Thread: Shavette vs shave ready straight razor. Shavette better?

So I bought a Parker SRW Stainless Steel Straight Edge off Amazon a couple weeks ago and really liked the experience. Got a shave ready straight razor today and just finished shaving with it. Same technique/ style as the parker and the parker left a better shave. To the point I need to reshave better.

Any reason for this. I did have a feather de blade in the parker but I would have thought a shave ready razor would have been better.

Lots of threads about this but in short, different, not better. IMO shavette is a bit more forgiving on the closeness/technique but less forgiving on cuts and oposite for a straight razor.

Most of us get just as close shave with either tool.

Didn't even think to search for the vs threads. Might have to work on technique I geuss. And read the threads of course.

Technique with a shavette is not the same as with a straight. I comfortably shaved with a razor I honed. Let a friend borrow it that uses a parker religiously and has for months and he complained it wasn't shave ready. It didn't shave him as close as his shavette. Yada ya.. technique.

As far as technique goes, I did watch quite a few videos and read a few articles. I probably need to work on my prep a bit more. Back to the forums.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/searc...archid=3572144

I Say also a Shavette is good and easy but not so good like a real straight. I like the feeding in my hand more with a straight than with a Shavette.

I got the razor from whippeddog. Came shave ready and I stopped it myself 50 passes. It definitely popped the hairs off my arm but I couldn't get it to do the hanging hair test.

Got a tonsorial gem blade. Not sure what the scales are make of. I assume plastic but they are a lot thinner than what I usually see and almost looks like bone. I'll have to post some pics when I get off work tonight.

Too bad previous owner scratched some stuff on one side. Soon as I ID the material I might buff them out or replace them with some homemades

So you did all these tests on the shavette and the results were better ? Did you shave and or test the straight BEFORE you stropped ?
The big differences between the 2 is angle and pressure. Not to mention weight.

Originally Posted by 10Pups

The big differences between the 2 is angle and pressure. Not to mention weight.

Having just recently tried a shavette, I was impressed by the closeness of the shave. I found that the very light weight helped me keep pressure very light. Using a well honed straight vs shavette, for me, the shavette saved me a pass; I could get a clean shave with 2 passes from the shavette that took 3 with the straight. However, the edge only lasted 2 shaves (and I only shave my neck, with cheek shaping), so if I were doing my whole face, the blade would need to be replaced every shave. That's a no-go for me. The shavette will come out if I'm just looking for something different, maybe when travelling for convenience, but won't be my primary razor.