Familiar with SHAVING FACTORY brand DE?

[Merk]

I am fairly new to wet-shaving and DE razors (about 1 month). I only own 1 DE that is a SHAVING FACTORY DE. It is the Only one I have ever put against my beard. I have only ever used DERBY EXTRA blades in it. I have only ever used this combination of blade/DE with Van Der Hagen soap/brush starter kit. I started out as most newbies probably do....nicks/cuts/weepers a-plenty. I can now get BBS smooth with little irritation as my lathering has improved and technique has improved and within 3 passes (WTG/XTG/ATG). But.....It seems as though my passes are initiated with more strokes than necessary. As if the blade is just not very effective. I feel as if I have to "work" it against my face too much too get it that close specially during my final ATG pass, and clean-up. I actually can "clean-up" any patches of non-BBS areas with just water and blade work (no lather). I can do all of this with a quite vigorous blade action and not nick/cut myself and little irritation. So my question is.....

Is this SHAVING FACTORY DE a more "mild" razor in comparison to other razors? I have no experience with any other razor so I cannot compare the relationships myself. I only know how my razor acts against my beard and it tells me it is too mild?

 

[StuMcB]

Yep your right. The shaving Factory brand is simalar (or maybe the same) as the Weshi brand razor. An efficient but quite mild razor IMHO. If your after something a little more aggressive then consider a vintage Gillette Tech, Slim, super adjustable, new Merkur or Muhle brand razor. Drop by the review section for more complete answers. While I'm here I found the SF stubby brush to be a great little travel brush and their stiptic matches a re a good buy aswell.

 

[Merk]

Ok. Thanks for your help!