Originally Posted by
mlangstr
As my honing skills arent all that good yet I sometimes have razors that are not really shave ready yet. (I usualy find out after I started shaving.. all lathered up no other shaveready and stropped razor in sight..)
If I have to choose between a not so shave ready razor or my shavette, which might be too harsh..I would prefer the shavette..
Also on vacations I think I'll leave my nice razor, strops and stones at home and take the Shavette along..so I dont have to be afraid to ding a blade, crack a scale or worse..
Its really possible to get a comfortable,bloodfree shave with the shavette.. but for me its easier to get a comfortable shave with a real straight.
As for newbies and shavettes.. well some do very well with one(I'm one of those) and some dont..
Maarten