On 09/15/2014 9:50 AM, Ed Huntress wrote:
On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 10:42:13 -0400, Joe
wrote:

In , wrote:

On 09/14/2014 6:57 PM, Joe Gwinn wrote:
I had been shaving using a Schick "Quattro" razor (suggested by Iggy)
with Gillette "Edge" shaving cream.
...

The steel content is all those razor blades.
...

Schick quit making refill cartridges for the variety (forget the
advertising name for it) some time ago and the ridiculously expensive
and bulky alternatives now available were totally unpalatable to me so
I've reverted to the single blade double-edge safety razor of yore (not
_quite_ back to the straight razor started with ). With it and a
Wilkinson blade (metal) with either Barbasol or Noxema aerosol foam it's
as good as the multi-edge as far as I can tell (or at least care about)...

I used to use the Barbasol as well. I should try it again.

I do think that the two close-spaced blades razors do work better than
the single-blade razors (Trac 2 being the prototype), but I would
hazard that the difference between four close blades and five close
blades is hard to discern. Maybe the three-blade is noticeably better
than two-blade, but I wonder if the difference is worthwhile.

Maybe I'll try the Wilkinson razor, if the experiment isn't too
expensive.

Joe Gwinn

FWIW, I gave up on Edge a couple of decades ago It's nice and smooth,
but it really jams up a 2+ blade razor in a hurry, and the blades
don't get close enough for a good shave after that.

I'm currently using a cheap, two-blade Gilette "Good News" razor, with
Barbasol. I also have a 30-year-old bar of Williams soap that gets
used when I'm out of Barasol. And I have two straight razors, which I
haven't used since I had a beard, 20 years ago.

I've tried two, three, four, and five-blade razors. The more blades
they have, the more I like them, even though the four- and five-blade
types drag a bit. But they're too damned expensive to make any sense.

I wasn't able to even find a 2-blade-only alternative locally;
everything on the shelves here I could find was 4+ and ridiculously
expensive plus so humongously bulky I'd never use it.

I also have have difficulty with even the two blades with jamming;
likely because much of my beard is roughly the texture and diameter of
"bob-wahr" altho it seems to be somewhat less with advancing
years...maybe white isn't as tough as brown??? vbg

The expense factor is night 'n day...one can find good, used safety
razors if don't still have one for $10 and under including shipping and
Barbasol from the Dollar General is quite frequently on sale at half of
their discount so often it's only 50-cents for the regular can...

Noxema is more but if you're sensitive it's a little better from that
standpoint ime...

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