WTF!! Holy Jim Crow, Batman.

[SauerKraut]

I've been searching for shaving soaps and powders for the last 2 weeks, since I forgot to bring back some from home, and I can't find any anywhere. eBay seems to be the only place around here that has any, as all the department stores near me don't carry what I need and they refer to me a bunch of places that don't have it either.

However, when I was on eBay, I found this horrible thing. It's a reminent of early-mid century America with regards to racial inequality. At first I was laughing at the picture and the name, but then I got really disgusted and felt sorry for some people. How horrible is "Darkie Shaving Soap. Git Whiska Free" (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3260492791&category=39 4&tc=photo)




nasty.


http://i9.ebayimg.com/01/i/00/ec/c7/17_1.JPG


though I'm still laughing at the word "Darkie" which I've never heard before.

[Otto]

I'm not to sure what to say.

You use powders to shave with....even your head??
I'v never used that before,how does that differ' from shaving cream?

Did you ever consider getting an electric?

How do you shave the back of your head...the wife help you?

[LilPuppy]

I'm not to sure what to say.

You use powders to shave with....even your head??
I'v never used that before,how does that differ' from shaving cream?

Did you ever consider getting an electric?

How do you shave the back of your head...the wife help you?

Actually shaving bar soap applied with a brush and warm water is a nice way and with the application done that way I beleive it relax's your face more making for a nicer and cleaner shave....mind you I've only used this when I tried swithing to a straight razor (a fad , along with my handle bar moustache and no you will never get a shot of that.)

[Otto]

I'm not to sure what to say.

You use powders to shave with....even your head??
I'v never used that before,how does that differ' from shaving cream?

Did you ever consider getting an electric?

How do you shave the back of your head...the wife help you?

Actually shaving bar soap applied with a brush and warm water is a nice way and with the application done that way I beleive it relax's your face more making for a nicer and cleaner shave....mind you I've only used this when I tried swithing to a straight razor (a fad , along with my handle bar moustache and no you will never get a shot of that.)

I have never used a straight razor before,I heard its alot closer shave,and if you dont know what your doing it can be bloody.

[LilPuppy]

I'm not to sure what to say.

You use powders to shave with....even your head??
I'v never used that before,how does that differ' from shaving cream?

Did you ever consider getting an electric?

How do you shave the back of your head...the wife help you?

Actually shaving bar soap applied with a brush and warm water is a nice way and with the application done that way I beleive it relax's your face more making for a nicer and cleaner shave....mind you I've only used this when I tried swithing to a straight razor (a fad , along with my handle bar moustache and no you will never get a shot of that.)

I have never used a straight razor before,I heard its alot closer shave,and if you dont know what your doing it can be bloody.


Like I said a fad and yes a bloody one 8O

[Otto]

I'm not to sure what to say.

You use powders to shave with....even your head??
I'v never used that before,how does that differ' from shaving cream?

Did you ever consider getting an electric?

How do you shave the back of your head...the wife help you?

Actually shaving bar soap applied with a brush and warm water is a nice way and with the application done that way I beleive it relax's your face more making for a nicer and cleaner shave....mind you I've only used this when I tried swithing to a straight razor (a fad , along with my handle bar moustache and no you will never get a shot of that.)

I have never used a straight razor before,I heard its alot closer shave,and if you dont know what your doing it can be bloody.


Like I said a fad and yes a bloody one 8O

I can see where it would turn boys into men, men into gods and turn SK into.....uh...nevermind.

[JTFazz]

Body Shop makes a great men's shave cream... (not a powder) but is applied with a brush. (http://www.usa.thebodyshop.com/web/tbsus/products/us_products_detail.jsp?curr_category=TBSUS_mens_fo rmen&parent_category=TBSUS_mens&itemID=PRD22096&is _mac=false)

[Angry Kid]

Just get one of these and be done with it:

http://www.consumer.philips.com/US/en/b2c/norelco/catalog/assets/category/sc_env_adv.jpg

[laters]

I don't understand why some of you guys are so fussy about what you use for shaving lubricant. :? I just rub my hand soap vigorously until I get nice and smooth foam.

