I have stopped wet shaving with a razor because the blades get blunt way too fast and cost way too much to be replaced that often.
(Gilette Mach3 or Wilkinson Protector 3D, where a pack of 8 blades costs ~€15.-)
Also, I get pimples the next day when the hair has regrown and comes out of the skin again (foam and aftershave doesn't help).
Because of this, I used to wet shave every 2-3 weeks only and used a hair trimmer to get it down to ~1mm.
Recently though I have bought a (single) shear foil shaving machine (rechargeable battery and line current) for cheap €20.- from Remington and after a few shaves I get almost no skin irritation anymore, including when the hair regrows. Amazingly the shear foils cut the hair as good as the razor blades.
The shaving machine has a built in trimmer too for longer hair, although I have to use the dedicated hair trimmer to cut hair that is >1cm to get the job done quickly.
Although, you should get a big survival knife like the one that Rambo has and shave your face while looking into the shard of a broken, dirty mirror.
Last edited by globefish23 (2008-04-24 07:34:08)