Price of Razor Blades

[john mcgill]

I've just paid £11.45 for 8 Mach 3 Turbo blades in Boots.  The Fusion ones were nearly £2 a blade.  Bloody rip off. I'd grow a beard but I don't teach Geography anymore and the cord trousers are used for gardening. I need to shave every work day at least.  Anyone know of any shop that has reasonable prices?  End of rant.

[heganboy]

There was a great thread on the old board about shaving, and following advice given I have reverted to the old school double edged safety blades, and cream and a brush. My face and my pocket have been enjoying the 5 month break! No intention of buying any more rip off fusion 15 blade crap with their new radioactive micro gel bundled in ever again.
Old school stylee!

[Hardy]

Bizarre behaviour and just a temporary fad in the annals of anthropology. Future generations will marvel at this era, when some weird compulsion drove men to scrape all the naturally-growing hair off their faces every day. Just their faces, for some reason. Nowhere else. What's that about?

[The Iceman]

I bought a packet of Mach 3 and it had a voucher for £2 off Fusion blades so I think Gillette are trying to get us all to buy the Fusion and ditch the Mach 3's.
Cheap blades? Do they even exist?

I know I bought a box of 8 in America for something like $4 so they are a lot cheaper elsewhere.

I have just grown a beard - beats spending a crap load of money.

Beards are not just for Geography teachers - who gives a crap what it looks like.

[dublinfella]

There was a great thread on the old board about shaving, and following advice given I have reverted to the old school double edged safety blades, and cream and a brush. My face and my pocket have been enjoying the 5 month break! No intention of buying any more rip off fusion 15 blade crap with their new radioactive micro gel bundled in ever again.
Old school stylee!

interestigly a mate of mine was recommending the brush and blade approach to me recently.

where do you get the blades?

[amallon]

You can get the fusion blades on ebay a bit cheaper than in the shops. 

[ardal]

There was a great thread on the old board about shaving, and following advice given I have reverted to the old school double edged safety blades, and cream and a brush. My face and my pocket have been enjoying the 5 month break! No intention of buying any more rip off fusion 15 blade crap with their new radioactive micro gel bundled in ever again.
Old school stylee!

interestigly a mate of mine was recommending the brush and blade approach to me recently.

where do you get the blades?

Went down the same road myself, it's definitely a far better job. I think I last paid about €2 for 10 new wilkinson sword double edged blades. Because they come in a small packet they are't as obvious as the likes of the fusion blades etc, but as far as I'm aware they're still in most supermarkets

[realredhandfan]

I like the neanderthal meath mans approach.

[charlie stubbs]

theres a fella i no from portadown that helped to design the mac3 if u need any advice

[john mcgill]

there's me complaining about the price of blades and then I found this site for a free razor
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=424262

[Gabriel_Hurl]

Just paid $27.99 for 8 Schick Quattro Power Blades

[dublinfella]

there's me complaining about the price of blades and then I found this site for a free razor
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=424262

doesnt seem to work for us free staters....

[Star Spangler]

The UK and Ireland are unusual in Europe for the high use of shaving foam in a can and disposable razors.  In other parts of Europe - particularly Italy and France - the majority of men use the old fashioned blades and razors.  And they all use shaving brushes and soap.

[ONeill]

Cheap blades? Do they even exist?

I have a couple of cousins who don't charge that much.

[realredhandfan]

Are they still on the go from after school days?