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These beasts are new territory for me. So far I am not impressed. Despite having a cut-free shave (I'm told you usually cut yourself a lot at first), I am less than impressed with the shaving quality. I have to do about four passes to get that stubble off, and even then it's not particulary smooth. I was told this particular kind of razor is one of the best on the planet (It's a Merkur) and is guaranteed to shave closer than your average Mach blades, with less irritation after some practice. So far, despite not using it that often, I have seen no results. This morning it had been 48 hours since my last shave, so a slightly stronger stubble than the norm. Does it shave? No. I had to lather up twice, and even then, no go. Still lots of stubble about~! So, because I was so pissed, I just lathered up one more time and used my Mach 3 to finish off. Now my face is like the surface of the sun itself. Good thing I have relief cream! Instead of heading to my face tomorrow morning, this razor is heading to eBay.

I bought this in an attempt to get that mythical perfect shave. I don't think I can endure a single week of this, let alone the several months it PROBABLY takes before getting the hang of it. If anyone has used this kind of shaving system (with cream or whatever), any tips? If not, I think I'll stick with my acceptable Mach 3 and a good tube of quality cream.

can't beat a mach3

Heh, I think I saw a MadTV or SNL skit a while back that was the "Mach15" And it had that graphic of the blades sliceing the hair...then the skin, nice spoof.

I am thinking about trying the Wilkinson four blade one. Either that or getting new foils for my Philishave Coolskin.

Roanoke wrote:can't beat a mach3

truth


though even with that i have to do 2 or 3 passes

To aim is to "reduce" facial hair, not tear it off. So 2 or 3 passes usually is the norm. Although I've noticed doing too many, or with too little lather, will result in shaving burn.

Grow a moustache.

I use clippers
gets just the right amount of hair off.

takes practice, very thick lather, wait 5mins or so for things to soften up. always cut with the flow. water as hot as you can stand it and if your household/work can stand a yeti for a few days bout every fortnight let it grow to help ski heal and hair grow out straight

Nah.. Too busy lifestyle right now. Maybe I'll retry in the future. For now it's sticking with the Mach 3.

I'm an utterly lazy wimp, so I just stick with an electric. I don't really give a damn how technically close the shave is, so long as I don't look like a Wookie.