This is a really good choice if you want to get into the freaky subculture of straight-razor shaving. I mean, what kind of guy uses a single, naked sharp blade on his throat and face in this era of space-age 30-blade cartridge razors that will walk your dog for you? The kind of guy who doesn't want to get a second mortgage to buy razor blades and summon his often subdued bada$$ery, because, why not?
If you've had a lot of practice with a DE razor, you won't have any problems with this razor, and you can still use all those DE blades you've been stockpiling for the last year or so. You just have to be a little more patient and slow, but you've already got the blade angle down, so there's nothing to it. It does shave even closer than the DE, I think. I swap back and forth between my Merkur Barber Pole and this razor.
Now, if you want to jump from the Mach-5 or whatever they're called these days, you might want to rethink that decision or get a DE to practice with for a while. If you don't have blade angle and technique down, you're going to open up an artery and ruin your wife's monogrammed towels. Just sayin'. This is both an art and a skill that you don't learn overnight.
But, if you want to save a lot of money and get an amazing shave, this is a good option. It might be a step toward getting really hardcore and entering the world of the traditional straight razor, which is a whole new level of manliness that I won't be getting to anytime soon.
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The description of the product reads “Comes with one extra disposable blade” and the product details reads “The holder adapts to all brands of standard double edge blades”This is not true. In fact, I received 2 of the same clear plastic holders that only hold the Dovo brand blades and no disposable blades at all.It’s very frustrating that it doesn’t come with the inserts for standard blades or the feathered Dovo blade holder as one would expect. I now have to spend extra money sourcing those to be able to use this product.I’m giving it 2 stars only because it at least came with the correct shavette handle.
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