Share your shave of the day for Monday!
September 25, 2023
- Brush: Stirling 24mm Synthetic
- Blade: Cien Men 2-Blade Cart (10)
- Lather: Noble Otter - Hamami - Soap
- Post Shave: allMan - Fearless - Aftershave
- Fragrance: Musgo Real - EdC
Excellent cart shave. Hamami is such a unique and incredible scent. I think during his interview with priusourass during the 2023 lather games, Cody mentioned it was his favorite scent.
I’m in the mood to recall my history with these Cien Men carts. When I started wetshaving, it was mostly so I could ditch Gillette Fusion on account of them being insanely expensive. I still have some Fusions left over which I might use one day, but I now know that the blades aren’t the best for my skin.
So anyway, the hunt began for a replacement cart for when I was working. I go by airplane a lot for work, and can’t check a bag.
I tried a lot of single and double blade disposables, some of which worked well, and others causing me irritation or not being efficient enough. I was in Lidl one day during the pandemic, digging through the bargain bin as one does, and at the bottom of the pile were these Cien Men 2-blade carts. I got 25 carts and a handle for $5.
I liked it so much that I went to multiple Aldi’s in search of more, luckily scoring one more pack of 25.
They seem to be sold in Europe, so I’m not sure how they ended up in a US Aldi. I’m also not sure if they’re still made. If someone in Europe sees them, tell me!
I managed to find a cache of them on eBay, so now I have around 150 of them.
They are smooth, efficient, comfortable, and they last 10+ shaves. Oh, and they were cheap. Not DE cheap, but still.
On occasion I’ll use some other sort of disposable for a bit to mix things up, but these things… I love them.
