Greetings fellow wetshavers,
I am considering trying the Blackland Blackbird or the Blackbird lite but I'm trying to know a bit more about the razor and how it compares to others I have tried in terms of blade feel.
For background, I don't have the easiest beard to shave: dense and coarse beard and somewhat sensitive skin but I tend to shave everyday as I like the clean shaven look.
Some razors I have handled well and that stayed in my den:
Some razors I did not do well with:
Long story short is I'm looking to acquire a new razor in the near future and I am really interested in the design of the Blackbird or Blackbird lite, love the looks but have heard very conflicting information about it, some people say It's not that aggressive and that it feels very comfortable (nick shaves, Matt from razor emporium) while some others say it has a lot of blade feel. How much blade feel are we talking ? Is it similar to the Lupo 95 in blade feel ? or closer to the EJ 3one6 ?
Basically I shave everyday and tend to do 2 to 3 passes depending on how aggressive the razor is. (3 passes if not a ton of blade feel and 2 if very efficient with some blade feel). As I mentioned above, I tend to like efficient razors as I do bad if I need to do too much buffing and repeat strokes too many times but while I can tolerate some blade feel I don't do very well with high blade feel.
Feel free to recommend other razors you think I'd like.
Have a great shave and great day!
I am considering trying the Blackland Blackbird or the Blackbird lite but I'm trying to know a bit more about the razor and how it compares to others I have tried in terms of blade feel.
For background, I don't have the easiest beard to shave: dense and coarse beard and somewhat sensitive skin but I tend to shave everyday as I like the clean shaven look.
Some razors I have handled well and that stayed in my den:
- RR GameChanger .84P
- Edwin Jagger 3one6
- RR GameChanger 1.05P (cannot shave everyday with it, more like every 2nd or 3rd day)
Some razors I did not do well with:
- EJ DE89 (too inefficient, leads to irritation to repeating strokes)
- Lupo 95 (I am still puzzled as why this one did not work for me, somehow it lead to irritation, maybe the blade exposure is too positive ? Not sure)
Long story short is I'm looking to acquire a new razor in the near future and I am really interested in the design of the Blackbird or Blackbird lite, love the looks but have heard very conflicting information about it, some people say It's not that aggressive and that it feels very comfortable (nick shaves, Matt from razor emporium) while some others say it has a lot of blade feel. How much blade feel are we talking ? Is it similar to the Lupo 95 in blade feel ? or closer to the EJ 3one6 ?
Basically I shave everyday and tend to do 2 to 3 passes depending on how aggressive the razor is. (3 passes if not a ton of blade feel and 2 if very efficient with some blade feel). As I mentioned above, I tend to like efficient razors as I do bad if I need to do too much buffing and repeat strokes too many times but while I can tolerate some blade feel I don't do very well with high blade feel.
Feel free to recommend other razors you think I'd like.
Have a great shave and great day!