Hello, My name is Christoph.
Anyways I want to give a brief history on my shaving so I can be helped better. My father always shaved with a electric razor and he also bought me one too. I used it up until I was somewhere in college and I moved to shaving with cartridges by the sink.The electric razor would sometimes catch some of my beard hairs and my father always had me use some post-shaving alcohol Later on I moved to shaving in the shower with cartridges, with no post-shaving alcohol. I shave every 3 days or so in the shower with a schick quattro and whatever cheapest cream I could find and smear it on with my hands. This is where I am at today.
So while i was searching for tweets on twitter about the recent startup www.dollarshaveclub.com I saw someone tweet about safety razor, badger brush, and soap. I was like badger brush what the heck is a badger brush. So i started to google it and this article came up How to get the perfect shave So i learned a little more about a badger brush. But boy are they expensive and not sure how long they really last. Then I started looking at safety razors and people saying which blade goes best with this razor. Which is new for me and kinda confusing. Then the article goes on how smearing on shaving cream with your hands isn't as great as getting a high end european tub of shaving cream with a badger brush.
I hear just adding a badger brush to your cartridge and shaving cream can will help your shaving
Then if you add a high end tub of shaving cream on top of that you will improve your shaving more
and then if you add a safety razor on top of that you will get a much better shave than you could possibly imagine.
Anyways So I looked up on amazon and I believe i found a few good items.
UPDATED FROM COMMENTS -------
Badger Brush: best badger edwin jagger light horn brush [Health and Beauty]
Tub of shaving cream: Proraso Shaving Cream With Eucalyptus Oil & Menthol (5.2 oz.)
Razor: Merkur Heavy Duty Double Edge Razor #34C + 5 Free DE Razor Blades
Razor Blades: 35 FEATHER 7 O'clock SHARK ASTRA BLUEBIRD DERBY Blade Sampler
After I buy all this stuff basically all I will need to buy is the razor blades every so often right? Besides obviously replenishing the tub of shaving cream.
Maybe I am on my way to a better and closer shave than what the commercials say?
Anyways I want to give a brief history on my shaving so I can be helped better. My father always shaved with a electric razor and he also bought me one too. I used it up until I was somewhere in college and I moved to shaving with cartridges by the sink.The electric razor would sometimes catch some of my beard hairs and my father always had me use some post-shaving alcohol Later on I moved to shaving in the shower with cartridges, with no post-shaving alcohol. I shave every 3 days or so in the shower with a schick quattro and whatever cheapest cream I could find and smear it on with my hands. This is where I am at today.
So while i was searching for tweets on twitter about the recent startup www.dollarshaveclub.com I saw someone tweet about safety razor, badger brush, and soap. I was like badger brush what the heck is a badger brush. So i started to google it and this article came up How to get the perfect shave So i learned a little more about a badger brush. But boy are they expensive and not sure how long they really last. Then I started looking at safety razors and people saying which blade goes best with this razor. Which is new for me and kinda confusing. Then the article goes on how smearing on shaving cream with your hands isn't as great as getting a high end european tub of shaving cream with a badger brush.
I hear just adding a badger brush to your cartridge and shaving cream can will help your shaving
Then if you add a high end tub of shaving cream on top of that you will improve your shaving more
and then if you add a safety razor on top of that you will get a much better shave than you could possibly imagine.
Anyways So I looked up on amazon and I believe i found a few good items.
UPDATED FROM COMMENTS -------
Badger Brush: best badger edwin jagger light horn brush [Health and Beauty]
Tub of shaving cream: Proraso Shaving Cream With Eucalyptus Oil & Menthol (5.2 oz.)
Razor: Merkur Heavy Duty Double Edge Razor #34C + 5 Free DE Razor Blades
Razor Blades: 35 FEATHER 7 O'clock SHARK ASTRA BLUEBIRD DERBY Blade Sampler
After I buy all this stuff basically all I will need to buy is the razor blades every so often right? Besides obviously replenishing the tub of shaving cream.
Maybe I am on my way to a better and closer shave than what the commercials say?
Last edited: