The price of disposable razors

[Mick F]

I pretty quickly worked out that even for men, shaving in the "saddle zone" does not lead to a happier saddle experience.

Just adding a little bit more to my story of hairlessness.

I have no hair at all ............ even in the "saddle zone" ........... and haven't had for a year or so.
I have no issues whatsoever with saddle comfort.
Brooks Team Pro (on both bikes) hard as nails and extremely comfortable.

[[XAP]Bob]

I pretty quickly worked out that even for men, shaving in the "saddle zone" does not lead to a happier saddle experience.

Just adding a little bit more to my story of hairlessness.

I have no hair at all ............ even in the "saddle zone" ........... and haven't had for a year or so.
I have no issues whatsoever with saddle comfort.
Brooks Team Pro (on both bikes) hard as nails and extremely comfortable.

I suspect it's the stubbly hair under the skin that causes the issues, rather than no hair at all...

[Cyril Haearn]

Maybe the award should be shared with an exchange of letters in the Gazette about 1991 when Tim Hughes was editor I think.

Uses for bananas were discussed, one member wrote that they were good to put under ones bottom to prevent soreness. In emergency one could of course eat the banana (s). Another correspondent complained: that is the most perfectly disgusting thing I have read for a while. It also made me laugh until I cried.

I wonder whether the Gazette would publish such material now.

[thirdcrank]

A banana would presumably be the vegetarian equivalent of the slice of (rump?) steak used to reduce the pain from saddlesores, popularised by Louison Bobet. (The steak, not the pain, that is.)

[Mick F]

I pretty quickly worked out that even for men, shaving in the "saddle zone" does not lead to a happier saddle experience.

Just adding a little bit more to my story of hairlessness.

I have no hair at all ............ even in the "saddle zone" ........... and haven't had for a year or so.
I have no issues whatsoever with saddle comfort.
Brooks Team Pro (on both bikes) hard as nails and extremely comfortable.

I suspect it's the stubbly hair under the skin that causes the issues, rather than no hair at all...

Good point.
I don't seem to have any hair follicles at all, so no stubble.

[661-Pete]

Possibly this thread is about to drift into the 'Health' domain, but what I have to say is vaguely relevant.

For years now I have been an occasional sufferer from something called 'brachioradial pruritus' - to wit: intolerable itching on the forearms with no visible rash. Luckily in remission at the moment. When it fires up, virtually nothing will stop it. I tried antihistamines, I tried ice-packs, I tried hot water, I tried (prescribed) topical steroids - and I even tried shaving my arms. Don't do it! It did not alleviate the problem, and when the stubble started to grow back, the itching only got even worse.

Eventually I found that an over-the-counter cream with something called 'benzocaine' in it offered the nearest thing to a bit of relief....

As far as I'm concerned, ever since, the razor is for facial hair only - and nowhere else....

[RRSODL]

Cartridge razors are rather expensive these days. I started shaving with my Dad's razor, a double edge safety razor, I then I thought I was upgrading when I bought an electric shaver. After many years suffering from bad shaves, tugging and irritation I went back to wet shaving but this time with cartridge razors but the cost of those things and ingrown hairs led me back to double edge safety razors.... no more ingrown hairs and £1.59 for 5 blades or 15 to 20 shaves.

[Andy3460]

I've used one of these for the past 4 years. I buy 100 top quality blades at a time for 20 quid, they last me over 2 years and I get great shaves!

It turns shaving from being a chore to a pleasure, I'm not kidding.

https://www.theenglishshavingcompany.co ... black.html

I'm a trendy consumer. Just look at my XT1068 using hovercraft full of eels.

[francovendee]

My father used a safety razor that you resharpened. It all came in a metal box that was part of the sharpening mechanism. The company was called 'Rolls Razor'. I can still clearly remember the sound of him sharpening it every morning before shaving.
In my teens I tried it and it felt like it was tearing your face off.
When he died I kept it for years and still wish I had it.

The owner of the company then went on to make 'Rolls washing machines'. They offered very good value but the company eventually went bust.
I seem to remember the owner was to blame and it was headlines in the papers.,

[Cyril Haearn]

One of the awards ('Most Barking Thread Ever') will be presented on the night. I thought this one is definitely in the running.

On the contrary. I see this thread as the very model of commonsense and sobriety. Compared with some stuff that erupts in the Tea Shop, at any rate. Am I out on a limb here?

I think it's gr8. I am forced to learn things I never wanted to learn

[RRSODL]

I've used one of these for the past 4 years. I buy 100 top quality blades at a time for 20 quid, they last me over 2 years and I get great shaves!

It turns shaving from being a chore to a pleasure, I'm not kidding.

https://www.theenglishshavingcompany.co ... black.html

A worthless piece of junk ! : my XT1068 using hovercraft full of eels.

A pleasure indeed. If I'm honest, this has now turned into a hobby so it's not longer as cheap for me as it used to be. I began with a mild razor like the one in the link but now I have several, 7 to be precise and I use them all. They are all different, some are mild enough to use daily others are very aggressive, like the one I used this morning Muhle R41, smooth finish, like a dolphin, everytime with that razor but it's NOT for beginners.

And then we have shaving soaps..... but that is another story ...... all kind of scents ..... I have about 16 soaps that I rotate on a daily basis. This is one of the most enjoyable things I experience everyday. This morning was pipe tabacco, I'm not a smoker but I like the scent of pipe tabacco.... reminiscent of my father smoking a cigar

Add to that shaving brushes, badger, boar, horse and synthetic hair. I have 5 badger, 4 synthetic and one boar hair brush....

Did I mention this was a hobby now? Yes, I did!!! Right then.... add to that 2 lathering bowls and 2 scuttles.

But you don't need all this stuff if you only want to shave. One razor for under £20, one brush, you can buy one for as little as £4. Blades are very cheap.... I bought 200 of them for under a tenner. Soaps you can get for as little as 50p as is the Palmolive stick ..... perfectly good soap and much better for your skin than any gel you can buy.

[RRSODL]

My father used a safety razor that you resharpened. It all came in a metal box that was part of the sharpening mechanism. The company was called 'Rolls Razor'. I can still clearly remember the sound of him sharpening it every morning before shaving.
In my teens I tried it and it felt like it was tearing your face off.
When he died I kept it for years and still wish I had it.

The owner of the company then went on to make 'Rolls washing machines'. They offered very good value but the company eventually went bust.
I seem to remember the owner was to blame and it was headlines in the papers.,

That's very interesting. I don't think I have seen such razor.

[thirdcrank]

Although I've never tried it, my father used to say that when he had been in the army during the war, razors were in very short supply and a common way of honing razor blades was to rub them round the inside of a straight sided drinking glass.

[reohn2]

A banana would presumably be the vegetarian equivalent of the slice of (rump?) steak used to reduce the pain from saddlesores, popularised by Louison Bobet. (The steak, not the pain, that is.)

Don't you just love thread drift,in this instance it could be described as being equally well done,and raw,
Come closer there's some sharp humour here,especially in the vicinity of a bobet where things can get quite windy,which could dislodge ones steak or banana.
But at least you'll know which way they went

[reohn2]

FWIW,I'm sold on cartridge razors(Gillette Mach3) each one lasts minimum a month of 5 to 6 days a week shaving(24 to 28 shaves) but sometimes can last much longer,the longest has been about 10 weeks+.
I use dove liquid soap from my hand,and dispensed with a brush sometime ago.
The procedure is to rinse the beard with hot water as hot as you can stand,until you feel it softening,then add soap onto the hand and lather the beard,then shave in the opposite direction of the way the hair grows(against the grain) rinsing the razor out every second pass.
Cleanest closest shave I've ever had in the 50 years I've been shaving
I rarely cut myself but use a styptic pencil or antiperspirant rock(same thing)if I do.

For legs it's the same procedure lather them up whilst in the shower,then shave from ankle upwards,being careful around the knees as mine are bit boney ,I stop about mid thigh above cycling shorts length.
A quick rub with hand cream afterwards and ahhh! nice