Thread: Help for a potential straight shaver!

Welcome to SRP.

As far as shaving, the main differences between straight razors and DE razors, other than the different way of holding them are

1. de blades are thinner and more flexible, often they're sharper too which to large extent is achieved by a coating to reduce friction.
2. de razors generally have a guard and preset contact angle

So a straight razor would give you much more variation in angle and pressure, but that also comes at a cost - you need a lot more skill than you need with a DE razor. If you do not have the patience to go over the learning curve (typically months even a year) and accept not particularly close, or comfortable shaves, then it probably isn't a very good choice.

I've also shaved with shavette-type razors, including two models by feather and to me they feel more like a DE razors than normal straight razors. BTW, I've never found a razor to be 'too sharp' no matter what kind of razor or blade I've used, but you often see this.
Japanese razors are just different to hold but shaving-wise they do feel like wedge type straight razors.