More Kai blade Trials.

[Slock]

After testing out the Kai blade in my milder razors. I though I would see how they do in my three favorite razors. The Kai blade had a more dramatic effect on my most mild razors than compared to my favorite razors. I was expecting to be able to review my impressions on each of my three favorite razors like I did with my mild razors. All I can really report is it’s an above average blade that really didn’t change much of the dynamics in my shave with these razors. I was expecting the Kai to make my favorite razors shave worse than with blades that are a standard width. That was not the case. The razors in my den that are my favorite are the Henson medium, Th Gillette Canadian prewar tech, and the Gillette slim.
I think if you have a razor that shaves to mild for you there is a good chance a Kai blade will improve the shave for you. If the razor is already performing well, it will not make much of a difference.

 

[Ron R]

Interesting conclusion to the DE Kai SS blade, I think when a person puts a Kai in a mid range razor and depending on how mature your technique is and you your sweet spot for blade feel a person just tilts his razor automatically slightly to find that sweet spot but it should still give a larger shaving angle window for that razor if person desires that because of the extra blade exposure is my conclusion to the Kai blade. I like using mine in milder razors that are sitting idle and now they get used more because I enjoy blade feel as my technique matured.

 

[Slock]

Interesting conclusion to the DE Kai SS blade, I think when a person puts a Kai in a mid range razor and depending on how mature your technique is and you your sweet spot for blade feel a person just tilts his razor automatically slightly to find that sweet spot but it should still give a larger shaving angle window for that razor if person desires that because of the extra blade exposure is my conclusion to the Kai blade. I like using mine in milder razors that are sitting idle and now they get used more because I enjoy blade feel as my technique matured.

Perhaps because the razor that performs well you make the angle adjustment. With a razor that is too mild you can more easily get the angle you need to cut the whiskers with the wider Kai blade.

 

[BigJ]

Great observation!

My experience is generally similar. Blade performance depends on the razor. For me the most dramatic example is Feather blades, which are usually just a bit too sharp and unforgiving for my tastes. That is EXCEPT in an AS/D2 where Feathers are a match made in heaven!!