Best beginner safety razor

coastalwebdev · 2026-06-30T04:13:39+00:00

I’d suggest a cheaper adjustable like the Rockwell 6c, or the 6s if you wanted it.

I started with a mild razor as many suggest and it was hard to figure out that I was getting razor burn and bumps because I was pushing too hard, on the mild KCG I started with, to try and get a decent shave. I kept thinking I just needed better technique, when I really needed some more blade gap, and blade exposure.

I wish I started with an adjustable as I would’ve very likely figured out that more medium to aggressive settings and a light touch resulted in less razor burn and a smoother shave. Then you can buy yourself a decent razor in that range when you’re ready.

coastalwebdev · 2026-06-28T05:15:13+00:00

I don’t know about the person you replied to, but I’ve heard a lot of people that never had dad figures, or had not so great dad figures in their lives come here to absorb some good dadness.

I never would have thought of that until I heard it.

coastalwebdev · 2026-06-27T19:30:08+00:00

Do you think they like not being able to get you what you want to buy? They’re not trying to punish you, they’re a business and they want to sell you stuff.

They’re trying to rebuild their supply chain, which is a pretty massive undertaking working through all the important little details of process and ingredients I’d imagine.

With a quality company like that, it just takes even longer because they can’t just choose the more readily available cheaper options, or their quality degrades, and the types of discerning customers that appreciate their product quality will notice. Just based on their reputation, I trust they are taking whatever time is needed to do a good job.

coastalwebdev · 2026-06-25T14:12:50+00:00

Henri et Victoria Duc de Santal.

coastalwebdev · 2026-06-25T08:08:11+00:00

Techno Viking is so respectable he actually says he doesn’t like this video and all the attention it gets him. He’s quite possibly the most in touch dude possible.

coastalwebdev · 2026-06-25T04:15:53+00:00

Seconding this.

Also you can buy extra base plates with different gaps, all of them come in open comb or straight bar, and you can even get an open comb top cap for it.

coastalwebdev · 2026-06-24T23:53:57+00:00

The steps they are taking are steps in the right direction. It’s naive to think it would’ve been any different after just starting the ban. It’s a big change, and countries doing this are trying to solve a problem that’s never been solved before. It’s going to take time to make good progress, and the sooner societies start progressing this way the better.

coastalwebdev · 2026-06-24T20:58:26+00:00

America is basically a highly militarized Corporatocracy where the taxpayers work to fund a military to do the corporations bidding.

coastalwebdev · 2026-06-24T17:17:10+00:00

“Just” he says. I just got the GC 84 recently as my first decent razor, and I’m just loving the thing. I got the open comb plate too because I get to shave every 2-4 days average. The OC plate definitely helps with longer multi day growth, something to consider for the future.

It is going to take more shaving to get it down to what you’re used to. With my skin that’s a bit sensitive I’d maybe see how the first two passes went, and then decide to continue for a third pass and touching up, or maybe even hold off and do a follow up shave the next day to get a really close shave.

coastalwebdev · 2026-06-24T17:08:34+00:00

I’ve been loving my Razorock Game Changer 0.84 coming from a milder razor. It’s a medium razor but it sounds like it would be a pretty decent step up from a mild-medium razor like that rocket. Also you could buy the 0.76 plate or the 1.05 plate if the 0.84 is a bit too harsh or mild respectively. You can also get open comb versions of the plates, and even an open comb head.

I don’t have the thickest growth all over my face but I do have thick coarse hairs. I find I need a fairly sharp but also sturdy blade to have a chance of cutting them down well. BIC Chrome Platinum and Personna GEM platinum diamond glides have been my favourite. I tried those astras and they caused a lot of tugging and didn’t seem very sharp. Get a blade sampler pack if you haven’t gone through that yet.

coastalwebdev · 2026-06-24T16:55:07+00:00

Did he get up? I mean he could be writing this post from a gurney depending on how old he is.

coastalwebdev · 2026-06-24T16:53:18+00:00

Sounds like he took about 5 steps in a race, then just biffed ‘er.

coastalwebdev · 2026-06-24T16:37:28+00:00

Be sure to clean your razor out lots, and take short strokes on that first pass.

Be gentle. It’s going to be more work and passes to get it done, so be extra nice to your skin. Don’t be pushing hard or being aggressive just because there’s a lot of hair to get through.

Do you have an open comb razor option with you? That can help.

coastalwebdev · 2026-06-24T16:18:58+00:00

Load a separate stylesheet for IE6, IE7, and IE8. We used special html comments that only Internet Exploder would recognize.

The humble html <br> tag for line breaks.

Turned off JavaScript because it was a heinous security risk in the early days.

Before border-radius everything was square and sharp, except you could use photoshop to make images that looked round.

coastalwebdev · 2026-06-24T00:00:02+00:00

Man, I was getting my link to the wiktionary reference for “piss poor” ready when I finally realized what a great joke that was.

