Gents --
I'm relatively new to straights, have been using them for a couple of months, and enjoying the whole mess mightily. What was once drudgery is now a pastime I look forward to.
To this end, I've acquired several razors (I know, I know: incipient RAD). 'Til now, they've all been new DOVOs (I have a new TI being honed by Lynn). Until now: I just got an old (shave-ready) Double Duck Goldenedge from one of the members, and used it this morning for the first time.
Revelation! This was far and away the best shave I've had since I started in with straights. It was almost like not shaving at all. The blade passed over the face with scarcely a sensation of touching it. The former problem spots, no longer problems.
So this prompts my question (and apologies for my roundabout way of getting there): in your experience, is there an inherent superiority of the older makes of razors?
There are, to be sure, other possible factors: maybe the soap I used for the first time today was of a superior sort, maybe my proficiency took a quantum leap today. In any case, any of you who prefer your newer razors are welcome to sell me your old Double Ducks!
Thanks,
Roger
Sierra Madre, California