cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2642502
So the idea of “buy it for life” is to buy items that are durable and last for a long time, things you could buy once and have your whole life, which can save money and be good for the environment
What are some of the top items you recommend for this?
A decent safety razor, its cheap and should last you forever. Blades are significantly less expensive too.
I have one. Blades cost literally about ten cents. If you really want to be crazy they can actually be sharpened, but I guarantee you will spend more than ten cents worth of your time doing it.
My only issue is that I can never quite get a good smooth shave out of just them, so I end up also using one of the expensive-as-fuck three-blade cartridge jobs for cleanup at the end, but even so using it only for that makes those expensive blades last an unusually long time, too. (Wish I could find a cheap version of those, though…)
I find a single with-grain pass with my DE is good enough but need to do a second pass against-grain to get baby smooth. I had the same experience using cartridges though.
You can sharpen the cartridges on a piece of fabric. Have to experiment a bit to see which works best. The texture of some old cotton Columbia hiking shorts has been ideal. Maybe it doesn’t result in like-new sharpness, but can make old cartridges passable for some time.
A cheap electric one will last you a decade or more, and is 15$. At 10 cents per safety blade, you’ll start saving after about 150 replacements.
Any experience shaving heads with these? I’m bald and hesitant to make the switch for my head.
Use either a hairclipper first or make head shaving a daily routine.
A fresh blade lessens irritation but increases the risk of nicks.
I prefer an evening shave to let eventual nicks or irritation settle down before work. I use an alum stone to stop the bleeding, if any.
When lazy I decide the hairclipper is good enough.