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Originally Posted by GA Russell
kacir, your story deserves a mention in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Congrats!
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Well, I have read about the "pyramid" discovery of the Czech gentleman when I was a boy, and I was fascinated ...
I confess, I have even made a pyramid model, when I was [much] younger, but it didn't work the way I thought it should. - That was the same conclusion that Jamie and Adam made in one episode of Mythbusters many, many years later ...
I was, however, observing ever since what makes a razor-blade not good enough for shaving. Not obsessively, because I like to sleep in the morning as long as possible, which leaves me little time for shaving. I have tried using electrical shavers, from fancy models to very reliable workhorse manufactured in Soviet Union (Charkiv brand [in Cyrilics XAPKIB], system stolen from Philips
) Shaving with a machine takes much longer and the result isn't even close to hasty shave with a cheap disposable razor.
So far my observations are following:
- Modern blades are made from a very high quality steel, so they should last relatively long. Much longer than what most people consider "normal".
- You should apply a *little* bit of soap and let is work. Brush the teeth in the meanwhile - the shave will be noticeably more comfortable
- Use little soap, preferably thin ... aehm ... frugal ;-) stuff from a pressurised can. This is less likely to clog the space between blades. A 2 euro can will last you 4-6 months. If you do not have foam, use a bit of shampoo, or some liquid soap, not bar of soap that will leave enough soap on face to clog the space between blades.
- If the space between blades becomes clogged, clean it out using stream of water, or even pressurised water (cover shower hose with a thumb to get thin jet of water) The last blade cartridge I have used is extremely easy to clean from the back side.
- never ever touch the blade with fingers. It can *only* come to contact with your face (or whatever you are shaving), under the proper angle.
- If possible, shave regularly. I have noticed that I am much more likely to discard blade as too dull when I am trying to scrape 5 days old stubble. If you have strong reason not to shave for a week, use your trusty Soviet-Union-Made machine to scrape off most of the beard (I haven't done that during my last experiment, I didn't need to)