Close Shaves

I'm not talking about the time I fell through the roof into a burning building or when I hit a patch of black ice on the interstate in a snow storm and the car totally lost traction and all I could do was turn into the skid and roll off into the median or the time when I was on a practice drill fighting fuel fires standing in the fire pit driving the flames towards an area where foam could be applied and my boot got stuck in the mud and left me standing with one boot missing in the midst of a sea of flames...I'm talking about the daily shave, the whiskers whacking kind of close shave.What is your weapon of choice?What soap or preshave stuff do you use?How about afterwards?Edited by jar, : appalin spallin

I have tried almost every style of shaver out there over the years with the exception of the injector razors. Somehow like with Disco, I was lucky enough to miss that scene. My blade of choice though are old fashioned Double Edged razors.I have a bunch of DE razors, some were my dad's, others mine, mostly Gillette and also some newer ones.I sometimes use shaving gel from a can but the norm is to use a badger brush and whip up some lather from soap. My favorite soap has been the same for over a half century, Tabac. I try others for variety but it remains my soap of choice.Today I used my Gillette slim adjustable from 1963, modern Gillette 7 o'clock blades (made in Russia now I think) followed by another old favorite, Pinaud Clubman aftershave.My Gillettes all date from just before War II and up until the 70s. I think the newest Gillette I bought was in 1970 and all still work just as they should.When it comes to new razors I've had very good luck with ones from Merkur (23C & 34C) and from Edwin Jagger (DE89LBL).