Shavette...anyone use one?

[Crandall Crank]

Been thinking about getting a shavette. I have many DE blades that could be snapped and used in the shavette. Also, I wouldn't have to get a strop and other items for a traditional straight razor. The Dovo gets really good reviews and originated the shavette concept, but they use a proprietary blade (which is NOT a DE blade).

Any experience??

 

[blain]

The best bang for the buck shaving system I've found is the Gillette Guard sold mainly in India. I buy my refills off ebay from Indian sellers. Delivery can be fast or take a few weeks. But buying 100 allows for plenty of reorder time.
I buy from sellers with lots of transactions and high ratings.
It's a single blade, replaceable cartridge setup. DE shaves are very nice, but tend to drag me into the rabbit hole of creams, soaps, equipment, etc.
Multi-blade cartridge razors are dead to me. Big promises, but expensive and short on delivery.

For a daily driver, single pass razor at a great price, The Gillette Guard.

 

[1775usmarine]

If it's anything like the Chevette I'll steer clear.

 

[Crandall Crank]

Thanks for the opinion blain, but trying to keep this thread on shavettes. All I use are DE razors, I already have several DE razors and several hundred DE blades. This is one of the reasons for a shavette, I can "snap" a DE blade in half and use what I already have.

 

[wcd]

Thanks for the opinion blain, but trying to keep this thread on shavettes. All I use are DE razors, I already have several DE razors and several hundred DE blades. This is one of the reasons for a shavette, I can "snap" a DE blade in half and use what I already have.

Shavettes?

 

[Crandall Crank]

Like a straight razor, but instead of stropping/sharpening, you replace the blade with one-half of a DE razor blade.

 

[Max Volume]

I tried an el cheapo model once and the blade always needed to be reset in the holder because it didn't hold it well at all.
I've seen much nicer ones that appear to be quality made but never tried one. I found a quality straight razor that was in decent
shape and cheap at a gun show then sent it off to be professionally sharpened. You can use a leather belt for a strop.

 

[Frosty]

Check out shavenation.com I’ve ordered from him several times, always arrived fast, so no worries about it being a scam or anything.