This was my heinous shaving kit until I found this site.
Yes that is a clothes peg jammed into a Mach 3. I put my shaving gear in my checked baggage on a trip recently and was relieved of the handle by the TSA for reasons unknown. Though many curses and imprecations were called down on the head and other body parts of the TSA employee involved, he/she did me a favour because my extremely fast and minimalist shaving routine wasn't working for me anyway and I can't afford the blades. I rebelled at the notion of buying yet another proprietary handle.
A google search, some reading and shortly:
The razor is an EJ DE86. I was contemplating buying a Lord tech clone, but suspected it would be a false economy in the longer term so I accepted the opinion of the B&B members that this is quality for a reasonable price. I like it: I find the handle a bit slippy, but that encourages me to hold the razor at the knurled cap on the end of the handle which makes the weight of the razor do the work. I'm getting much better shaves without cutting the face off myself and I went straight to the Feathers, no messing about.
My other stuff is conveniently available for me at Trader Joe's or local pharmacy at affordable prices. I got the brush at the Body Shop and a puck of Williams. So far I'm bad at making a lather, but it's ok for first pass and second pass is using the TJ's shave cream.
I just had a little boy, my first kid, so economy is vital - none of these scented unguents oozed into ruby encrusted gold bowls warmed by the lit farts of circassian dancing girls and reverently daubed with baby unicorn tails that youse shower here at B&B go in for
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So thanks for all the help! I still have a way to go with technique and so on but you've got me off to a decent start.
Yes that is a clothes peg jammed into a Mach 3. I put my shaving gear in my checked baggage on a trip recently and was relieved of the handle by the TSA for reasons unknown. Though many curses and imprecations were called down on the head and other body parts of the TSA employee involved, he/she did me a favour because my extremely fast and minimalist shaving routine wasn't working for me anyway and I can't afford the blades. I rebelled at the notion of buying yet another proprietary handle.
A google search, some reading and shortly:
The razor is an EJ DE86. I was contemplating buying a Lord tech clone, but suspected it would be a false economy in the longer term so I accepted the opinion of the B&B members that this is quality for a reasonable price. I like it: I find the handle a bit slippy, but that encourages me to hold the razor at the knurled cap on the end of the handle which makes the weight of the razor do the work. I'm getting much better shaves without cutting the face off myself and I went straight to the Feathers, no messing about.
My other stuff is conveniently available for me at Trader Joe's or local pharmacy at affordable prices. I got the brush at the Body Shop and a puck of Williams. So far I'm bad at making a lather, but it's ok for first pass and second pass is using the TJ's shave cream.
I just had a little boy, my first kid, so economy is vital - none of these scented unguents oozed into ruby encrusted gold bowls warmed by the lit farts of circassian dancing girls and reverently daubed with baby unicorn tails that youse shower here at B&B go in for
.So thanks for all the help! I still have a way to go with technique and so on but you've got me off to a decent start.
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wow nice razor. Glad you found us.
