You pussies. I use my dive knife.

But every now and then I use my Norleco Flex Head.

Real men rip hair out with their hands.

I use a headblade on the noggin and a Mach 3 Power for the rest. The Headblade is the greatest thing in the world to shave with once you get used to it, very few ways to cut the scalp (which bleeds like you wouldn't believe). Would never have purchased the Mach 3 Power (looked too gimicky) but got it as a gift for Christmas. I was surprised how well it actually works, I've not had any cuts or nicks since I switched over from the traditional Mach 3.

I will almost always use the Gillette Fusion. The only areas shaved are my neck and cheeks, as I have a goatee and moustache. It's quick and works flawlessly with no possibility of nicking myself in a rush.

My first razor was a Norelco, when I was a teen. I hated it from day 1. Electrics always left my skin feeling creepy. I grew my mustache and goatee (both history now) because I hated shaving so much.

I use 2 or 3 bladed disposables. Bic and Schick both seem to work well with a gel for sensitive skin. I use Nivea for Men moisturizing after shave. I never liked the astringent ones.

I've never had ingrown hair problems with a regular razor, although I did with that old Norelco. I can even shave across or against the grain without irritation.

Electrics for me. My beard hair is very coarse, and will dull an edge out faster than usual, and it always irritates the hell out of my skin. My five o'clock shadow starts to show up by late afternoon anyways if I shave in the morning, so the electric is faster/more convenient.

Okay, for those of you that use straight or safety razors (double-edged variety)... any tips on sites to get good info about them from? I'm thinking about switching, but don't know a LOT about it either way... :|

badgerandblade.com is where I spend a fair amount of time, and shavemyface.com has a lot of info as well. There are some serious shave geeks on those sites, and I've always found them to be helpful with anything shave related.

I use an old school double edged razor, with Taylor of Old Bond Street shaving lotion, and a badger hair brush. It's basically an awesome experience.

The Schick Quattro works very well in both directions of the grain. I started using the Mach 3, but did not like the spotty results (maybe it was my initial lack of facial hair). Switching brands made my skin happy.

I have a Norelco electric razor which I use the majority of the time because I'm too lazy to use a razor. However, when I want a really good shave, I'll use a Mach 3.

I recently made the switch to a straight razor. I bought a really nice 1/4 ground LeGrelot like this one.
http://www.rasurpur.de/english/shop/...s/GRELNOIR.jpg
I've been using it for almost a month now and am really starting to get some phenomenal shaves with it. No ingrowns, no irritation, just smooth. Although the razor, strop, and hone did cost me about the same as a two year supply of Fusion cartridges it is neat to know I will be able to shave with this same razor fifty years from now as long as I take care of it.

I must have facial hair of the gods or something because it doesn't matter what I shave with, it's never close enough. Electric razors are useless, they don't cut a damn thing.
Best razor I had was an Atra, only had 2 blades and was a no nonsense razor, no promotional jargon, no lubrication strip, no special zomg triple razor vibration crap. I've tried and still use the mach 3, on top of the razors costing an arm and a leg, it's a pretty mediocre shave imo.

Gillete Sensor Excel, now discontinued, but cartridges & handles are still available if you do some searching on the net.

Electric razors irritate my skin, & the three and four blade systems don't give a good enough shave to justify the expense of the cartridges.

i use a gillete fusion...

however i tweeze my chest

"What did you shave with today, son? Your battle buddy's dick?!"

Chuck Norris doesn't shave because his hair breaks razor blades

does that really work...if it does ill take your word for it crompsin

A dirty ferret.

Wow.

"G5_Todd and Crompsin in a sitting in a tree
K - I - S - S - I - N - G...."

Have fun shaving each other, boys.

Mach 3 here.

I've since switched over to a straight razor with disposable blades, or a double edged safety razor if I'm short on time. Much closer shave, no irritation, only cut myself once and the occasional little nicks close right up with alum.
This would have been timely had you posted when the thread started back in 2007 ;)

Axle grease and a homemade knife
http://www.motleycrow.com/imagehost/...dick%20(2).jpg

(raising this one from the dead rather than starting a new more or less identical thread)

I started out with a Gillette Mach3 like my parents used but that didn't agree with my face so I switched to the Schick Quattro a friend had ordered to me. Eventually I settled on buying this big handle/4xbladepack combo at sams/costco whenever I ran out of cartridges.

As of about 30 minutes ago I took my first (inexpensive trial step) into the Straight world:

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/3...h0ezl3tgtd.jpg

Surprisingly not much more blood than I got with the gillette at first, which apparently is a respectable feat of shavery giving the flexibility and those damned corners.