Date:         Sun, 25 Feb 2007 18:21:27 -0800
Reply-To:     Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
Subject:      Re: [NVC] Disposable razors with good blade guards?
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Get a straight razor- you can use it for other things as well if you really
need to.

Cya,
Robert

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Elliott" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 3:22 PM
Subject: Re: [NVC] Disposable razors with good blade guards?


> Ziplocks? Greatest thing since the bread slicer. I always have a box of
> the small size, and box of the gallon sizes along. Always in freezer
> grade. Use 'em all the time. I thought about dumping the razors into a
> small Ziplock then tossing it all into my toiletries kit, and I'm sure
> it would keep the covers with the razors, but not on the razors. They'd
> come loose and be rattling around in that Ziplock, and I'd still be
> annoyed by the bad engineering.
>
> If no one knows of a disposable that has a firmly affixed cover, then it
> looks like I'll have to buy samples of them all and do my own review.
> May take a while, though, considering how infrequently I shave when
> camping.
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> KG6RCR
>
>
>
> Joy Hecht typed:
>> I don't know from razors, but how about putting your disposables in a
>> small
>> ziplock before putting them in your toiletries bag?
>>
>> Those of us of the female persuasion also have certain items that also
>> lose
>> their packaging in loose toiletry bags.  Small ziplocks or similar small
>> plastic packaging work wonders.
>>
>>
>>
>> Joy
>>
>>
>> :::-----Original Message-----
>> :::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
>> Behalf
>> :::Of Michael Elliott
>> :::Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 4:24 PM
>> :::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> :::Subject: [NVC] Disposable razors with good blade guards?
>> :::
>> :::I don't usually make a habit of shaving much when we camp, but once in
>> a
>> :::while I get fed up with the grizzled prospector look, and take a few
>> :::swipes at the face with a razor. No electrics for me -- hate 'em. It
>> :::seems that no matter what brand of disposable blade-type razor I buy,
>> :::the little plastic blade guards become separated from the razors in my
>> :::toiletries bag and the next time I open the bag, I end up fishing out
>> :::blade guards and razors and patiently put them back together. Next
>> time,
>> :::same thing: blades here, blade guards over there. This last set of
>> :::disposables are some kind of Gillettes in violent lime green, and they
>> :::are no better than the others I've tried in this regard.
>> :::
>> :::Can anyone recommend a disposable razor with a secure cover?
>> :::
>> :::--
>> :::Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>> :::71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
>> :::84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>> :::74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
>> :::KG6RCR
>>