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BUDGET BLADES Dorco Classic Gillette Fusion ProShield e Five-Bladed Colonel

Bearded Colonel
e show-off
e easy roller
e curvy one
‹ ought vacuum cleaners were the only
Just as using seven sponges will clean your
tools to benefi t from balls? Not so. ‹ is
Very little of the human body is made in
car better than one, so using seven blades
to shave makes you more manly, rugged FlexBall-fi tted trimmer from Gillette laughs straight lines – so neither should your razor
and respectable. And, because you’re now in the face of, well, your face, scraping be. Curved to fi t your hand, this metal and
a refi ned, discerning sort, the Dorco Classic smoothly across the contours and curves rubber number off ers grip galore, not to
will soothe you with an integrated strip of your bristly mug, while lube is applied mention a close cut thanks to super-sleek
lubricated with argan oil and calendula. before and after the fi ve blades. blades that employ an inverted bevel.
£8.74 / razorsbydorco.co.uk £8 / gillette.co.uk £10/month / beardedcolonel.co.uk

CHINPROVEMENTS Boldking Starter Set Chris Rowlands takes one on Harry’s e Winston

e bulldog
e eco trimmer
Keeping your chin in check while caring for
Naming a German-engineered razor
the planet needn’t mean rubbing your face
more – to fi nd the best
wrangling, were it not such a precision
against some roughened bark. Sign up for the chin – and then a few Winston might be ripe for some historical
Boldking’s eco razors and you’ll get unique blades going treat of polished perfection. Fitted with
fl exible blades delivered in intervals. Return rubberised grips, the combination of fi ve
them when they’re dull and they’ll be blades and a fl exible hinge ought to deliver
recycled – saving both cash and humanity. a shave the man himself would be proud of.
£12 / boldking.com £18 / harrys.com

SPENNY SHAVES Edwin Jagger Black DE Razor Bolin Webb X1 Broadsword Straight Razor

e Bluebeard’s Revenge
e hand-pleaser
e old-school shaver
e pirate pruner
A clean shave is a must before a day at the
Real risk-takers don’t dally around with
when you go at it of a morning, you really
races. Before you don your top hat and
ought to look after your hands too. ‹ e
head for the private box, treat your While it’s your face that gets the scraping guarded blades or lubricant strips. No, true
gentlemanly visage to a session with this X1 is engineered in England to bless your adrenaline junkies go full Sweeney Todd [ Photography Pete Gardner ]
double-edge razor from Edwin Jagger. palms with an ergonomic experience. Pair and neatly slice their stubble into shape
Chrome-plated, it’ll have you looking sharp it with the magnetic stand (£35) for full with a fearsome 5/8in carbon steel blade,
in plenty of time for the 3:30 at Epsom. boardroom fi nesse. like the one on this cut-throat companion.
£23 / edwinjagger.co.uk £75 / bolinwebb.com £100 / bluebeards-revenge.co.uk

1 Mo’ blades, mo’ shave 2 Lube me up
For hairy sorts, there’s no such thing as too Cavemen might’ve managed with a sharpened
HOW TO many blades. The rest of us might not need flint and a grimace, but this is 2017. Pre-shave
DECIDE a shaver with racks of sharpened strips, but and post-shave balm aside, some razors come
equipped with water-activated lube strips.
more metal will mean fewer missed follicles.

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