Kept hunting for the perfect razor for me and was thinking aggressive was the way to go. Picked up a Mamba and tossed in a Polsilver SI. Smooth efficient and mild. Great daily driver with no irritation! Cheap and well made.
Kept hunting for the perfect razor for me and was thinking aggressive was the way to go. Picked up a Mamba and tossed in a Polsilver SI. Smooth efficient and mild. Great daily driver with no irritation! Cheap and well made.
Same here, but it took an adjustable to demonstrate that to me convincingly. In general, I find the more aggressive designs require a feather-light touch, which requires more care and attention. I guess the plus side for exacting shavers is that these razors can be more sensitive and responsive to slight changes in pressure and angle. I find the milder designs are much less sensitive and demanding. I can apply a little more pressure, or better yet, use a heavier razor that applies more constant pressure and is less sensitive to twitches or slips of my sleepy fingers. I do find it's more important that a heavy razor have the right balance and not be head or handle heavy, but that caveat aside, a heavy, mild razor is the easiest to use. For me, a heavy, aggressive razor is a recipe for nasty, deep cuts, though it may provide the closest shaves most easily if I am ultra-careful, and, most importantly, fully awake. Of course, all that is just my non-expert experience. Congratulations on your find, I may try one too.Kept hunting for the perfect razor for me and was thinking aggressive was the way to go. Picked up a Mamba and tossed in a Polsilver SI. Smooth efficient and mild. Great daily driver with no irritation! Cheap and well made.
Great razor by many. Glad you like it.Kept hunting for the perfect razor for me and was thinking aggressive was the way to go. Picked up a Mamba and tossed in a Polsilver SI. Smooth efficient and mild. Great daily driver with no irritation! Cheap and well made.
Agree, and for me the 34C is the mildest of those.I much prefer mild razors. I get really great shaves from a Gillette Tech or a Super speed. My Merkur 34C is brilliant. If I use a Gillette Adjustable setting 3 is about my limit. I tried setting 4 once but I found the shave to be very uncomfortable. As always YMMV.
All you fellows who prefer milder razors, I wonder if you will be saying that when you are older than say 60, and you have tough, coarse "old man whiskers?
When I feel cocky I break out a Gem MMOC.....this is great for a couple of days but leaves me beat up after that .
Really? I use the MMOC shallow and it's very comfortable, just used it today for a nice BBS face and head shave.