Gillette conspiricy

[xant14]

Gillette Mach 3 V Gillette Fusion
Years ago, 1999 I think, I got a Mach 3, and it was the dogs danglies. the sharpest, smoothest razer I had used. I continued using a number of mach 3's including the power one, good, but gimmicky until last year.
I bought a few blades from the carboot and noticed they were shite, I put this down to being carboot tat so I bought some from Boots the chemist (carboots V Boots ). Anyway, these were equally shite.
I am now using Gillette Fusion which again I have found to be brilliant.
I believe Gillette have deliberately 'detuned' the mach 3 to promote the fusion, so much so I had entered it into Wikipaedia, but it has been deleted.
Now we are seeing the adverts with Tiger Woods knocking the mach 3 out of someones hands.

Just thought I'd tell you... the missus isn't interested.

[Lainie]

oh the fusion razors are amazing - so smoove

[opsmonkey]

hmm.. im the opposite mate.. i was using electric razors for a while but i went back to wet and tried the fusion.. i though it was good but when i went to replace the blades i thought '~~~~ that' when i saw the price, so i bought a mach 3.. i've had no problems with it and put it on an equal par with the fusion, a blade lasts 5 days for me, its starting to wear a bit thin on a friday but ive got pain in the ass tough stubble..

if you bought your blades from a car boot they are probably blag blades like half the ones on fleabay.. made in a back street shop in china..

the ones from boots should have been a good standard.. what cream / foam / gel do you use.. i find if i use a cheap foam the razor doesnt glide properly and you get a shite shave..

i may sound like a razor freak but im in the military so it pays to shave well

[forntida]

Blades and printer ink are the two biggest cons going. Just study the materials involved in both products. Virtually nothing. You can get a DVD player fro the price of 4 Fusion blades. You could nearly get a TV for the price of the two required cartridges for an HP printer. I also believe that when Fusion came out they did not produce the same quality of Mach.

The best shave I get is to pre shave with an electric razor then wet shave with a Fusion blade. It makes the Fusion blade last for ages.

8 Fusion blades in Tesco cost nearly ?19. If you buy a new Fusion Shaver with 2 blades it cost ?3 odds. A bargain, discounting the bloody inflated price of blades.

[ManofScience]

i was thinking about this the other day, sensor excel were the daddies, then mach 3, then wilkinson had the quatro, now the fusion with 5 blades - WTF? 5?

then i saw they were flogging the fusions for a quid or something in ASDA. i was going to buy one till i thought VERY CLEVER MR. GILLETTE, lure me in with a cheap razon only to shaft me up the arse with the cost of the blades. no thanks. mach3 for me for now... till the blades get too expensive

[chroma]

i got sick of forking out for blades so i went and got me a straight.

Cost a fortune to get my setup initialy:
?95 for my razor (a nice little Dovo Solingen 5/8 Special, prehoned/shaveready)
?75 for a red latigo leather strop (bundled with a practice strop which is essential to learn on as it will wind up trashed)
?40 for a best badger shaving brush (this is noticibly different from any other brush ive used it makes the best lather ive ever used)
?7.00 for soap
?30 for misc stuff like a wetstone to hone it (a spare shitty 10bux razor from ebay to practice honing), a nice soapstone dish for my soap and some aftershave lotion, hardware to mount my strop etc.

Sounds like a ton of money but the shave is unbelievable, nothing quite compares. Besides the blade, strop and brush will last me a lifetime. The only expense ive had in the past 3 years is soap (taylors of old bond street sandalwood is beyond comparison to any shaving foam ive tried) i run in about a new soap every year, so im working at say ?7.00 a year for a fantastic shave every time.

I was going through a a pack of blades every month and a half, then cans of foam/gel on top so i figure ive now started gaining a return on my investment. It gets me some funny looks if im away on a trip though and people see me waving a cutthroat at my face.

[opsmonkey]

are you Rambo..?? Thats the sort of razor i'd expect him to use..

Either your Rambo, Chuck Norris or a Ninja

[chroma]

are you Rambo..?? Thats the sort of razor i'd expect him to use..

Either your Rambo, Chuck Norris or a Ninja

Neither, i just did the math and im FRUGAL or MISERLY or A COMPLETE TIGHT ARSE Either is fine with me

Surprisingly enough however ive cut myself less with a straight than any other razor, theres something about holding a steel blade to your throat and knowing that i can easily bury itself up to the bone that makes you concentrate more than usual.


theres my badboy, complete with pipe? and part of a laptop.
Fully equiped with dodgy barely ledgible handwriting.
Shakey focus as an added bonus!

[xant14]

serious stuff

I can't see you getting on a Ryan Air flight with that in your hand luggage.

[on_the_jazz]

Straight razor user here too. I just got annoyed with having to replace the mach3 blades and the general lack of control. Opsmonkey you should try a straight and see if it copes better with your beard.
The only issue with it is the expenses start mounting up. Soon you'll want another blade, then a bettter brush, a better strop, maybe a waterstone or 2. Before you know it you're spending more than you spent on the mach3's. Great fun though

[opsmonkey]

i think i'll stick to the Mach 3 mate thanks.. i'm normally in a rush in the mornings..!! I will though take your advice.. next time im in the desert i'll give it a go with my own 'straight'

[on_the_jazz]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ksn0tjpH5_8]YouTube - Shaving with a camping knife![/ame]

[on_the_jazz]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM60prhzj_o]YouTube - Shaving with a Japanese Machete[/ame]

[xant14]

Lol where's my swiss army knife

[opsmonkey]

hardcore.. better if he'd used my bayonet though and not a weedy pocket knife

Edit---- I'll take that back now ive seen vid 2.. nutter