Dry electric.
If I need to look proper, I do a once-over with the electric, then use a Mach 3 razor with just water to finish.
I was always bothered with sore skin when I used the canned Gillette-type gels and foams, even if I used a good post-shave lotion. After switching to a real shaving cream and a good silvertip brush, I don’t have that problem anymore.
The lather i get from real cream worked up with a brush is fatter and slicker and makes for a much smoother shave than the canned stuff. That I have to buy shaving cream about ten times less often is just a bonus.
Me too, except that I generally skip the cup and just face-lather. I also use my Merkur 34C double-edged razor most of the time, but every now and then for kicks I swap in my grandfather & great-grandfather’s double-edged razors (that’s how I got started with the double-edged razors; I inherited a dozen different ones)
If I’m in a big hurry, it’s Pacific Shaving Co’s cream & a Gillette Custom Plus disposable- still in the shower.
Hey Cubsfan, one of the unwritten things about the double-edged razors is that they’re not really meant to be single-pass close. You kind of have to lather up and do a second pass in a different direction, i.e. if you shaved from top to bottom, the second pass should be sideways. It’s kind of a pain, but when you do it right, it is way smoother than any cartridge razor.
Oh… and the real trick to shaving is getting your technique down, which mainly consists of learning how not to actually press the razor into your skin and just lightly drag it across your skin. Once you figure that out, it doesn’t really matter what razor or cream you use; you’ll have good results with any. I typically use the Merkur DE & either Barrister & Mann Fougere Imperiale or Proraso Green cream, but I can get a comfortable and close shave out of the Custom Plus and Wal-Mart’s Barbasol knock-off.
Another vote for electric.
I usually just use the clipper attachment. I don’t really like being clean-shaven; nor do I like having a beard.
Baby oil first, then bar soap. In the shower. El cheapo disposable razor without that stupid pivoting head.
I use an electric maybe twice a week, because a blade shave lasts not quite two days and some days I shower at the gym.
Regards,
Shodan
One more for “electric.” I think this poll has a pretty glaring flaw. 
I have a beard which I run a beard trimmer through (#4 guard) every other Sunday when I get a haircut. I trim around it daily with a regular old Remington dry electric.
Another option that’s not in the poll: vinegar.
I use plain white vinegar, slightly diluted, rather than any kind of cream or soap. It’s extremely cheap, softens my whiskers, doesn’t gunk up the blade or make a sticky mess, and is slick enough to provide adequate lubrication. I’ve had good shaves and much less trouble with razor burn since I switched to it. (I also use it to wash my hair periodically, to remove calcium buildup–a drop of the local tapwater will leave a noticeable limestone ring on the counter if allowed to dry there.)
Aside from that, I shave in the shower, by touch. For most of my life, I was nearsighted enough that I couldn’t see my whiskers in the mirror without my glasses, so I learned to shave by Braille.
Oh, I know. I actually do 3 passes: 1) All over face with upstroke on neck, only pass on mustache area 2) Everywhere but mustache area but with downstroke on neck this time 3) only neck area from outside to center.
If its 2.5-3 days of growth and a fresh blade it does shave nearly as good as the 5 blade fusion, but for daily shaving it’s just harsher. The 5 blade vibrating Fusion gets as close as possible for my skin and the safety razors can only hope to equal that shave at best. But the $$ is worth it in the end because those Fusion suckers are expensive.
I have a baby face and used to only need to shave every 3 days or so but in the last 3 years it’s slowing growing faster. Right now it’s annoying because if I shave Sunday night before bed it’s normally NOT QUITE long enough for shaving on Monday night, so I have to do it on Tuesday morning, basically 36hrs between shaves.
I buy those Gillette fusion 5-blades or whatever they are called. I seriously can only get 2-3 good shaves with each blade. After that they just stop working and the blue strip on razor is about gone. The amount of money I spent on blades is obscene.
Any ideas on what is going wrong?
Nothing. Gillette’s plan is working perfectly.
Yes, for them!!
I shower in the evening before bed and shave in the morning (I don’t sweat in my sleep) so doing it in the shower is right out, and anyway we have a drought.
I used gel in a can and a four blade Quattro razor. The blades last months for me. I have moderately heavy stubble, but I hate not being clean-shaven, so I shave on weekends and vacations also.
I see some company will send you blades in the mail every month. That wouldn’t work for me.
My legs and pits get lathered with body wash, then shaved and rinsed in the shower. The single evil hair that grows from the mole on my chin gets is with a dry razor when it’s long enough to be got.
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Sorry, you electric and dry people.
Baby Oil?? No kidding. I wanna try that out.
It will clog up a multi-blade razor pretty fast in my experience, but it works great for straight razors and old school safety razors.
If I’m not working for a few days I don’t shave.
When I have to shave (~15 days a month) I use either plain warm water or once in awhile some plain bar soap. And a Gillette Sensor 2-blade razor. I replace the blade cartridge religiously every 2-3 months.
And yes, my beard grows full & fast. The good news is it’s straight and blonde-now-gray. So the hair is sorta fine.
Other folks who’ve seen me shave wonder at how I can scrape off that much hair with a dull knife & no soap. Doesn’t bother me a bit. I learned to do without all that fancy stuff when shaving out in the jungle with the Army. Just never went back to cream, real soap, etc.
If I have to knock off a week or more of growth I’ll use an electric beard trimmer first to thin & shorten it, then do my usual water & old blade process to finish.
One of my crazier habits I suppose. I really don’t like shaving and anything I can do to make the process seem simpler & smaller-footprint (not necessarily easier) seems to make a perverse sort of sense.
I shave in the shower, and just use the same shampoo I’m using on my hair.
Poll only allows one option, but I use whatever’s available - conditioner, the body wash I’m already using, actual honest-to-God shaving cream, nothing at all …
Male. I just use water.
Does anyone shave daily anymore, like I had to in the Army, or like non-hobo Grandpa was expected to in the 1950s?