Couple of years ago I decided I had enough of cartridges and purchased a QShave (a mid range adjustable razor) to replace my 20 year old Gillette Sensor (I would buy cartridges in bulk so the cost per shave wasn’t that bad, but it was nowhere near the economics of safety blades!). I also choose Feathers blades after reading about them (mostly here).
Now I shave my head too; in fact my younger days ladies were telling me I was a dead ringer for Vin Diesel, so I had quite the success with the ladies due to my bald head... Oh the good days!
. I basically shave in the shower while my skin is wet and relaxed.
However no matter which gap adjustment I would choose on the QShave, I still had nicks and cuts, sometimes on my face, but almost every time on my head. I had to go super slow and super careful but would almost inevitably get a cut or two on the head; as you may know, the head has lots of small bumps and irregularities so I thought these cuts were unavoidable. I also tried different blades but it was worse and I always came back to Feathers.
Then I broke the QShave (dropped it in the shower) and decided to get a Rockwell 6S instead. I settled on the plate #4 for my head and started shaving my head with an incredible improvement in comfort, basically in half the time I used to, without a single nick or cut! I could do it eyes closed if I wanted now, due to performance and comfort improvement! In order to stop switching plates for my face I also bought an Above The Tie R1 on Kronos handle (again, after reading about it here). That one is amazing and gives me consistent facial shaves without any hints of cuts or irritations (the head has rusted but ATT is sending me another one - that’s another story).
So, my question is, what it is that made the QShave give me cuts, despite being adjustable, compared to the 6S and R1 which give me smooth, irritation free, and cut free shaves? By playing with the gaps on the QShave, I am sure could be pretty close to the same actual gap than found on the 6S and R1, but the QShave could never give me cut free shaves. Why? I've been thinking about it, examining and comparing the razors' heads, but cannot really understand; is is the use of different (better) materials, simply?
Now I shave my head too; in fact my younger days ladies were telling me I was a dead ringer for Vin Diesel, so I had quite the success with the ladies due to my bald head... Oh the good days!
. I basically shave in the shower while my skin is wet and relaxed.However no matter which gap adjustment I would choose on the QShave, I still had nicks and cuts, sometimes on my face, but almost every time on my head. I had to go super slow and super careful but would almost inevitably get a cut or two on the head; as you may know, the head has lots of small bumps and irregularities so I thought these cuts were unavoidable. I also tried different blades but it was worse and I always came back to Feathers.
Then I broke the QShave (dropped it in the shower) and decided to get a Rockwell 6S instead. I settled on the plate #4 for my head and started shaving my head with an incredible improvement in comfort, basically in half the time I used to, without a single nick or cut! I could do it eyes closed if I wanted now, due to performance and comfort improvement! In order to stop switching plates for my face I also bought an Above The Tie R1 on Kronos handle (again, after reading about it here). That one is amazing and gives me consistent facial shaves without any hints of cuts or irritations (the head has rusted but ATT is sending me another one - that’s another story).
So, my question is, what it is that made the QShave give me cuts, despite being adjustable, compared to the 6S and R1 which give me smooth, irritation free, and cut free shaves? By playing with the gaps on the QShave, I am sure could be pretty close to the same actual gap than found on the 6S and R1, but the QShave could never give me cut free shaves. Why? I've been thinking about it, examining and comparing the razors' heads, but cannot really understand; is is the use of different (better) materials, simply?
