Maybe an obvious question but I am curious as to how you use a slant given that from pics I've seen it looks like only one side is slanted. Do you use it like a GEM or other single edge blade? Do you remove the blade and switch sides between shaves?
How do you use a slant?
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It takes regular DE blades. Each side of the head is slanted the same, so you use both sides of the razor just like any other DE.
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I see my mistake. Thanks for clearing up.
Do you just concentrate cutting to the left or right edge of the razor, depending on the amount of aggressiveness desired? Also, are the opposite sides of the razor mirrored (rotational vs. reflection symmetry)...i.e., is the more aggressive side on the left edge of one side, and the right edge of the other?
Nope, you just use it like any other DE razor. The opposite sides are slanted the same way so both sides look the same.
Hey, now there's an idea. Those Germans gave us all kinds of other heads with one side more aggressive than the other. I'm not sure why they never made a razor with one side normal and the other slanted. Or maybe they did and we just never hear about it.
There has been much discussion about the use of a slant. If is a regular razor that gives you some of the sything (sp?) motion during a regular stroke. Not a razor to be feared but one to be respected.
Aggressive end is always the same. For long strokes it really isn't very different (the whole scything thing), when working in tight places like your top lip it does help to note and use the more open/aggressive end.
And if you normally do a "Gillette slide" ....DON'T !!! 
