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Hi wet shave dudes,

I've been shaving my head with a DE razor for a few years now. I've had a few cheap £20 razors, but they don't seem to last me very long.

On one the butterfly mecanism broke. My next was a 3 piece, which I dropped and the chrome chipped off. They were both Parker razors.

After some research, seems the way to go for durability is steel, but steel razors (e.g. rockwell 6s) tend to be above £100.

I'm not sure I'd be OK dropping that kind of money, so I wanted to ask: is there a good durable DE around £50?

Some razors are marketed as "tripple chromed". Are they any better?

Cheers

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Same problem as op, though: a chrome plated zamac head.

[–] tty5 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Seems to be durable enough - I've been using mine for 10+ years and it still has all of the plating

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Goin on 20 years for me and still in perfect condition for me

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I take it you didn't drop it like op did, then 🙂