[YellowDog]

I don't understand why some of you guys are so fussy about what you use for shaving lubricant. :? I just rub my hand soap vigorously until I get nice and smooth foam.
Sounds like your fighting cancer.

YD

[SauerKraut]

I don't understand why some of you guys are so fussy about what you use for shaving lubricant. :? I just rub my hand soap vigorously until I get nice and smooth foam.


Well, for me, shaving is a ritual. This and my cooking are the 2 non-wife related things I love to do most. :wink:

I have a very rough beard (my whiskers have the radial dimensions of a giant redwood tree) and if I use disposable razors, which do not last more than 3 uses, I'll slice my face up into strips of bleeding goo. Electric shavers, when turned on and facing me, run away screaming. They're useless. They snag, pulling my whiskers by the root. They're more epilators than shavers. I dread those nasty blighters.

This is why I love using "antique" razors and matching soaps. You've seen the pics of my razor, a double edged bronze safety razor with accompaning strop. To the uneducated, it looks like a medieval dentistry torture device. But it's the closest shave you'll ever have, and not at all bloody. Those damn razor's are sharp! If you don't believe me in how good of a shave they are, read some reviews of the latest blades by Merkur.

Also, and this is the reason for my post, I have an accompaning soap brush, bowl and tin that I purchased in various places over the world. The tin is an arabic metal tube that holds round cakes of lather (of a certain dimension I might add) and the bowl that holds the cake is an old bowl from Bulgariya that holds the same size cakes as the tin. This is the reason I have so much problems when I forget to buy cakes back home. The diameter of these cakes are 3.5 cm, and if you don't get the right size cake to fit in your bowl, the cake gets nasty and congealed on the edges and bottom, like a bar of soap in the shower (top is dry, but when you pick it up, the bottom is wet and white colored and feels grossly gelatinous, and all told is unhealthy as it's soaking up the bacteria, yum yum).

I have to resort to eBay because the place back home I buy the cakes is just this little shop on a corner of an ancient street run by an old, old man. I doubt the shop has a telephone in it and I don't even know the name of the shop, if it even has one. I can tell a friend to go there and mail me the stuff, but that's just unnecessarily a burden to place on them for my stupidity.

*edit: oh yeah, i forgot to mention the jar and cup for the powder. Here you have prepackaged tubes of cream, or jars of cream (whicd are good too). We have those too, but we also have blocks of enormous ready-made lather cakes that are finely shaved into powder. This you take with you in your traveling kit with use for a special lid covered bowl. In case you were wondering what a powder was.

[Iggy]

Which Merkur razor do you use?

[Canadian Hick]

I thought I start a thread about this on the old forums.
We talked about how Airborne uses a girly razor and how I'm a sadist, didn't we? :D

[Chalybos]

I use a flaked piece of obsidian, wrapping the trainling edge in a small strip of leather, so as not to accidentally slice off any fingers as I do my morning ritual. Gets me back in touch with mother nature.

[SauerKraut]

I thought I start a thread about this on the old forums.
We talked about how Airborne uses a girly razor and how I'm a sadist, didn't we? :D


Yeah you did, which is why I talked about you guys seeing my picture of my razor.


I don't use a Merkur, I just threw that up there because they're very popular and easier to find remarks about "old-timey" safety razors made by Merkur.

The brand of my razor is unknown. there are no markings on it at all. I was issued it in the Army and have fallen in love with it ever since. We're inseperable, except when I have to travel light, I take those bloody disposables with me and a can of rat puke (those god awful cans of premade, foul smelling colgate or gillete or gels or whatever is least likely to make me vomit upon the scent).


I'll try and find a close match for a picture.


I mentioned Merkur and low and behold I found a close match between mine and a merkur...

http://store1.yimg.com/I/x794977_1769_5565247


Sorry for the size, i just linked it. Mine is almost exactly like this one, only, there is no chrome (mine is just plain bronze) and the top rounded head is flat on mine. But the handle is exactly the same and mine is also double edged with grooves under the lip.

