Originally Posted by
1OldGI
BBS= Baby's Butt Smooth
I'm currently doing a whirlwind tour of shavettes. Working my way into taking the plunge into str8's thus far I've tried a Magic, a Dovo, and a Diane (all double edge blades). While eventually I've gotten to where I can get a great shave with any of the above, the DE blades seem to be REALLY squirrely and very quick to draw blood without much provovation. I found the Fromm Hair Shaper (available in any beauty or barber supply store, I got mine from Sally's) far superior to any of the DE blade shavettes. The longer blade which looks like a wide skinny single edge blade, has a bit more rigidity, is far more aggressive and is not nearly as squirrely as the DE blades. I will undoubtedly reach for the Fromm occassionally even when I transition to "real straights" probably early summer.