# How many blades on your razor? (Answers from both men + women, please)) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 1, 2014, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-blades-on-your-razor-answers-from-both-men-women-please/682631 "2014-03-01T21:13:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-blades-on-your-razor-answers-from-both-men-women-please/682631/61 "2015-06-15T17:22:59Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > You boil your burgers?! Sure. Remember the boil-in-a-bag salisbury steaks? (Alternates between “yum!” and shuddering.) ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-blades-on-your-razor-answers-from-both-men-women-please/682631/62 "2015-06-15T17:43:02Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > But if your concern is getting a _better_ shave, you’re not going to get it with a cartridge, and the more blades they put on it, the farther you will get from a good shave. I don’t think it’s nearly that simple. Bad technique may give you a slightly better shave with a cartridge razor, but with good technique, there’s precious little difference in the end product between a double-edged safety razor and just about any cartridge razor, assuming both razors have sharp blades. Also, what you use as your shaving lubricant matters- better creams and soaps give you more leeway as far as bad technique is concerned. I mean, I can give myself just as smooth of a shave with a twin-blade disposable and a can of Wal-Mart’s Barbasol clone as I can with my Merkur 34C and my tub of Cella, but using the latter is ultimately cheaper, and more enjoyable. Back up to 2005, and it would have been different. I’d have had a much harder time with the Merkur, and wouldn’t have known how to build lather correctly, so the DE/brush/soap combination would have been notably worse than the cheap disposable/canned foam combination. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-blades-on-your-razor-answers-from-both-men-women-please/682631/63 "2015-06-15T17:56:04Z")
Schick Quattro for my legs. The wire-wrapping around the razor blades keeps me from developing hives. The joys of weirdly sensitive skin. If anything else needs to be shaved, I use the cheap two-blade blue-handled razor. Whatever’s on sale. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-blades-on-your-razor-answers-from-both-men-women-please/682631/64 "2015-06-15T18:18:26Z")
Couldn’t cast a vote–another electric shaver user. I have neck and face skin like a baby’s ass (not meant to be a boast, on the contrary), and the few Irish whiskers I have, coupled with the no-beard Cherokee blood, makes using ANY blade problematic; I would have to figure out how to apply a tourniquet to my throat. You know the scene in “Skyfall” where Moneypenny shaves Bond with a straight razor? Scares me worse than “The Exorcist” did when I was 13. Starting growing the beard on Christmas Day 1984, should be just about fully-grown next month. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-blades-on-your-razor-answers-from-both-men-women-please/682631/65 "2015-06-15T18:20:00Z")
Insert obligatory zombies don’t shave joke here. I guess I didn’t notice the cost discussion when I posted last year. I use a Quattro, and can use a blade for easily a month if not more. The shave is just fine, and my hair is not all that light. So, cost is not an issue. I too started a long time ago with safety razors. No thanks. I never cut myself, and I can shave with my eyes pretty much closed. I’m not going to five blades though. BTW I hate disposables because the handle is too light. But I’d use one over a safety razor any day. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-blades-on-your-razor-answers-from-both-men-women-please/682631/66 "2015-06-15T18:41:41Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Insert obligatory zombies don’t shave joke here. \ [Oh, yeah?](https://youtu.be/So3wvWZ8EvM?t=160) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cumberdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-blades-on-your-razor-answers-from-both-men-women-please/682631/67 "2015-06-15T19:06:13Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > I use a double-edge safety razor. Cartridge razors are a scam. If you’re not willing to learn technique, you’ll have to go to a professional for a good shave. Same here. Been using one for about 10 years. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-blades-on-your-razor-answers-from-both-men-women-please/682631/68 "2015-06-15T20:46:33Z")
Straight razor ----- not that I shave a lot of my face. But it does the best job for what I do shave. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-blades-on-your-razor-answers-from-both-men-women-please/682631.md?page=3)