Aloha!

About three or so years ago I got a Feather Pro-Guard razor, because a Shavette was too high of a percentage of cuts and nicks for me. No matter what I did, I seemed to nick myself just about every other shaving day with a Shavette.

The Feather Pro-Guard did not eliminate nicks nor cuts, but it did bring them down to the level of straight razors, that to me, have always been more forgiving than a shavette.

I got to thinking about the percentage of nicks and cuts to shaves with each of the three types of razors I have. I decided about two years ago to start keeping track. The percentages shake out like this. This is my percentage potential of being cut or nicked;

Shavette: 2 out of 3 times - 66%
Straight or Feather Pro-Guard: 1 out of 6 times - 17%
DE: 1 out of 30 times - 3%

Obviously, a standard shavette for me is a high percentage of nick/cut ratio. And that's accurate from my recording of shave nicks and cuts over a two year period. It's interesting that a straight and a feather pro-guard are the same. It's also interesting to me that I tend to nick and cut myself when I think I'm being careful, with good shaving preperation. It should also be noted that a very large percentage of the above is NICKS and NOT CUTS. I only cut myself once or twice a year, and only with a shavette or straight, although the shavette is usually the culprit for cuts.