Comment by Staiden@lemmy.dbzer0.com on razor blades

I still use safety razors. I get all excited when I’m at a bathroom that I can slip one in the wall.

Safety razors are the best! They are cheap, you can buy a bunch of quality blades for pennies compared to a “Mach 3” or whatever.

Once you learn how to shave with one, there’s no going back.

What’s different about shaving with one as opposed to a regular disposable?

They’re much less irritating to your skin. Disposable razor commercials sold the world on the idea that more blades=closer and smoother shave; when in reality they can really tear up your face and leave razor bumps and ingrown hairs.

The head isn’t on a hinge so you have to manage the angle yourself

Do they really not make any with a swivel head? That’s a pretty useful feature imo, and certainly would be easy to design for on a safety razor.

I’d say it’s more of a learning curve question. With a swiwel you get good results most of the time but if it doesn’t work as you need there’s nothing to do. With a solid construction you need to learn to manipulate it efficiently but then it’s that you can use it for any shape of skull. TL;DR convenient ≠ better

I’ve literally never once had a swivel head razor that didn’t work.

It really seems like a stretch to make this into a skill issue lol

Cost! The cheap disposable blades are horrible to shave with. The good ones are crazy expensive.

Good quality safety razors are cheap! I bought a pack of blades and it’s lasted me literally years. It probably cost me $10-15 too.

Just crazy cheap. I spent probably 5 dollars on shaving last year. That’s using the most expensive blades made.

They also don’t have plastic housings which is nice from a waste perspective

Very cheap, and I find if you leave your beard too long before shaving, hair doesn’t get caught either (it can’t really)

Since I’ve started cleaning my blades I find I don’t have to change them all that often though

They’re not dangerous, they’re safety razors after all

I’ve been using DEs for the last 6 years. I use a Feather blade in the shower with no mirror to fully shave and don’t cut myself. Not saying when I started I was that good. Feather blades are extremely sharp. I walked out pretty bloody once or twice when I started using them. Just get really good on some 7o’clocks or Gillette blades first.

You’re expecting to be in that wall?

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