Wet shaving seems to be making a comeback. The kind that my dad did, with a shaving brush, mug of soap and a double-edge safety razor. I'm curious if there are other wet shaver fans in this group.

I've had a smattering of brushes over the years, now enjoying a Silver-tip badger brush, some fine shaving cream, a Mekur DE razor with Feather blades. Recently I started using a pre-shave cream and on occasion, the hot towels from a warmer, when I plan ahead, trying to recreate the ultimate barber shave. No more canned foam junk or plastic handled, multi-blade expensive cartridges for me.

Does anyone else do likewise?

 

I wet shave but not the same way.
Norelco cordless triple header in the shower with dispensed gel from a can.
If I'm in a hurry I can still use it dry.

 

I just got a new Norelco SensoTouch 3D shaver that allows for wet or dry shaving. I've always done dry shaving with my old Norelco because of the speed. With the new shaver, I decided to try wet shaving. I think I am getting a closer shave and I think my shaver heads might stay sharp longer with wet shaving.

For the wet shaves, I bought a badger hair shaving brush and two different shaving creams: Proraso Eucalyptus and menthol cream and Taylor of Old Bond Street Sandalwood. I have only tried the Sandalwood cream so far, but it does have a nice fragrance and makes shaving a more "sensual" experience. The Proraso is also sold at Bath and Bodyworks and if you buy two tubes, you get the third one for free. My wife Sue has a discount coupon for that store so I will order some from them.

I think I will only go back to dry shaving when I am pressed for time.

 

I'm also using Taylor of Old Bond Street Sandalwood for my shave cream. I just finished my first jar of Poraso green pre-shave cream with Eucalyptus oil and Menthol. The brush I'm using now is made in Germany, Rein Dachs (pure badger in German. I'm not sure of the manufacturer. The logo is a capital M with windmill arms behind it.

 

I have been "wet shaving" for the past 30+ years. I shave in the shower. Palmolive bar soap works fine for shaving. I shampoo hair and wash face and body, then rinse and soap up whiskers and shave. Razor is some kind of disposable twin blade. I change razors about twice a year. It is amazing how long a razor blade will last if you shave a clean face.

 

I travel for a living. Once your mug gets used to it (2-3 weeks) absolutely nothing beats the convenience, speed, and closeness of the Norelco rotary shavers. Just one unit in the toilet kit, charge with the new Li Po is great; lasts a long time. Its so close I can cut myself if I stretch the skin and apply too much pressure with the shaver.

I do it after I shower with a newly dry face. No drama.

 

Wet shave with either bar soap (when away from home) or Barbasol shave cream (nostalgic b/c that's what my dad used )

Use a couple of low-tech older razors with disposable cartridges which do stay sharp with adequate rinsing.

Amazing to me how much $$$$ you can give to Gillette for the high tech razzle dazzle shaving "systems" It's just another place that some of us older boomers do NOT spend money.

 

I had to laugh when I saw a tv ad for going back to single blade razor yesterday and claiming it was as good as the doubles and that they were all about making money. Bull Crap. Not if you have a heavy beard. The Gillette double edge is wonderful by comparison. No more nicks and cuts, etc. You couldn't pay me enough to go back. I felt the triple edge was an overkill and money maker and never moved on to it. But the double with the design that pull the skin at the same time is great.

 

Never thought that much about the double blade but can see your point, Dave. The designs that burn my a$$ are the ones trap the "shavings" inside the blade and are difficult to rinse out....thus encouraging you to change to a new blade quicker than otherwise necessary.

Wonder what my grandpa Kreider who ran a barber shop in the first part of the LAST century would have thought of all the tech shaving ???? He died young a loooooooooong time before I was born, but I inherited his collection of "straight razors" of all types....German, Swiss, etc. SOLD the collection of 8 of them for about $150 on eBay last year

 

Its interesting the blade companies admit when pressed the blades themselves are so good and sharp they really do not need replacement. Shaving does not degrade the blades in any real quantifiable way.