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PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Do you have any budget you are aiming for? Also, where are you based?

I’m not using much my DE razors anymore, but there are very good ones around. Contrary to @LOLseas@lemmy.zip, I rather like my Merkur 34C. I mostly use a GreenCult II with the 2 plate theses days (which is closed comb, and very efficient), and sometimes an open comb Mühle 41. Generally, consensus seems to be AFAIK that efficiency and closed vs. open comb are rather orthogonal.

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alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
My budget would be around 40 to 60 dollars and I am based in South East Asia.

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- PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  There arre quite good affordable chinese razors (Baili), also Pearl from India makes ok razors, even if QC is uneven.
  
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  - alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I will check out Baili. I’ve tried 2 pearl razors. One was fine for the price the other not so much.
    
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LOLseas@lemmy.zip ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Oooooh no. No. And no.

That Merkur 34C almost turned me off entirely to DE wetshaving, full stop. It’s just a bad razor (I got it while budgeting tighter than nowadays). I can’t badmouth the Mühle 41. I’m slightly bemused about your feelings on the Merkur 34C… you may compel me to root around in my attic to see if I still have it or PIF’d (Pay It Forward) to someone just getting into wetshaving. With my 20+ years of technique finally finessed, and with an okay shave den by now, I might (if I find the cursed thing) give the Merkur 34C another try.

Were I to start all over again at 18yr old, my pick would’ve been a vintage Gillette Red Flare Tip Super Speed ('55-'60), or a Mühle R41. And don’t get me started on Parker razors, either.

@PorkButtsNTaters666, what blades do you use in your Merkur 34C?

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- PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I use Astra Greens. I bought 100, and they do the job.
  
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  - LOLseas@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Can’t knock 'em. I’m still working off a 100 pack of those and a 100 pack of KAIs. Still got +/- 8 tucks of Derby Premium (black-themed box) that have done well for me. But Feather is my fave.
    
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    PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
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