Going completely off topic but If you're willing to experiment you might want to check out the Enders Speed threads. Can use a Schick B20 Proline blade and set exposure as you wish. I have mine fairly aggressively set and it's a joy to shave with. Nothing like the blade feel on my R41 but a far better shaver .I guess I am using blade feel as a way to avoid wading into the debate over efficiency vs. aggressiveness. I don't really mind blade feel or some blade chatter, and I think that is largely of product of my shaving "upbringing." I just like a razor that will get rid of hair in as few passes as possible. By way of explanation, a big chunk of my time wet shaving was with Feather Straight DX razors. Blade chatter with it is guaranteed bloodletting, but after a moment of carelessness with it one morning, I started exploring DE razors and coincidentally around that time the 2011 R41 was introduced, which became my daily driver for 10+ years. It has pretty hefty blade chatter and feel, but it works for me. Now I am on the hunt again - I realized the zamak on my R41 wasn't going to last forever. I like the AC blade format from my DX days for its rigidity, and I had high hopes the Vector might be my new "desert island razor," but it doesn't have enough blade exposure (or whatever) for my preferences/beard. So not a macho thing for me, I'm just at a strange end of the shaving spectrum.
Big caveat - I don't shave my head, just my face.
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