[Chalybos]

BTW, how many people actually got the Jim Crow reference in SK's original post? Just curious.

[Canadian Hick]

BTW, how many people actually got the Jim Crow reference in SK's original post? Just curious.
Not me.

[Otto]

If I'm not mistaken this think was banned in 44 states and over a dozen countries.

http://store1.yimg.com/I/x794977_1769_5565247

[laters]

If I'm not mistaken this think was banned in 44 states and over a dozen countries.
What? You're kidding me, right? Why would that be banned? I mean, I can sort of guess at the reason, but I'd really hate to think that this nation has gone completely paranoid.

(edit)Anyway, my grandfather had one, and I actually got the rare opportunity (LOL! :roll: ) to replace the blades for him. I thought it was pretty cool, until I dropped the detachable top piece in the drain (thus making the whole thing useless) and all hell broke loose, with my gramps throwing fits about how he'd had it for umpty years, blah blah... Anyway, I'm a lazy, lazy man, and I like disposables just fine. Heh heh...

[Iggy]

If I'm not mistaken this think was banned in 44 states and over a dozen countries.
What? You're kidding me, right? Why would that be banned? I mean, I can sort of guess at the reason, but I'd really hate to think that this nation has gone completely paranoid.

(edit)Anyway, my grandfather had one, and I actually got the rare opportunity (LOL! :roll: ) to replace the blades for him. I thought it was pretty cool, until I dropped the detachable top piece in the drain (thus making the whole thing useless) and all hell broke loose, with my gramps throwing fits about how he'd had it for umpty years, blah blah... Anyway, I'm a lazy, lazy man, and I like disposables just fine. Heh heh...

You could have taken the trap off of the sink drain and gotten back right?

[SauerKraut]

If I'm not mistaken this think was banned in 44 states and over a dozen countries.

http://store1.yimg.com/I/x794977_1769_5565247

heheheheh

that thing is child's play compared to the one I have from the army. This pic makes it look almost benign and unthreatening. Mine, with the worn handle, the dents, the scratches, and the general look of being 50 years old, looks like it'll give you tetenus if it comes inside your peripheral vision. Mine looks nasty, but oh is it nice. The worst part, the part that really makes you shudder, is watching someone sharpen a dull razor blade. My kit has a rectangular metal razor sharpener and that thing, well, I use to have nightmares about it attacking a small village all on its own.

[SauerKraut]

If I'm not mistaken this think was banned in 44 states and over a dozen countries.
What? You're kidding me, right? Why would that be banned? I mean, I can sort of guess at the reason, but I'd really hate to think that this nation has gone completely paranoid....


heheh

he was just joking. but it was funny to both watch you fall for it and for also what he said.

hehe

[Chalybos]

I use a flaked piece of obsidian, wrapping the trailing edge in a small strip of leather, so as not to accidentally slice off any fingers as I do my morning ritual. Gets me back in touch with mother nature.

I use a flaming twig. Real men use fire! :D

Seriously, if you're not shaving in the shower with a blade you're not doing it right. The hot water softens the hair quite nicely. An anti-fog mirror helps too.
Bingo! Soap makes for quite a lather, and a Mach 3 gives a good, close shave. Otherwise, it's a rather painful experience. Got hair similar to SK's, although not quite as thick.

[Angry Kid]

I'm thinkin' hedgeclippers . . .

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/031214/031214_saddamcaptured_vmed9a.h2.jpg

[SauerKraut]

I use a flaked piece of obsidian, wrapping the trailing edge in a small strip of leather, so as not to accidentally slice off any fingers as I do my morning ritual. Gets me back in touch with mother nature.

I use a flaming twig. Real men use fire! :D

Seriously, if you're not shaving in the shower with a blade you're not doing it right. The hot water softens the hair quite nicely. An anti-fog mirror helps too.
Bingo! Soap makes for quite a lather, and a Mach 3 gives a good, close shave. Otherwise, it's a rather painful experience. Got hair similar to SK's, although not quite as thick.

