I learned how to shave on a DE razor back in the 1970's. I think it was a short handled Gillette razor with a black plastic handle, not sure what it was called. The blades I was using were Schick Plus Platinum. Did not give a bad shave but I do recall lots of irritation. Used this setup through the early 1980's through my time in the USAF. After I got out of the service I drifted to disposables, then the Gillette Sensor. The Sensor gave a pretty good shave but cartridges would not last very long and they were expensive. Over the years I drifted back to cheap disposables. Did not see many DE blades or razors in stores any more, I figured they were being fazed out, something from a by gone era. Quite frankly my shaving experience stunk. I would go 2 and 3 days without shaving because it was not enjoyable. I started to look pretty grubby.
Any way long story short I stumbled a link somewhere about DE shaving about a month ago and how you could get blades online. That really caught my attention. Could this be the answer to my years of lousy or expensive shaves? I went through some old stuff of mine and found a 1964 vintage Gillette 3 piece Travel Tech someone had given to me years ago and just threw in a drawer, a conversation piece I showed my son once or twice. Went online and got a sample pack of blades . They arrived in 2 days. Popped a Astra Superior Platinum into the Travel Tech used 4 drops of Shave Secret oil (stopped using shaving cream about 2 years ago figured the shave oil was cheaper and I was getting lousy shaves with the cream or the oil), soaked my face with hot water and......took a small stroke down the side of my face, nothing. I felt nothing. I thought lousy blade, then I looked closer, smooth! Nothing by bare skin and smooth! I almost fell over. 2 passes over my face and fantastic! Had not had a nicer shave in decades, splashed on some Aqua Velva and I felt like a new man, I was so happy. So far I have tried the Astra, Persona Med Prep and now using Voskhod Teflon Coated. So far the Voskhod are the best ones what a shave those blades give no irritation and a wonderful shave.
Anyway that is my experience so far, 3 weeks in. I look forward to my morning shave again!
Any way long story short I stumbled a link somewhere about DE shaving about a month ago and how you could get blades online. That really caught my attention. Could this be the answer to my years of lousy or expensive shaves? I went through some old stuff of mine and found a 1964 vintage Gillette 3 piece Travel Tech someone had given to me years ago and just threw in a drawer, a conversation piece I showed my son once or twice. Went online and got a sample pack of blades . They arrived in 2 days. Popped a Astra Superior Platinum into the Travel Tech used 4 drops of Shave Secret oil (stopped using shaving cream about 2 years ago figured the shave oil was cheaper and I was getting lousy shaves with the cream or the oil), soaked my face with hot water and......took a small stroke down the side of my face, nothing. I felt nothing. I thought lousy blade, then I looked closer, smooth! Nothing by bare skin and smooth! I almost fell over. 2 passes over my face and fantastic! Had not had a nicer shave in decades, splashed on some Aqua Velva and I felt like a new man, I was so happy. So far I have tried the Astra, Persona Med Prep and now using Voskhod Teflon Coated. So far the Voskhod are the best ones what a shave those blades give no irritation and a wonderful shave.
Anyway that is my experience so far, 3 weeks in. I look forward to my morning shave again!
