Best shave I get is from Schtick ST II. Just two blades, small head to get around contours.

Straight blades are great, I can even cut hair with them.

Possibly the best onion article ever, because shortly after, Gillette actually released the Mach 5:

Fuck Everything, We're Doing Five Blades

if you shave at all, look into safety razors

I can't really comprehend why a razor would need more than 2. I use a shavette, so for me 2 is too many.

5? That's for babies. I've found a 7 bladed razor:

https://www.amazon.com/Dorco-Pace-Worlds-Razor-Cartridges/dp/B01AVRYXAY

For safety, ya really can’t beat a baby pool of Nair. But good luck getting that past air defenses.

Lol, keep in mind, that article came out 22 years ago, when the onion still had a print edition

Because big number is more better.

That's marketing 101.

Couldn't agree more. Far cheaper, easier to clean, blade lasts longer (with proper care), doesn't tug if you have thicker hair...

I tried it years ago and never looked back.

I was getting razor burn from multiblade razors. Safety razors were the best thing ever for me. I no longer shave, but I still keep it just in case I have to remove my glorious beard

They have a print edition again, funnily enough.

Can you mount several?

Yeah but back then it wasn't ironic.
Okay the paper itself was ironic, but ironically, the fact that it was paper was not ironic.

I prefer safety dances.

Finally a weapon to surpass metal gear!

When they moved the pivot point from the center of the cartridge to the bottom, they lost me. Still using my probably 30 year old Sensor handle and cartridges, and probably will until I die.

Discovering double-edged wet shaving turned shaving into something I look forward to rather than a chore

The more blades, the deeper the cut. The first blade pulls the hair up, causing the next blade to cut the hair below the skin level. Causing irritation and ingrown hairs.

Plastic cartridges need multiple blades, though, cause they can't hold the blades in enough tension to get a good cut otherwise.

Yeah one sharp blade is 100x better than 5 dull ones. Plus a nice lather and aftershave just makes me feel great. I still use a mach 3 for my undercarriage when I'm showering, but I love my safety razors and weekly shavette clean cut.

You can dance if you want to.

That could be the edge I need to make me a first rate professional businessman.

Mad TV did a 20 blade razor which isn't even that ridiculous anymore.

Pretty sure SNL did it first.

Couldn't agree more. Peak shaving technology, a step in any other direction is a step down (apart from not shaving).

Back then you could find it on college campuses and similar places in these weird areas that had vending machines for various newspapers.

exactly my experience as well… I get peeved if it's a shaving day and I have to rush it

I use safety razor for everything… everything

yup, since i switched over my facial skin is a lot happier than with this multiblade crap, and it is a lot cheaper too.

Safety razors are cheap and way better then this garbage. Worth learning.

If you're looking into safety razors, get a starter pack with an assortment of blades. I was getting one and I thought it couldn't possibly matter, because for God's sake, it's a sharp piece of metal, how could it? And then I tried a few different brands from the assortment pack, and sure enough one of them worked much better for my face than others (it was Shark, btw).

I can easily believe that for some people, one brand of blade is no good, while another is perfect, and I'd hate to think that someone tried shaving with the wrong kind and got turned off the whole project from that one wrong sample.

Saw that joke maybe 25 years ago for the first time. Still think about it every time I see a razor ad

have never used more than two

Yeah I was a kid and the bloody bandages etched into my mind forever

Bought 50 feather blades about a decade ago an im still working through them. Good investment.

Just wanted to note there was no learning I had to do with the one I bought. I shave exactly like I used to with the multi blades. And it wasn't fancy or anything, just picked the cheapest one off amazon or whatever.

I only say this because I thought about switching for a long time before I did because the shaving posts on reddit made it seem like an almost mystical process with a high skill floor, but I shouldn't have been worried

For learning, a word of caution to others: your facial hair and skin sensitivity is going to impact this. If you've always been shaving with a mechanical or just throw the Gillette around without caring much and expect a safety razor to act the same way, you might be in for a nasty surprise.

Learning isn't hard for this, though. Just pay attention to a YouTube video or 2 and you should be good to go.

And those blades are basically pennies each. Meanwhile the cost for 10 cartridge head replacements can be the same as a whole safety razor kit.

Amazing investment.

Yeah it was maybe 30$ for a set of wet shaving stuff, blades, brush, bowl, and a 12 pack of arko sticks (I inherited the razor handle). Haven't spent anything on shaving since. If I'd been using Gillette this whole time it'd probably have been hundreds of dollars.

Slow is smooth, smooth is fast. It takes some getting used to but I’m still using blades from a pack of 100 I bought years ago

Bought one, no regrets. It's just 15 bucks in Germany, from a reputable brand, so not even more expensive than regular ones.

Can someone recommend a brand available in Europe? I wanted to start to use one but there's just too many and to much SEO to find actual reviews (if they still exist)

I'm in Australia and quite like Henson shaving

I'm happy with my Phillips Series 3000. It's a tank and easy to clean. While my first and last wiggle-head broke the head off after a year. Braun if you want a vertical one, using it (a trimmer) for my beard.

I don't know how to switch accounts and fucked up my wife's entire persona she was building by commenting under her account. Instead of deleting the comments when I realised my mistake, I instead just switched accounts and left those comments there for her to find when she woke up. I claim to have planned to go back to delete them, but instead I was just gonna completely forget about them.

I am so smart 🤓

If it must be European branded, then you can get a Merkur or Muhle. Otherwise, the Parker 91R is considered the entry-level 3 piece razor by many. The Merkur 23c or the Muhle Neo are good EU-made razors for beginners. If you are reluctant to spend quite so much to see if you like double-edge razors, then look for Lord L6 or L7 razors. They are known to be quite mild and inexpensive. I believe they are made in Egypt. But the materials aren't quite up to Merkur or Muhle standards. After that, it's a matter of buying a few sample packs of blades to see which is best for your face and razor.

Get a nice gel based shaving cream, and you might be done with ever buying razors again. But it is likely you will get lather curious and want to try a brush and soap at some point.

And if you need more help and are still confused, I recommend this website. You don't need to sign up if you don't want, but they are friendly, knowledgeable, and eager to help newcomers figure shaving out.

TIL about arko sticks. Tnx

This is why I'm still using the Gillette Slim Adjustable I got 40+ years ago. Still the best shave I can get.

I did that and landed on feather I think they are called? Great advice though, I remember being really surprised by the difference in cut between brands and all of the included blades were highly rated so I also figure it must make a difference with facial structure and hair makeup of the individuals more than I expected. All the blades worked fine but the one brand was just so much better.

They last forever too. I hadn't really even thought about it in literally years, but my little pile of blades is probably older than that.