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<blockquote data-quote="brd2887" data-source="post: 55892" data-attributes="member: 698"><p>1: Maybe. It's all up to you. I've been using the Walmart personnas, and they work fine for me.</p><p></p><p>2: No, but you'll probably enjoy them. As far as affordable brushes, you can't really beat the tweezerman badger brush. You can find one on amazon for about 15 bucks with shipping.</p><p></p><p>For soaps, you don't need them, but you can find them cheap. I'm actually surprised that WalMart didn't have the Van der Hagen deluxe shave soap. It's supposed to be very good, but I've found that it dries my face out. Instead of the soap, I've been using the Proraso green shave cream, packaged by C.O. Bigelow and sold at Bath & Body works. It's a 5 oz tube for $10, and is probably going to last me for months, seeing as I only use a tiny dab each time I shave, and get a good 3 passes with some left over. That's another thing about the brush. Using one lets you use less cream.</p><p></p><p>3: Technique can always be improved with practice. As others have said, check out mantic's videos on youtube.</p><p></p><p>4: No idea, i use an unadjustable 40's superspeed</p><p></p><p>5: You might not get the super kick ass close shave at first, but you'll probably enjoy shaving more and develop R/BAD (razor/brush acquisition disorder) pretty quickly. I know if I had the money, I'd be all over it, but as it is, my setup cost me less than $40, and is going to last me quite a while.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brd2887, post: 55892, member: 698"] 1: Maybe. It's all up to you. I've been using the Walmart personnas, and they work fine for me. 2: No, but you'll probably enjoy them. As far as affordable brushes, you can't really beat the tweezerman badger brush. You can find one on amazon for about 15 bucks with shipping. For soaps, you don't need them, but you can find them cheap. I'm actually surprised that WalMart didn't have the Van der Hagen deluxe shave soap. It's supposed to be very good, but I've found that it dries my face out. Instead of the soap, I've been using the Proraso green shave cream, packaged by C.O. Bigelow and sold at Bath & Body works. It's a 5 oz tube for $10, and is probably going to last me for months, seeing as I only use a tiny dab each time I shave, and get a good 3 passes with some left over. That's another thing about the brush. Using one lets you use less cream. 3: Technique can always be improved with practice. As others have said, check out mantic's videos on youtube. 4: No idea, i use an unadjustable 40's superspeed 5: You might not get the super kick ass close shave at first, but you'll probably enjoy shaving more and develop R/BAD (razor/brush acquisition disorder) pretty quickly. I know if I had the money, I'd be all over it, but as it is, my setup cost me less than $40, and is going to last me quite a while. [/QUOTE]
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