Hi all,
For the past few years I've mostly used an electric trimmer to shave myself down to stubble. Not because I wanted the look of stubble, but mostly because I figured doing this would annoy my skin less.
Prior to that, I always used a drugstore cartridge razor -- which I recently used again (rather than the electric trimmer) and realized I enjoyed the clean shave.
And that, my friends, led me down the rabbit hole...
At first I was considering the Merkur 34C...
Then father down the rabbit hole, the Mühle R89 or Edwin Jagger DE89...
But then somehow I wound up most interested in the Mühle Rocca (V4) with the Birch Bark handle.
However, I literally know nothing about "blade feel" or "aggressive" or "efficient" -- from reading though reviews, it seems people like the Rocca (especially the V4) -- and I guess it tends to be described as having "some blade feel" and being "medium aggressive," though I don't have a first-hand sense of what those terms mean.
I'm partly drawn to this razor because I liked the idea of stainless steel (having read the reviews of the Edwin Jagger DE89, it seemed a lot of heads popped off the bolt) -- and, well, I just think it looks nice -- which I believe would encourage me to use it, and to enjoy using it.
My overall question is: Is it a mistake for somebody who has never touched a dual edge safety razor to go directly to the Rocca?
Thanks for any thoughts.
For the past few years I've mostly used an electric trimmer to shave myself down to stubble. Not because I wanted the look of stubble, but mostly because I figured doing this would annoy my skin less.
Prior to that, I always used a drugstore cartridge razor -- which I recently used again (rather than the electric trimmer) and realized I enjoyed the clean shave.
And that, my friends, led me down the rabbit hole...
At first I was considering the Merkur 34C...
Then father down the rabbit hole, the Mühle R89 or Edwin Jagger DE89...
But then somehow I wound up most interested in the Mühle Rocca (V4) with the Birch Bark handle.
However, I literally know nothing about "blade feel" or "aggressive" or "efficient" -- from reading though reviews, it seems people like the Rocca (especially the V4) -- and I guess it tends to be described as having "some blade feel" and being "medium aggressive," though I don't have a first-hand sense of what those terms mean.
I'm partly drawn to this razor because I liked the idea of stainless steel (having read the reviews of the Edwin Jagger DE89, it seemed a lot of heads popped off the bolt) -- and, well, I just think it looks nice -- which I believe would encourage me to use it, and to enjoy using it.
My overall question is: Is it a mistake for somebody who has never touched a dual edge safety razor to go directly to the Rocca?
Thanks for any thoughts.