Being a modern 21st century guy, of course I use a razor and shave my face every day and most weekend days (and a lot more weekend days than I used to, seeing as how as I get older I look a lot less like Don Johnson and a lot more like Walter Brennan…)

And this has not gone unnoticed by corporate America, which offers ten one hundred jillion different razors for men these days, with one blade, two blades, three blades, sideburn blades, electric blades, “lubricating strip”, etc. etc. ad naseum.

Now I have tried using an electric razor without much satisfaction (where you are basically rather than shaving your beard you are perpetually grinding your stubble until your face aches), and have tried slicing my sensitive skin to ribbons with a single blade.   Unfortunately, I have settled on one of those ULtra/Supra/Omni 5-blade thingies with lubricating strip, at an average cost per shave of something like$1.75/day, which can, you know–add up. So, being aware of the tough times ahead, I picked up some Target-brand 3 bladers and..cut the cr*p out of my face.  But figuring my skin had just been wimped out by years of over-coddling, I continued the experiment for another week, where I continued to collect a nice collection of nicks, cuts, bruises, and other facial disfigurements.  So this week I finally bit the bullet and went back to the Ultra-Fey Optra Supreme Double-Lubricating Zaptor Rinse.

Maybe it’s time for the Grizzly Adams comeback…

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