Shaving with a blunt razor - Classic or Dud?

Ow ow ow I can recommend having a few DRINKS before waxing. It really does help.

It's a scam, surely.

Has anyone tried this dude's method for allegedly preserving and refreshing fancy-pants disposable blades?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ADaRIqy0Dc&feature=player_embedded

Comments here are intriguing, too:

http://www.wisebread.com/want-to-keep-your-dispoable-razor-blades-sharp-use-your-arm

iirc noted ilxor ice cream has posited some pretty impreesive methods in the past

Gonna try that arm thing - Mach III Turbos are great but they aint cheap.

If the arm thing doesn't work I've heard these are good - a silicon strip sharpener that claims to get you 150 shaves per razor: http://www.mankind.co.uk/RazorPit-Razor-Blade-Sharpener-PRODRPPS1/

I cleane mine with an old toothbrush after every shave, but mineral oil is the stuff to use after drying them i think?

FWIW, I started using a new razor the day after my post, one of those five-blade Gillette monsters (it was free), and using this arm method I'm still on the same cartridge. I have a pretty rough beard, so this may be some sort of record. At the very least, it's a financial boon. Also, whether it's the method or merely the better designed blade, I have yet to draw blood, even a little bit, which sort of baffles me. I welcome the development, though.

the arm thing didn't really work for me, but i wasn't super conscientious about it. i'm down to my last cartridge and yet couldn't bring myself to buy more yesterday, even the store brand knockoffs are such a ripoff.

terrible

the arm thing has done nothing for me. cleaning them dry with an old toothbrush still the top tip from experience

I've heard what causes razor blades to get dull is not the act of shaving but the micro-oxidization of the metal that occurs when you put it away wet. people recommend storing cartridges in alcohol or mineral oil to prevent that. never put your cartridges away wet.

while it is true that the act of shaving has an effect on the shaved, it is also observed that the act has an effect of the shaver themselves

-_-

The arm technique works for me, maybe because I have such leathery skin?

people recommend storing cartridges in alcohol or mineral oil to prevent [oxidation].

yup. dry cartridges.

Storing in mineral oil not only started damaging the non-metal parts of the cartridge, but left the blades almost unusably slimy. So I'll stick to the am-sharpening and maybe just wipe down the blades with the oil. Or just drying the blades well on a towel.

try rubbing alcohol instead

u fools when will u realise the only way is to trim and to maintain a luscious coating of stubble, also mrs leafy dragon indigo has been posting here since 2002, wow

girls don't appreciate stubble ime

uh they totally and utterly do ime

maybe the girls that have gone for me are predisposed towards stubble, and vice versa, though

maybe we're two worlds that shall never collide or fight over a woman

^ two bald men fighting over a comb

oy fuck off i'm actually bald

in any case, the only girl whose prefs concern me def does not appreciate stubble

She might appreciate some on your head though

glad 2 no i'm not competing with lj, we're in different divisions.

could one of you make an awkward football metaphor to help further my understanding

can't believe i missed the bowl this morning and pissed in tom's cornflakes tbh

btw Tom D is totally allowed to say this, don't take it personally dmac

I mean I wouldn't want to say for certain who has more working follicles but my money's on the Irishman

ok, dayo-

lj and i are playing the same sport (competing for the same species/gender/sex) but as the tastes required from our desired parnters seem not to overlap it would seem akin to playing in different divisions ( we won't be in direct opposition too often)

if we end up fighting over someone at the next FAP you could describe it as a 'cup knockout'

ps we are both likely rubbish at this sport

ps all love for toms a-d

'cup knockout' - I like it, will go a long way towards explaining why I'll be single at the age of 55

competing for the same species/gender/sex

speak for yrself

oh shit wrong code tag I was going for bold and went strikethru

anyway I'm glad u have the fortitude to come out and say it dmac, not many of us do

I mean I wouldn't want to say for certain who has more working follicles but my money's on the Irishman

Ah but I shave my head (often with a blunt razor it must be admitted) so I've more follicles than you prob'ly think

kinda wanna see tom d with flowing locks at the next FAP - get some baby bio on that shit pronto

outed as a baldie itt, and nothing more

'cup knockout' - I like it, will go a long way towards explaining why I'll be single at the age of 55

― subtle like the g in 'goole' (dayo),

because lj kept punching you??!

lj is punching me right now :(

every time he had a cute girl on his pedestal and they were talking about cute indie-signified movies, there was LJ, rearing up over the sushi bar counter to administer the fatal shiner

first world girl problems

anyone ever get a whole package of blunt blades?

Only when I bought some blades from a Amazon re-seller. I suspect they were fake.

I had similar problems with floss-sticks from Amazon ( for some unknown reason it is difficult to get hold of decent floss-sticks in the shops here in the UK - just crappy Boots own brand and the like) .

fake Gillette blue blades in China, at least three times, like cut out tinfoil.

i've had most of a package go bad due to being in an apartment with humidity issues. they weren't visibly corroded but had definitely lost their sharp cutting edge.

yeah this was from an amazon reseller

they *look* nice but i could probably have used my previous blades for months before they got this bad on first use

kinda respect the hustle but i don't quite understand the economics