Quote Originally Posted by dexter90723 View Post
I started out with a shavette and for my personal experience I am so grateful I did. It is true that once you do a shavette and a real SR shave you can feel the difference. Is it an earth shattering difference, I think not. But that just my opinion. A Shavette allowed me to truly focus on my technique and I feel that it has paid off greatly. A true wet shaving/SR shaving regiment can be a long process with a lot of steps(very fun) but long none the less. So I felt not over loading my plate with all that at once was great..,

Some people will say that shavette angles are different than SR angles and I would agree. But with that being said shavette razor angles are much more forgiving. I found it takes a bit more negligence before they will bite you. I used a shavette for a year, and now been using an SR since December. I am yet to cut myself with my SR and I do attribute that to my use of a shavette razor.
Have to disagree with you there Dexter...I found nothing about a shavette forgiving, in fact I found the opposite. Also, I found no correlation really whatever between it and a straight, completely different animals in my opinion, but that's my very limited opinion based on only 18 months of using a straight. I figure in another 6 months or so, I'll officially be a beginner. I'm still building my skills in the fundamentals, still determining what I like and don't like...sheesh...I've made it to the point now where I've actually figured out the type of shaving brush I think I prefer!!