I shaved with cartridge razors and canned goo for about 3 decades, then I switched to electric razors for a few years. My first DE setup last spring looked like this: - Mühle R89 - Personna Platinum blades - Edwin Jagger Pure Badger - Florena Shaving Cream Went surprisingly well. Just a few very minor nicks and skin irritations during the first week, after that, everything was fine. I kept this setup for a few weeks, then I discovered Wet Shaving Forums...
VDH Black Handle Boar Brush VDH glycerin soap (not sure which one, but it was pinkish) Feather Popular Derby Blade
I started out with a Schick L injector razor and Noxzema Medicated Comfort Shave. Notice the Pal injector in the commercial.
I can't remember what soap i used, but the razor was a Feather TTO with Feather blades - boy were my cheeks red afterwards
Same here. Now if the OP means what did I use for my first traditional wetshave (i.e. with a safety razor), that would be: Merkur 34C razor Merkur blade Kiss My Face mint shaving cream Dovo pure badger brush A lousy first few shaves thanks to the Merkur blade. Switching to a Derby blade resulted in excellent shaves, and then I was hooked.
Boy you know you're getting old when you're first razor was a brand new Gillette DE direct from the pharmacy..lol nos..and a can of Barbasol. I remember the stripes on the can and the lather smelled good..
I remember those days too, starting out with dad's se and buying my very own Gillette black beauty down at the corner five and dime. But I don't count that towards my recent" conversion"
I think they were selling the super A but that one was more expensive, so I went with what I think is an M1..oh to go back in time. I'm guessing you didn't keep the BB...
My first DE shave was in April 2014 with an Edwin Jager DE89. Not sure what blade, probably a Derby, and some Barbasol canned goo (I know because I still have it). Remember it was an decent shave, not great, but acceptable.
VDH delux set and a Dorco pace4 razor. Soon after came a RR Mission. And then the many ADS set in ...
First DE shave was with a cheap Shaving Factory razor, Badger Shaving Soap, Astra SP, and a Marvy brush (total junk, fell apart in less than a week the whole knot fell out). It was a terrible shave, and it took experimenting with different equipment to keep me DE shaving, because the first shaves were so bad that I was about to give up and go back to cartridge razors. So glad I had patience and kept practicing because wet shaving has changed my life for the better. Not just getting better shaves, but it changed my personality and made me a better person.
I started first with the VDH deluxe kit to get a soap and a boar brush. I obtained a couple more soaps, including Proraso Red and TOBS Lavender that I used for a month or two with carts before I decided to try and find a really cheap DE razor. I ended up with a Lord L6 from Amazon and used the Lord blade that came with it for my first shave. I have not looked back. Just passed the L6 on to a person at work so they could try their hand at DE shaving. They bought the VDH kit and I gave them some soap samples. So far so good for them too!
60's Gillette Flair tip (L-code) Gillette Silver Blue blade Parker Pure Badger brush C.O. Bigelow cream Pretty good shave for my very first attempt, and first attempt of something other than electric in several years. Went two or three passes WTG only, and ended up with one or two weepers, and very minimal burn on my neck
My first razor I used was a TTO Super Speed I got back in 1964, canned goo and SS blades . Still have that razor, even though I did not use it for years. Went to Trac II for a while, but when I found I could still get DE blades, I went back to it. Greg W.
I only started wet shaving back in october 2015 don't really remember what got me started.. I'm thinking about that now as I'm writing this but I went into Walgreens bought the van der Hagen shave kit with the bore brush, soap and stand and then went on Amazon and bought the feather popular with the feather blades wow what a great razor that is. that got me hooked. now pretty much the only razor I use is the Gillette super adjustable black beauty. if I have 3 or 4 days growth I will use some other razors that I have bought but my skin is like tissue paper so the adjustable really works best fore me.