Extend Your Razor's Life with a Pair of Jeans

[Count-Bracula]

  On 5/21/2014 at 2:51 AM, drivinghazard said:

Great Tip. Will try.

 

Gillette Fusion cartridges are damn expensive, 1 cartridge can only last 1 week for me. I shave everyday.

Thanks for sharing TS but will not try as I am using safety razor.

 

I only shave once a week so I'm kind of bushy by Friday.

[Windwaver]

Where can I buy the CHEAPEST JEANS?

[Count-Bracula]

  On 5/21/2014 at 3:51 AM, Tigerwoods said:

I pull my FACE hair using 2 5-cent coin one...

Let me guess . . . . you are a taxi driver?

[Tigerwoods]

  On 5/21/2014 at 5:30 AM, Count-Bracula said:

Let me guess . . . . you are a taxi driver?

Tigerwoods is world Lumber Wan Golfer hokay !

[Etnt]

  On 5/21/2014 at 3:52 AM, Mcscot said:

 

Look like a good piece of kit. Where did you get it bro?

Amazon also have http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004W2UMDW

Edited May 21, 2014 by Etnt

[Rustyz]

Soaking the razor blade in cooking oil after use is the best after also prolong blade life plus not so much aftershave irration

[Rayleigh]

  On 5/20/2014 at 3:51 PM, Lotr said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=gjSkgz3-2Ig

 

If you use disposable razor blades, odds are they get dull more quickly than you'd like. Instructables points us to a video demonstration showing how to extend their utility with a pair of blue jeans.

 

The DIYer in the video says he's kept the same disposable razor sharp for six months. How? By taking a pair of jeans and running the razor up and down 10 to 20 times in one direction along the entire length of the jeans and then again in the opposite direction. Apparently "the threads of the jeans run in a diagonal so switching directions allows for [a] balanced approach to fine tuning the blade's edge."

 

Check out the above video to see the tip in action.

 

Thanks for posting. After watching the clip, just recalled the same approach during my younger days when my regular barber would also run his blade along a long strap of leather. Guess that was the intent.

[Myxilplix]

I still use the plain old Mach 3 blades.

 

All the fancy 4/5-bladed cartridges just tend to get clogged because I'm a hairy bastich who doesn't shave daily.

[Ahgong]

this method is similar to those old barber shop that used fixed blades.

they used to rub their blades against a strip of leather.

[Evillusion]

  On 5/21/2014 at 3:23 AM, Kangadrool said:

Last time polis wear shorts time, barbers will use a strip of leather attached to the wall to sharpen their blades. But, now all use and throw due to HIV and hygiene reasons.

 

last in ns...i used my bayonet....hahaha! Just joking!

[Ahgong]

how old are you exactly?!?

 

  On 5/21/2014 at 3:51 AM, Tigerwoods said:

I pull my FACE hair using 2 5-cent coin one...

 

[Evillusion]

  On 5/21/2014 at 5:56 AM, Myxilplix said:

I still use the plain old Mach 3 blades.

 

All the fancy 4/5-bladed cartridges just tend to get clogged because I'm a hairy bastich who doesn't shave daily.

i only start to use mach 2 recently! Used the old type shavers until very difficult to get those disposable blades! Cheap...cheap...in jb mach 2 cost oni 16 rm for a set of 4!

[Tigerwoods]

  On 5/21/2014 at 6:00 AM, Ahgong said:

how old are you exactly?!?

 

 

Older than you for sure !

[drivinghazard]

  On 5/21/2014 at 5:25 AM, Count-Bracula said:

Thanks for sharing TS but will not try as I am using safety razor.

 

I only shave once a week so I'm kind of bushy by Friday.

 

You're using those old school double edge razor?

 

 

You're very pro. I bought from Mustafa to try last time, but end up bloodied face. In the end threw it all away. But the blades are damn cheap, 1 pack only $1 IIRC

[Count-Bracula]

  On 5/21/2014 at 6:30 AM, drivinghazard said:

 

You're using those old school double edge razor?

 

 

You're very pro. I bought from Mustafa to try last time, but end up bloodied face. In the end threw it all away. But the blades are damn cheap, 1 pack only $1 IIRC

 

Some bros here even more pro . . . they use those cut-throat type of razor!!

  On 5/21/2014 at 6:30 AM, drivinghazard said:

 

You're using those old school double edge razor?

 

 

You're very pro. I bought from Mustafa to try last time, but end up bloodied face. In the end threw it all away. But the blades are damn cheap, 1 pack only $1 IIRC

 

Get the better quality ones and surprising the MIC twist and turn type quite good, used to get cuts very often but after switching to this much better now.

[drivinghazard]

  On 5/21/2014 at 8:11 AM, Count-Bracula said:

 

Some bros here even more pro . . . they use those cut-throat type of razor!!

 

Get the better quality ones and surprising the MIC twist and turn type quite good, used to get cuts very often but after switching to this much better now.

 

I gave up on using DE blades liao. Cuts and burns are 1 thing, but the time taken also longer. Not to mention that there is certain technique. Every morning I shave before gg to work, and it's alrdy quite rush for me. I only have 1-2 mins to shave, so either use electric or gillette. I think I will try this method by TS to save some $. Anyway I have plenty unused jeans at home.

 

[Berncsp76]

Yeah I use this...

 

 

 

 

 

  On 5/21/2014 at 8:11 AM, Count-Bracula said:

 

Some bros here even more pro . . . they use those cut-throat type of razor!!

 

Get the better quality ones and surprising the MIC twist and turn type quite good, used to get cuts very often but after switching to this much better now.

 

[Mustank]

I Use one gillete blade can use for months even though I shave everywhere