Yeah, I have to use soap now until i find some good cakes. I use those Mach 3's in my tiny travel kit, but those I destroy in 3 uses. After the third, i can still feel tiny bristles on my neck and face if I rub against the grain. If you don't take off a layer of skin, you're not a real man!

[Chalybos]

I use a flaked piece of obsidian, wrapping the trailing edge in a small strip of leather, so as not to accidentally slice off any fingers as I do my morning ritual. Gets me back in touch with mother nature.

I use a flaming twig. Real men use fire! :D

Seriously, if you're not shaving in the shower with a blade you're not doing it right. The hot water softens the hair quite nicely. An anti-fog mirror helps too.
Bingo! Soap makes for quite a lather, and a Mach 3 gives a good, close shave. Otherwise, it's a rather painful experience. Got hair similar to SK's, although not quite as thick.

Yeah, I have to use soap now until i find some good cakes. I use those Mach 3's in my tiny travel kit, but those I destroy in 3 uses. After the third, i can still feel tiny bristles on my neck and face if I rub against the grain. If you don't take off a layer of skin, you're not a real man!
I get a week out of one, but the last couple shaves are, uh, eye openers.

[laters]

If I'm not mistaken this think was banned in 44 states and over a dozen countries.
What? You're kidding me, right? Why would that be banned? I mean, I can sort of guess at the reason, but I'd really hate to think that this nation has gone completely paranoid.

(edit)Anyway, my grandfather had one, and I actually got the rare opportunity (LOL! :roll: ) to replace the blades for him. I thought it was pretty cool, until I dropped the detachable top piece in the drain (thus making the whole thing useless) and all hell broke loose, with my gramps throwing fits about how he'd had it for umpty years, blah blah... Anyway, I'm a lazy, lazy man, and I like disposables just fine. Heh heh...

You could have taken the trap off of the sink drain and gotten back right?
Actually, it wasn't the sink drain it fell in. His bathroom had a tiled floor with a drain in the middle, and that little thing took the wrong bounce and slid right through the strainer (talk about toast landing buttered side down). Anyway, I thought it was kind of funny how sentimental my gramps felt about it, despite the fact it was a real cheap piece of crap. :D Anyway, he whined a bit, until he found (I don't know where the guy found all that junk) a straight-edge cutter, complete with brush, soap box, and leather honing strip. The knife was a gorgeous thing made of polished steel and a polished wood handle. Next thing I know, he was shaving like every two hours or something, just so that he could hone that thing on the leather strip like the barbers in old school western movies.

[Iggy]

If I'm not mistaken this think was banned in 44 states and over a dozen countries.
What? You're kidding me, right? Why would that be banned? I mean, I can sort of guess at the reason, but I'd really hate to think that this nation has gone completely paranoid.

(edit)Anyway, my grandfather had one, and I actually got the rare opportunity (LOL! :roll: ) to replace the blades for him. I thought it was pretty cool, until I dropped the detachable top piece in the drain (thus making the whole thing useless) and all hell broke loose, with my gramps throwing fits about how he'd had it for umpty years, blah blah... Anyway, I'm a lazy, lazy man, and I like disposables just fine. Heh heh...

You could have taken the trap off of the sink drain and gotten back right?
Actually, it wasn't the sink drain it fell in. His bathroom had a tiled floor with a drain in the middle, and that little thing took the wrong bounce and slid right through the strainer (talk about toast landing buttered side down). Anyway, I thought it was kind of funny how sentimental my gramps felt about it, despite the fact it was a real cheap piece of crap. :D Anyway, he whined a bit, until he found (I don't know where the guy found all that junk) a straight-edge cutter, complete with brush, soap box, and leather honing strip. The knife was a gorgeous thing made of polished steel and a polished wood handle. Next thing I know, he was shaving like every two hours or something, just so that he could hone that thing on the leather strip like the barbers in old school western movies.

Time to put a smaller screen on that drain I guess. :swg:

And it just goes to show that old habits die hard. Shaving to me is more or less a chore. I guess some people really get into it.

[Chairman_Kaga]

Time to put a smaller screen on that drain I guess. :swg:

And it just goes to show that old habits die hard. Shaving to me is more or less a chore. I guess some people really get into it.
You kidding? It's a friggin religion.

