmudgeon]

70. I pull them out by the root. One by one.

It's a man's shave that leaves you with a baby-smooth face.

Let your beard grow in for a few days. Go into a sauna or steam your face with hot towels. Use a well-cleansed shiny steel industrial spring to catch a few hundred hairs at a time, and gently-but-firmly yank them out.

It's kind of like eating Scotch Bonnet Habañeros without having a bucket of water to drink.

But avoid Schick anything. My experience with Schick products has been uniformly painful. You think my plucking method hurts? Try a multi-blade Schick without getting a load on first!

--bkl
The King of Pain.

[Mr. Brown of MD]

71. Mach 3 for me as well

I prefer it to electric, especially now that I have the hang of using it.

-CollegeDude
Admittedly did not, at first

[underpants]

72. Oooo ooo ooo ssssssshhffffpoomhp

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[Zomby Woof]

76. a saxophone