"Buy less, choose well, make it last." -Vivienne Westwood We are inspired by the earth and its interconnected inhabitants. We are inspired by well-made tools and intentional living. All of us at ClassicShaving.com feel that the daily ritual of shaving is a time of quiet, thoughtful, almost zen-like privacy and contemplation. We believe that a task we'll perform thousands of times in life, is an opportunity for mindfulness and the chance to witness our impact on the earth. We have customers who have transformed their lives by switching to this classic method of shaving. In a world that moves and changes so quickly, it is a powerful choice to shave slowly and deliberately with a straight razor or safety razor. When using a straight razor all one needs is an artisan blade, an American-made leather strop (for maintaining the blade) a brush and soap, and the skills to use them. After the initial setup, the only waste created during the daily shave is soap bubbles down the drain. When using a safety razor the only waste is the little rectangular blade which can easily be recycled. There are three great reasons to switch to wet shaving; to save your face, your pocketbook and our planet. Make the switch today!
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Kade F.
Almost a week since my order and it still hasn't been shipped. This was a gift which would have been given at the party had a company actually fulfilled the order within their listed time. Ordered Friday and got a notification they finally printed the shipping label almost a week later.
Jack K.
CS is not trying to win customers for life, but rather customers on a whim. Like others are saying, they don't care about you once they have your money. After I placed a $300 order, they would not respond to requests for help or return (within 30 days). The pre-shaves are a complete scam and I can't even return them. And, after only a couple shaves, my razor is dulled out and useless. Their sharpeners have not been restocked since the day I found their site, and I've not had luck with other sharpeners. I've placed two orders with CS this past year. Both were several weeks late (especially given the 2-3 day shipping you're forced to pay). I had to email about both orders to see what the hold up was since they're no longer taking phone calls. On my second order, they assured me it shipped, but it hadn't until 2 weeks later right after I emailed them again. So I wonder if it would've even shipped at all had I not emailed twice. A short time after, they sent an apology email with rewards points to all customers asking us to bear with them because of high volume of sanitizer orders and the death of an employee from covid-19. Sad as it is, it's hard for me to feel bad for them considering how they treat their customers. If you can't fill orders, don't take them. If my order hasn't shipped, don't tell me it has. If you know it's going to be late, how about make it free shipping? And if you're understaffed, maybe hire some of the millions of people without a job right now. Months later, I still haven't gotten those rewards points they promised, while they're rolling in the truckloads of cash they made from overpriced sanitizer. Lastly, I got emails asking me to review products I just bought, so I did. None of my 3 reviews were ever published, as I suspected. They weren't bad reviews, but I realized they won't publish anything unless they're perfect 5-star reviews (like a lot of sites are doing now). If you're censoring reviews, prepare to be found out. All in all, their razors aren't bad. And the cologne is actually decent. Just don't expect you'll be able to return anything, get any help from their customer service after purchase, or to receive your items anywhere near on-time despite being forced to pay for priority shipping.
smithal57
Shipping was great. Received order very quickly. Razor, the stubby safety razor, was not functional. The blade is pressed too close to the unit and cannot shave. No way to adjust razor height. Classic soaps are difficult to lather relative to others I have used. Note how their web site's product ratings are all five stars or nothing. It's because they won't post negative ratings or comments they receive. Wish I had spent my $50 bucks elsewhere.
Santo
In the past I had ordered similar items and they were processed and shipped with 24~48 hours (not including weekends). This time around I ordered my items on a Tuesday and they shipped the following Monday. Also their store brand shaving cream, while wonderful, use to come in a white plastic container filled to the top with cream. Now they use a see through plastic container where you can clearly see they huge pocket of air where shaving cream is suppose to be. On a final note their point system is broken. Classical shaving states that for every 10 dollars spent you get one point. My order was 65 dollars (before shipping cost) and I only received 5 points. I tried reaching them about this, but I have yet to receive a reply. All in all classical shaving appears to have final made the greatest error all businesses tend to make; putting profit over quality.
Response from ClassicShaving.comJul 15, 2016
Hello Santo, Just wanted to personally respond to your review. Sorry for the delay of shipping your order. The shaving cream is made in small batches in our warehouse, and as it was 119 degrees in our Palm Springs warehouse, we let our soap maker, “Auntie Orlaine” off the hook for the end of the week, which unfortunately coincided with your order. Please know that we switched shaving cream containers because we received customer complaints that the double wall housing of our cream made the packaging appear larger and therefore we were attempting to sell less for more, which we were not. We switched packaging to the current container which actually holds 3 ounces more that the last container, and cost significantly more for us to purchase, but we did not raise the cost of the cream accordingly. We, in fact, make significantly less, but we did not raise the price because we want our customers to be very pleased with the value. The air-pocket seen in the container is that which happens when the lid space, during shipment is filled, and then resettles. Again we apologize for this grouping of disappointments that affected the satisfaction of your purchase, but please know that we always try our best, and are sorry to have fallen short of expectation. All our best, ClassicShaving.com
Evelyn
I placed my order a month ago thinking it would be enough time to receive in time for a birthday gift. I had to email customer service to get a timeframe after 3 weeks of waiting as the birthday was coming up within a week. I finally get the order just in time for the birthday and it was the wrong item. I called several times on the Monday (I finally just left a voicemail message) after the birthday and I emailed as well and I never got a response. I called again on Wednesday and finally got a live person! She was helpful but not real apologetic. It makes me wonder what kind of people work at this company. It's like "whatever, no big deal".
Thomas
I ordered a vintage razor and a few days later they contacted me saying it was out of stock. They offered a more expensive razor for an additional cost, and when I declined tried to pass of a razor that had different specs as being a close match. We eventually came to agreement and I accepted the lower value razor and a refund of the cost difference. The substitution razor arrived in an unhoned condition and is not shave-ready as the others were advertised. This also delayed the order over a week.
Wanda
Ordered my soap and have yet to receive them. I get prompt email replies but that does not get me my order.
Robert
Purchased item 100059142 on the 11th still no tracking information, no emails nothing, have tried contacting company. Not happy with service will never use or recommend this company ever again