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That's the hardest bit! After saying that the long term financial savings are just one reason to go with DE shaving, the problem is then that you want to go and buy several razors...

My Gillette Tech has a waterproof handle too...

@Palmolive fox Until now I'd been sucked in by the marketing of cartridge razors and foam-in-a-can solutions to shaving! What I've found is that changing over to DE shaving is not just financially sensible but offers other advantages, which at first seem a little ridiculous if I'm honest, but do...

I'm new to DE shaving and this is a great thread; although I'm obviously not as experienced as most on here, I hope you won't mind me posting up what I found worked for me straight from the off: I inherited my grandfather's 1940's Gillette Tech Thin Handle razor (which can be picked up cheaply...

Until very recently I was one of those who would trot down to Waitrose to buy another set of 4 Fusion blades for £13-£15 and rather resented the fact they cost so much (but still paid it anyway). Although there are various reasons why I have started to use DE shaving, cost is definitely one...

That's really funny! Only, I also think you may be right. Surely an 'app' to go with it so it could be switched on and ready for you by the time you get to the bathroom..?

It'll be interesting to see where the modern cartridge razors go... with 5 blades (how many more can they add?), lubricating strips, and "micro-pulsing handles", it's hard to see what's next!

Hello forum members! I guess I'm part of this revival in traditional wet shaving... when I was a young lad (a few decades ago), I inherited my grandfather's DE razor after he died of a heart attack. I doubt I'd even started shaving at the time, but I kept that Gillette razor in it's bakelite...

My first post on the forum! I was searching the web for some information about a razor and to cut a long story short, ended up right here :) After my grandfather died, I inherited his Gillette razor, complete with bakelite case - at the time I was just a young lad and in the intervening years I...