David you are right, I take a fairly utilitarian view of DE’s, but I do appreciate the aesthetics of straights. I use a DE when I don’t have the time to use a straight and when I shave with a straight, it is a pleasurable event. When I shave with a DE it’s a job.

Guess I’m a snob in that way.

I will have to pay closer attention to the details, functional and artistic, in the DE’s in the future. Too many options with DE’s, single blades, injectors, multi-blades, etc make it hard to see the forest for the trees and pictures don’t highlight the differences as clearly as they do with straight razors.