Didn't think I could get as good of a shave out of a DE as I do with an injector (type L)... well at least my ball end Tech didn't shave as well as my type L. Picked up a real sweet eBay Fatboy on a whim as no one else bid on it. Tried it out last night and WOW! 
I put a Personna blade in it that already had one shave on it, set it to 7 and went on with a WTG pass. Rinsed my face and couldn't believe I already had a DFS. Now, I am cursed with wires growing out of my face and need to do XTG before ATG but figured I'd try ATG next anyway since it did such a good job WTG. Sure enough, it cut right through on the ATG pass on to a quick and easy BBS shave.
I really can't believe it shaved that well. I normally blow through blades quickly (1.5 shaves on an injector, 2 on a DE) so I was even more impressed that it did this well on a used blade. Now here's the kicker... I use straights and a Rolls in my rotation as well and when I shave with them I tend to have a BBS last much longer than an injector or DE shave. This time? Man it is close... probably only a couple of hours shy of a straight shave but a little better than the Rolls.
Seven is heaven for me
Moral of the story: YMMV definately applies to shaving. Keep trying different things... otherwise you might never come across a nice surprise like this!
I put a Personna blade in it that already had one shave on it, set it to 7 and went on with a WTG pass. Rinsed my face and couldn't believe I already had a DFS. Now, I am cursed with wires growing out of my face and need to do XTG before ATG but figured I'd try ATG next anyway since it did such a good job WTG. Sure enough, it cut right through on the ATG pass on to a quick and easy BBS shave.
I really can't believe it shaved that well. I normally blow through blades quickly (1.5 shaves on an injector, 2 on a DE) so I was even more impressed that it did this well on a used blade. Now here's the kicker... I use straights and a Rolls in my rotation as well and when I shave with them I tend to have a BBS last much longer than an injector or DE shave. This time? Man it is close... probably only a couple of hours shy of a straight shave but a little better than the Rolls.
Seven is heaven for me
Moral of the story: YMMV definately applies to shaving. Keep trying different things... otherwise you might never come across a nice surprise like this!
Left the same blade in there (which would be the 3rd shave) but it looks like 2 shaves is still the limit for me. Still got BBS but it pulled on a few spots with the stiffer hairs and I got a couple of nicks for the effort.. ah well.
