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The Dollar Store Razor Challenge

This is proving to be harder than I thought. Went to three stores this morning and couldn't find the razor. The first store is closed for renovation, which is a shame, because I saw the razors there, even picked up the package to examine it. The other two stores carry blades, but not razors. I called a fourth, but they told me they don't carry them. Looking online, I found them in bulk, but no thanks. Ebay has offers of $9 and $10 + shipping, but that's crazy. Amazon doesn't carry them.

Would someone be willing to loan me a razor and blade so I may participate in this challenge? I PROMISE to return it. If you are, I'll PM my address. Have a great day, Cadre!

Go Rams!
 
Graybeard57 said:
This is proving to be harder than I thought. Went to three stores this morning and couldn't find the razor. The first store is closed for renovation, which is a shame, because I saw the razors there, even picked up the package to examine it. The other two stores carry blades, but not razors. I called a fourth, but they told me they don't carry them. Looking online, I found them in bulk, but no thanks. Ebay has offers of $9 and $10 + shipping, but that's crazy. Amazon doesn't carry them.

Would someone be willing to loan me a razor and blade so I may participate in this challenge? I PROMISE to return it. If you are, I'll PM my address. Have a great day, Cadre!

Go Rams!
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Mine fell apart after the first shave or I would be happy to "loan" it to you.
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Dave in KY said:
Did I hear Shawn just say he needs a Graham Field blade to compare ?
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There's a difference between won't hold an edge and not sharp at all.
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I'd try one just to say I tried it, but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't like it if you guys rate them worse than a Balsono.
 
Graybeard57 said:
This is proving to be harder than I thought. Went to three stores this morning and couldn't find the razor. The first store is closed for renovation, which is a shame, because I saw the razors there, even picked up the package to examine it. The other two stores carry blades, but not razors. I called a fourth, but they told me they don't carry them. Looking online, I found them in bulk, but no thanks. Ebay has offers of $9 and $10 + shipping, but that's crazy. Amazon doesn't carry them.

Would someone be willing to loan me a razor and blade so I may participate in this challenge? I PROMISE to return it. If you are, I'll PM my address. Have a great day, Cadre!

Go Rams!
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I think KJ has some Bruce so check with him for a new one. If not I can send you mine but don't know how much life it has left in it.
 
well today was shave 3 with the $ tree razor and it finally fell off. Now it wasn't terrible but it was not particularly comfortable. Felt ok on pass 1 but didn't remove much and pass 2 felt like I was just scraping my face. Still ended up DFS but did have a good amount of short lived irritation and I did get several weepers.
 
Spider said:
What do you have.... steel wool for whiskers???? Geez!
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Honestly i have no idea how it went from a really good/comfortable shave yesterday to nearly useless and less than comfortable shave today.
 
dangerousdon said:
Well...I'm glad someone got a good shave out of that razor! And with the Ghost Lime and Island Lime combo...you most certainly do smell good!
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Don I think the Blade is what makes the experience worse than the razor. Then again the blade was so dull that I didnt get any irritation or cuts. It might just be the darnest combination.
 
Dave in KY said:
So watching everyone else with their $1 Razors got me hankering to try a better blade in mine. Even though the Sputnik is on shave 8 and dull as far as I'm concerned
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So a dull, used up blade is better that the $1 blades?? I suppose it is.
 
So KJ is sending me a free Assured razor/blade combo, generously declining my offer to pay full price. That sets up an interesting comparison: I'm currently using a FB/Timor blade combo, and the Aristocrat is en route home from the spa as we speak. I'll hold off using the Aristocrat till I've field tested the Assured, thus comparing the FB/Assured/Aristocrat against one another. This may finally settle the long-running controversy over which of the three is the best.
 
There have been countless threads about those razors going head to head. Glad you’re finally going to put an end to it and give us answer Bruce! ???
 
Graybeard57 said:
So KJ is sending me a free Assured razor/blade combo, generously declining my offer to pay full price. That sets up an interesting comparison: I'm currently using a FB/Timor blade combo, and the Aristocrat is en route home from the spa as we speak. I'll hold off using the Aristocrat till I've field tested the Assured, thus comparing the FB/Assured/Aristocrat against one another. This may finally settle the long-running controversy over which of the three is the best.
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We already know the Assured outpaces both...now it's just a comparison between the 'Crat and FB. Looking forward to your results!

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What a comparison this will be! Almost hilariously so!
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Yea, the Assured is a much better razor than the other two by a long shot. It's not even fair, really.
 
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