Your smoothest and most efficient DE razor

[Vincentchou]

Mine are
merkur 37c
and
Gillette pre war Superspeed with Fat Handle (Triangle slot)
The latter one is a bit harsher than the former one.

Please your experiences with us.
Thank you.

 

[Roccomon]

Smoothest: Merkur 37C
Most efficient/aggressive: Mühle R41

 

[RandySp]

Smoothest: Rockwell 6c
Efficient: Rockwell in 5/6 & R41 "The Beast'

 

[member 119848]

smoothest: Timeless solid bar 0.68 in polished stainless steel
most efficient: Mühle R41

 

[coonskinner]

Smoothest: Karve

Most efficient: Ikon Tech

 

[Seckin Bodur]

My two are, Razorock Mamba on the smooth and Barbaros TR1 on the most efficient ends.

But if you asked the smoothest efficient razor, that would be Razorock Hawk V1, and that isn't a DE.

 

[Raven Koenes]

My Fatips on all accounts.

 

[kluber]

Smooth: ATT S1
Efficient: ATT H2 atlas

 

[damonil]

Rockwell 6c on 4 plate. smoothest and most effective.

 

[RayClem]

Primarily, I shave with a straight razor, but I use a DE razor for the clean-up pass. I have a Parker 24C open comb that is efficient, yet smooth, even when I use it for the complete shave.

 

[Whilliam]

Smoothest: Oristo w/black Diamond Like Coating
Most efficient: R41
Best compromise: Ming Shi 2000s set at 6

 

[Salty O'Rourke]

Smoothest - Schotz Slant tied with Leresche OC; both are in the running for most efficient too, but...

Most efficient - Wardonia Standard

 

[ShavePastor]

For me it's a tie between:

Rockwell 6s/c and the Parker Variant.

Both of these are exceedingly smooth shavers! Not gonna lie though, my RAD is kicking in for a CB Karve razor!

 

[Cino]

Smoothest - maybe Timeless 68 Ti OC. Although, I have a lot of very smooth shavers, so this choice is somewhat arbitrary.
Most efficient - Wunderbar.

Combining smoothness and efficiency, either the Timeless Ti 95 or the Wolfman SB.

 

[pbrmhl]

On my face, speaking very generally, the more efficient the DE, the less smooth. The Paradigm 17-4 is an exception to this rule, in my experience. It's very smooth, and almost as efficient as my efficiency kings, including the R41 2011, Ikon Tech, Charcoal Goods Level 3, etc.

 

[Sausage]

Merkur Futur!

 

[Badgerstate36]

Qshave/Ming-Shi. I love how I can crank it up to a 4 on my 1st 2 passes and it just mows the stubble down and then I can turn it down to a 2 for my ATG pass and its so super smooth and mild.

 

[Cphobes]

Smoothest: Parker Variant
Most efficient: Pre-war Tech with ATT Atlas Handle

Daily driver: Parker Variant, 2 pass shave

 

[AdiW]

Smoothest: Muhle R89.
Most effcient: R41.
Best compromise for me is the Muhle Rocca R95.

 

[cyberdog]

Currently, my polished Rockwell 6s....BUT, ask me again next week, after the Karve CB w/plate D arrives. (Finally passed customs this morning, yeah).