I've been d.e. shaving maybe 4-5 years now I think. I've been overall happy with the concept but I've had an 'interesting' path and have never gotten 100 per cent satisfied with everything. (At it's worst it is about 8 times as good as multiblade or electric stuff). I've been through several razors and a lot of blades trying to find what's perfect.
I picked up one of these things about 4 months ago. It has instantly become my favourite razor - above my gillette slim. It is forgiving as anything and I can shave in ways I haven't dared to with my other razors. (I never shave against the grain on my neck for example - I can with this). I get a smoother shave quicker than I do with other equipment.
It does have negative points. Around the nostrils is more difficult due to the size for example. I use it on setting 4 - but need sharper blades than my usual in other razors. The shark stainless that are perfect for me elsewhere do not work here and the blades that I really hated elsewhere actually work. I can even use the dreaded swedish supersteels (which are a devil blade for me - horrible) in this and get a perfect shave with 2 and a half passes.
Other negatives: I can get 30 plus shaves out of a shark in my slim. I'm lucky to get 5 out of this razor from any blade I've tried. That's not a horrible thing but shows there is something working differently here.
It seems to have a lot of likes here - are there other comparable razors to it? (aside from the obvious merkur futur of course). More aggressive is not needed by me.
I picked up one of these things about 4 months ago. It has instantly become my favourite razor - above my gillette slim. It is forgiving as anything and I can shave in ways I haven't dared to with my other razors. (I never shave against the grain on my neck for example - I can with this). I get a smoother shave quicker than I do with other equipment.
It does have negative points. Around the nostrils is more difficult due to the size for example. I use it on setting 4 - but need sharper blades than my usual in other razors. The shark stainless that are perfect for me elsewhere do not work here and the blades that I really hated elsewhere actually work. I can even use the dreaded swedish supersteels (which are a devil blade for me - horrible) in this and get a perfect shave with 2 and a half passes.
Other negatives: I can get 30 plus shaves out of a shark in my slim. I'm lucky to get 5 out of this razor from any blade I've tried. That's not a horrible thing but shows there is something working differently here.
It seems to have a lot of likes here - are there other comparable razors to it? (aside from the obvious merkur futur of course). More aggressive is not needed by me.