Blade Runner: What Really Is “The Best A Man Can Get?”
! Then I rub it on my face and it does not feel like much thought was put into the shaving cream itself. It’s okay, but it has no perfume to it, and it’s rather thick, but not lathery. I continue on and shave with the six-bladed razor, and I’m not impressed. Some would say the more blades, the closer the shave; but I tend to believe the more blades, the more chance you have of cutting yourself and walking around with toilet paper on your face for the next hour. My theory rings true with the Shave Mate. There’s only a very weakly-lubricated aloe strip above the blades, the kind most of us are used to seeing on their Gilettes. The bulky handle doesn’t make it easier to control the blade, and it’s an awkward shape.
Altogether the shave is not terrible but definitely nothing special. I would compare it to the shave from a mid-level disposable three-blade razor. I’m also wary of the amount of shaves the cream in the handle will hold up for; especially for women and all the distance they have to cover (even though I think most of you are vagazzling these days anyway).
