If you’ve used one on your face, then You Know.
If you haven’t, give it a go! You can remove a whole carpet’s worth of hair in one swipe, with less irritation and super close. It’s not as scary as it looks!
I’ve considered buying one of these, and holy fuck, everything is branded so ridiculously manly.
And when I say manly, I mean the opposite of manly, of course. The no self-esteem version. Where a minimum of three animals need to have died for a product. And where you’re never quite sure, if you’re actually buying a shaving razor, because all the models look like they would never shave their magnificent beard.
Made me bounce off of that pretty damn quickly…
If you go with some old school Gillette razors there are ones that might be up your alley.
My wife has one of these but in pink - the long handle is evidently better for shaving legs than a standard safety razor?
There are plenty of good soaps to choose from that avoid the overly manly smells - Taylor of Old Bond Street’s Avocado smells delightful and not manly at all.
But I agree, most of the modern day options seem over the top (looking at you Art of Shaving mall store).
in practice I’ve heard it’s the reverse
https://old.reddit.com/r/TrollXChromosomes/comments/4kykx8/razors_by_sarah_c_andersen/
I mean, I really didn’t intend to comment on the quality of these razors. For all I know, they could be the best razors in the world. It mainly just didn’t instill much confidence in me, when they need to market it so aggressively with this pseudo-manliness horseshit rather than the actual effectiveness when shaving.
And this is also specifically about these traditional razor blades, whereas what you posted seems to be about safety razors…
Best present I got for my husband when he started T was a safety razor. For softer skin that hasn’t been shaved beforeor isn’t used to it yet, safety razors, straight razors, and shavettes are so gentle and can definitely help if you get razor burn :)
My legs snapped shut just thinking about a straight blade razor down there 😳
Philips norelco electric for body, safety razor for the face (100 blades for like, 15 bucks).
I’m a big fan of my safety razor, though, now that I have softer skin, it’s way harder to avoid razor burn
Chiming in on behalf of Merkur, who replaced a failed part on my safety razor for free by mail with no proof of purchase, a decade after it was bought.
