If you’ve used one on your face, then You Know.

If you haven’t, give it a go! You can remove a whole carpet’s worth of hair in one swipe, with less irritation and super close. It’s not as scary as it looks!

  • Ephera
    30·
    6 months ago

    I’ve considered buying one of these, and holy fuck, everything is branded so ridiculously manly.

    And when I say manly, I mean the opposite of manly, of course. The no self-esteem version. Where a minimum of three animals need to have died for a product. And where you’re never quite sure, if you’re actually buying a shaving razor, because all the models look like they would never shave their magnificent beard.

    Made me bounce off of that pretty damn quickly…

    • pezhore
      9·
      6 months ago

      If you go with some old school Gillette razors there are ones that might be up your alley.

      My wife has one of these but in pink - the long handle is evidently better for shaving legs than a standard safety razor?

      There are plenty of good soaps to choose from that avoid the overly manly smells - Taylor of Old Bond Street’s Avocado smells delightful and not manly at all.

      But I agree, most of the modern day options seem over the top (looking at you Art of Shaving mall store).

    • VelvetStorm@lemmy.world
      5·
      6 months ago

      Don’t buy a new one. But a shave ready vintage one on ebay and make sure the seller primarily sells them. Almost all new ones are bad quality.

      • Ephera
        7·
        6 months ago

        I mean, I really didn’t intend to comment on the quality of these razors. For all I know, they could be the best razors in the world. It mainly just didn’t instill much confidence in me, when they need to market it so aggressively with this pseudo-manliness horseshit rather than the actual effectiveness when shaving.

        And this is also specifically about these traditional razor blades, whereas what you posted seems to be about safety razors…

        • Omniraptor@lemm.ee
          4·
          6 months ago

          lol my b, I am terrified enough of accidentally opening an artery I somehow thought we were still talking about safety razors