What I use is the best and the rest of you are unshaven heathens!!!!!



:)

I hate shaving... especially since I shave ever square inch of my... never mind. ;) <but it takes time>

[Brad]

I thought I start a thread about this on the old forums.
We talked about how Airborne uses a girly razor and how I'm a sadist, didn't we? :D

Go eat bacon :evil:

I switched to a more "manly" razor, not an electric anymore, the Gilette Mach 3. I still use the good ole electirc one on morings Im running late to school or just to frikin lazy to shave.

[JTFazz]

Don't let SK fool you, he uses an eletric razor... of sorts.

http://www.diy.com/common/buyersguide/garden_power/chainsaw.gif

[Chalybos]

Don't let SK fool you, he uses an eletric razor... of sorts.

http://www.diy.com/common/buyersguide/garden_power/chainsaw.gif
Yeah, SK said he wants a Dremel for Christmas so he can sharpen the blades himself.

[JTFazz]

Don't let SK fool you, he uses an eletric razor... of sorts.

http://www.diy.com/common/buyersguide/garden_power/chainsaw.gif
Yeah, SK said he wants a Dremel for Christmas so he can sharpen the blades himself.

No, he wants the Dremel to expand his portfolio of body piercings.

[Chalybos]

Don't let SK fool you, he uses an eletric razor... of sorts.

http://www.diy.com/common/buyersguide/garden_power/chainsaw.gif
Yeah, SK said he wants a Dremel for Christmas so he can sharpen the blades himself.

No, he wants the Dremel to expand his portfolio of body piercings.
My Lord, that's like giving Gasser a colostomy bag for portability and additional containment. SK could turn himself into a living Astrolabe.

[LEAD MAGNET]

I know we've all seen the commercials for the
Gillette Fusion. And I know every time we see
said commercials we think, "5 blades of WTF??!!??!!" as well
as "bet those things cost $5 per blade, screw that, it won't
make that much of a difference.".
Well let me tell you. It is truley the best shave I've ever had.
Ever.
Period.
Bar none.
The Fusion is 5 blades of pure shaving bliss.
No burn. No bumps. No problems. Although a shaving "nick" can be fatal.

With other razors, the ol' five-0-clock shadow would appear around two-thirty. With the Gillete Fusion, I'm good till like 8 pm.
The original cost is kinda steep.They do; however, appear on coupon
at Costco occasionaly. Got mine for $14 (CDN) with six replacment blades. I'll get 5-10 great shaves out of each blade and another 5-10 ok shaves after that.
Well worth the money.


=MSB= LM

[SauerKraut]

Jesus


****ing


Christ.




Oldest ressurected thread. Ever.


When I saw that first commercial...I about messed my pants. I laughed harder than I should have and probably tore something loose. I remember talking about it and saying "LOL what's next, FIVE blades? LOL"


HAHAHAHAHA


OK so I bought one. :|



However, and I stress the however bit, for me, it's not worth paying that much money for it. I get just as good a shave with my personal kit as I did with that 5 blade thing, which says a lot because my beard is a forest with thick trunks. So, yeah I liked it too, but zOmg it's ****ing expensive for replacement blades. My replacement blades for my razor at home is just $1.25, Bishop, for 10. (really it's only $4.50 but that wouldn't have been funny) My blades last about the same amount of shaves, too...about 5 or 6 before it starts grabbing and making me cry. So, I still give it a thumbs down. I can save a substantial amount of money by shaving with my permanent utensil and getting the same if not better performance as well.


I'm still LOL at 5 blades.



"Surely they won't go up to six one day." <======preparing for my next laugh

[TheMan]

I was thinking about the SNL commercial: Platinum Mach 14 (http://snl.jt.org/detail.php?i=6893)

I just wish i could find the video online somewhere.

[Vygramul]

I think the Onion also had some article with an obscene number of blades.

[Naz]

you could also get this.

http://www.shaveeverywhere.com/

-Naz

[Vygramul]

:lol: