I know we did 'reader offers' a while ago but this one caught my eye today and my snake oil sensor began to twitch. For a mere £30 I can have a silicone-based device that claims to de-crud the edges of my razor blades and so make them last many times longer. The maker's site is here www.razorpit.com and a bit of googling shows it's been around for at least a couple of years.
Now I find a sub-£6 five-pack of cartridges lasts me six months or more, so payback time is a long way off even if the thing works at all, but does anyone here have experience of such a gizmo, and is it, as I suspect, merely a fool-and-money-separation device?
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Looking at the website's poorly-expressed, semi-literate "research" page, which seems to refer to little in the way of actual research, it seems this gadget claims to clean the blade(s) of the razor. But it can only clean one side of the blade without dismantling the blade assembly, which it clearly does not do. And it equates cleaning with sharpening.
At best, it does half of what it claims and I don't believe it would make much difference to the blade's performance.
£30 for that seems more than a few quid over-priced.
Last edited by: ChrisPeugeot on Mon 16 May 11 at 20:35
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Beards are crap and so is shaving.
My father had a ground glass half-cylinder thingy that was supposed to fettle razor blades. I've shaved with everything - Rolls Razor, cut-throat, endless thin and thick bladed so-called safety razors, these modern zippy jobs with three or five or seven blades that cost well over a quid a pop but last longer than the old single-edge jobs... they all, if you don't watch out, leave you looking as if you have just met Jack Spot (aka Albert Dimes) in a bad mood down a dark alley in the old Soho ... 'We used to call it the scenic route,' he would say lovingly, making imaginary razor-arabesques in the air. 'No need to kill no one. Just mark them up proper.' A gentler, more civilized world, the fifties... but I digress.
Annoying on the morning of a wedding, funeral or similar, a borrowed or totally blunt razor.
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Ye gods, Luddites all of you.
Do you woo a girl by belting her over the bonce with a club and dragging her by the hair to your cave, where a small dinosaur is roasting on the spit.
Next thing you'll be moaning at the change to front wheel drive.:-)
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That is most unfair gb. I was talking about the hopelessness of all razors. I had forgotten to mention of course the ghastly electric razor which grinds your beard to powder and rubs the powder into your pores ensuring blackheads.
What do you use then, depilatory cream?
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>> depilatory cream?
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ring ring..;)
I've mentioned this method before when trying desperately and in vain to bring the Luddites here kicking and screaming into the new century, it works is comfortable and economical as the wet foam lubricates the blades, so blade wear is minimal.
Philshave 3 headed waterproof razor.
Wash the clock, leave face wet, apply any old cheap shaving gel to wet clock, shave with comfort, rinse and dry and kiss your or indeed someone else's loved one gently, she'll love the feeling.
Warning do not try this routine on the nethers, if you attend to those parts.
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I turn on the shaver, I shave, I blow out the debris. Whats the agro?
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Poundland sells a Wilkinson Sword Edge disposable razors pack at (surprise) £1 for five + five free.
Each razor lasts me at least a week (I've always had a tough beard so that's good going); buying four or five packs means I only have to replace them about once a year. They are also far superior to the Bic type rubbish.
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I've gone back to disposable razors.Tried the electric shaver .
Thats cheap from Poundland I use the Wilkinson blades.
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I've always had a tough beard ...
I'm amazed how many men say this about themselves. How do you gauge it? Do you shave other people as well as yourself?
}:---)
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Compared to the Mother in law's.
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Electric shavers need a reverse button. A periodic burst turning the blades backwards would spin off any dirt, and also hone the cutting surfaces. Perhaps used in conjunction with a spot of WD40 or carb cleaner, or 3 in 1.
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now that is a grand idea. Every rotary razor should zip backwards for two seconds when you turn it off.
Have you raised a patent?
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I didn't invent it.
I grew up watching my father sharpen the lawnmower blades by turning them backwards, with a bit of grinding paste. It's reminded me of the lovely satisfying noise it makes, almost as evocative as the clatter of the hand-pushed machine, and the smell of freshly cut grass in the warm sun.
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but you can patent it for use in shavers.
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RE30857 Rotary dry shaver with tiltable shear plates
Inventor: Tyler
Date Issued: February 2, 1982
"It also relates to such a shaver...which includes means and provisions for reversing the cutter rotation when desired."
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>> "It also relates to such a shaver...which includes means and provisions for reversing the cutter
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"Too late!" he cried, hurling his shaver into the sea.
(With apologies to Charles Kingsley - Westward Ho! )
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>>Do you shave other people as well as yourself? >>
Remember the Wilkinson Sword Edge razor blades of about 50 years ago? They were probably the sharpest razor blades ever produced at that time - one lasted me only three, perhaps four, days.
A work colleague used to get around three months' service out of just one blade...:-)
The Wilkinson disposable blades last me at least a week, but had originally enjoyed only two or three days at most with other brands and, because they are not as sharp, tend to tug which leads to unwanted cuts.
I find electric razors a complete waste of time...:-)
Last edited by: Stuartli on Tue 17 May 11 at 14:17
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>>I find electric razors a complete waste of time...:-)
I'll use mine when we're away from home for a few days, but that's all. For me it does a reasonable job on the face, but it's very patchy around the neck area.
Last edited by: Clk Sec on Tue 17 May 11 at 14:34
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Short beard, electric trimmer, trim once a week (twice in hot weather). Job done.
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I used to have a beard ginger.I didn't mind.If i grew one now it be white
I end up looking like Terry Blanche deceased south African better stay as I am shaven.
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Perfect free shaving for ever - honest - FocalPoint
