I've watched and read about the new Stirling razor. Seems to be a very aggressive (or efficient) razor.Went to the dark side for the last couple of days and used my Feather DX straight with a Feather Pro Super blade for 90% of the shave, but I needed some additional cleanup today with a DE in spots and pulled out the Stirling Stainless with the HA plate and a fresh Gillette Platinum blade that Rod shipped with the razor. The Stirling is really fantastic for my purposes.