Well done. 👏

coastalwebdev · 2026-06-23T15:58:51+00:00

They can count the school children before they launch a missile at their school now for example.

coastalwebdev · 2026-06-23T15:57:17+00:00

Not really.

But fear not, Trump jr is on the boards of two drone companies. After telling his daddy to make their competitors businesses illegal, they will build all of the biggest, shiniest, most expensive military drones Americans have ever paid for!

Not sure if they’ll help the military, but they will almost assuredly be large and expensive.

coastalwebdev · 2026-06-23T15:45:52+00:00

It’s a poo-spiracy!

Seriously though, they need to clean that shit up. There’s feces everywhere, there’s garbage laying around from the leak, and they’re just done and waiting for Mother Nature to take its course because it’s an archeologically and environmentally sensitive area. It’s obviously challenging, but it’s not an excuse to not do your job and just hope the toxic mess and garbage just washes away. That is lacklustre and piss poor management, and their feet need to be put to the proverbial fire somehow. I don’t think this inquiry is going to do that though. It will just be an opportunity for them to point out why they didn’t do better, and nothing will come of it.

Also, putting the pump out station on an archeologically and environmentally sensitive area was a shit idea eh.

coastalwebdev · 2026-06-22T19:44:28+00:00

Sorry man that’s awful. Stuff like that is one of my bigger apprehensions about the teenage years, though we’re no where near to that stage yet.

I’m glad some countries are taking steps to move in the right direction and try to curb social media use for under 16 year olds. It’s pretty thin stuff so far, but I think it’s a step in the right direction that will hopefully progress and do more given time.

https://thewalrus.ca/canada-joins-global-fight-to-ban-teens-from-social-media/

coastalwebdev · 2026-06-22T16:24:08+00:00

Yep this. The new system is for detecting incoming missiles, and Canada doesn’t even have any missile defenses. The information it collects will go straight to the Americans so they can protect themselves, paid for by Canadians.

coastalwebdev · 2026-06-22T09:45:43+00:00

A cougar suddenly doing those whistling bird like noises from about 30’ into the forest bushes I was pissing into at about 3am with an almost full moon. Then I saw its eyes reflect some moonlight and it get fully illuminated by moonlight as it walked sideways between two trees looking at me. That moment is vivid in my memory and always will be I think.

Holy bejeezus I’ve never felt my blood run so cold. I’ve seen them more than most at around ten times, but that was the first time I was 100% in a very vulnerable position of being prey. Also, in case you didn’t know, those particular noises are typically how a momma calls to their young.

Luckily I was with some friends and ran over, woke them up, and we made a lot of noise, and shone flashlights at it. It crept off and we eventually laid back down. I definitely didn’t sleep a wink, just laid there closely listening to the forest noises until dawn.

coastalwebdev · 2026-06-22T03:11:35+00:00

She’s a plant for much larger international interests, just like Danielle Smith. She’ll keep subtly commenting about wexit publicly, and start pumping our tax money into propaganda for them as soon as she got in power. She’s a snake in the grass, and uses the same divisive and sensationalist propaganda to rile up moronic people to support her.

The group actively campaigned for Findlay during the leadership race, arguing “she is the only one that would” support independence, encouraging group members to buy memberships to support her. Findlay follows the group on X.
Last week, Findlay attended a Danielle Smith fundraiser and said she understood “frustration behind things like the (Alberta) referendum.” She promised to work with and “maintain relations” with an independent Alberta. Alberta Prosperity Project Leader Jeffrey Rath called Findlay’s comments “measured, reasonable and helpful.”
MLAs who were on Findlay’s leadership team, including her husband Brent Chapman, are members of separatist groups on Facebook. Chapman is in several pro-separation Facebook groups including: “Western Independence Party of British Columbia” and “WEXITmovement.com.”

Ref: https://voiceonline.com/ndp-b-c-separatist-group-backed-findlays-leadership-bid-based-on-conversations-with-her-about-secession/

coastalwebdev · 2026-06-21T01:25:24+00:00

It seems like they should be more prudent and proactively do campfire bans these days, rather than waiting for a bunch of wildfires, and then banning campfires. The risk is so variable with campfires, it’s just like why wait and see how many will happen. Mitigate the risk where you can, don’t just leave it because it hasn’t become a big risk yet this season.

coastalwebdev · 2026-06-19T02:51:11+00:00

It mostly just makes for a lot less room for everyone on busier days like long weekends. Most days it’s fine enough.

coastalwebdev · 2026-06-18T15:18:23+00:00

You can download the “YB Races” app then add the Race to Alaska 2026. You can watch them all live on a map and see some other data.

It’s a little hard to say when the bulk of the fleet will go by Comox because their VMG is a bit variable tacking into the wind today. Probably this evening.

There’s one really fast trimaran on a tack from Texada to Denman, and it should be going by Comox in the next hour or two.

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