Quote Originally Posted by gssixgun View Post
Slightly Sorry Bart


I just can't wrap my brain around the thought that a slight duller razor can somehow be more comfortable/ smoother.....
Glen, I don't know if you have any experience with DEs and various DE blades but just for comparison. A Gillette Swede and the Feather were the sharpest DE blades I experienced. The Swede was smoother than the Feather. I think this was a general consensus rather than my individual experience. The Derby was not as sharp as either of those blades but was more forgiving.

I once posted that I could get a razor sharper with my Shapton Pros than with a coticule or an Escher and a forum member responded that he didn't buy that a synthetic could make an edge sharper than a natural. I replied and said that I meant harsher.

Now I've got enough experience to go back to my original contention that , not knowing about anyone else, I can get a razor sharper with my Shapton pros than I can with a coticule. The resulting edge will be harsher to my skin than the edge off of the coticule.

Sort of like a Feather as opposed to a Derby DE. That is IME and not necessarily true for anyone else.