Originally Posted by
eddelgado
Yes I am planning to stick with it for several more months at least but just felt a need to vent today.
I estimate that using the straight probably takes about twice as long as a DE or Gem does and I always made two passes with those. Part of that has to do with the stropping and part of it has to do with the additional concentration and different passes - WTG, ATG, etc.. The Gem used to provide a closer more reliable shave than what I am getting from the straight. I'm not saying that the GEM shaves closer everywhere or maybe anywhere but overall it makes the whole face a lot smoother - in hard to shave areas significantly so.
I'll keep plugging at it. It's the harder to shave areas that are the real challenge.
Ed