Hello everyone, I would like to ask about choosing a safety razor or straight razor since I am new to it. This will be a little bit long but please bear with me.
I am asian and unfortunately I have oily and acne prone skin. I am using Gillette skinguard cartridge razor to get a close shave (I don't think I have sensitive skin, I just want to be as gentle as possible). I shave once a week and recently bought a synthetic brush and Proraso shaving soap for lathering.
The beard under the chin and under the sideburns are coarse and dense. Since I shave once a week, there will be 4mm - 5mm of growth, and it usually takes 3 passes to get a close shave even with newly replaced blade. But after that, when I touch the thick beard area, it stings, and I feel like there are still 0.05mm stubble left.
I don't shave 2 or 3 times a week because it's too much of a hassle.
Even with shaving brush + soap re-lathered 2 times for 3 passes + new catridge blade, I still get the symptoms above. I doubt that is related to the brush and soap, so I wonder if the cartridge razor was sharp enough, or if it was really shaving or tearing my beard. Therefore I'm thinking of replacing it with a safety razor, or straight razor.
Muhle R41, Merkur MK34c, Edwin Jagger DE89 etc. are well-known beginner close comb razors but I am afraid those will be too mild for my stubble and will not get me a efficient and close shave, ideally 2 passes. So I am considering open comb razors.
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My budget is around $65 USD. These are my current choices:
1) Parker Variant open comb (adjustable so I can control aggresiveness, I just want to get the right razor at 1st trial, no regretting afterwards and buying another one)
2) Muhle R41 open comb (spec of R41 is said to be standard, made in Germany so quality assured, but can't be adjusted so maybe not aggressive enough for my stubble?)
3) Parker SR1 shavette (I heard shavette can nick easily, but if it is the most efficient and can get me the most close and clean shave, I don't think I am not capable of it)
For now I tend to choose Parker Variant open comb. Please tell me what you think, should I buy open comb or shavette? Should I shave the other way, like use pre-shave oil? Will close comb be enough? Thanks in advance.
I am asian and unfortunately I have oily and acne prone skin. I am using Gillette skinguard cartridge razor to get a close shave (I don't think I have sensitive skin, I just want to be as gentle as possible). I shave once a week and recently bought a synthetic brush and Proraso shaving soap for lathering.
The beard under the chin and under the sideburns are coarse and dense. Since I shave once a week, there will be 4mm - 5mm of growth, and it usually takes 3 passes to get a close shave even with newly replaced blade. But after that, when I touch the thick beard area, it stings, and I feel like there are still 0.05mm stubble left.
I don't shave 2 or 3 times a week because it's too much of a hassle.
Even with shaving brush + soap re-lathered 2 times for 3 passes + new catridge blade, I still get the symptoms above. I doubt that is related to the brush and soap, so I wonder if the cartridge razor was sharp enough, or if it was really shaving or tearing my beard. Therefore I'm thinking of replacing it with a safety razor, or straight razor.
Muhle R41, Merkur MK34c, Edwin Jagger DE89 etc. are well-known beginner close comb razors but I am afraid those will be too mild for my stubble and will not get me a efficient and close shave, ideally 2 passes. So I am considering open comb razors.
￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣
My budget is around $65 USD. These are my current choices:
1) Parker Variant open comb (adjustable so I can control aggresiveness, I just want to get the right razor at 1st trial, no regretting afterwards and buying another one)
2) Muhle R41 open comb (spec of R41 is said to be standard, made in Germany so quality assured, but can't be adjusted so maybe not aggressive enough for my stubble?)
3) Parker SR1 shavette (I heard shavette can nick easily, but if it is the most efficient and can get me the most close and clean shave, I don't think I am not capable of it)
For now I tend to choose Parker Variant open comb. Please tell me what you think, should I buy open comb or shavette? Should I shave the other way, like use pre-shave oil? Will close comb be enough? Thanks in advance.
