Just got three blades back... new and exciting things!

So I sent three razors to Utopian- two NOS Solingens and a chipped Jo Rodgers. I got them back and gave them each some cheek and the Solingens blew me out of the water. Wow. The Rodgers shaves well, not too sure if I like it or not. I'll be using it for the next week or two. If I like it AS MUCH as the Solingens (which btw I thought gave an *acceptable* shave BEFORE they even had bevels...:medvl:) I'll keep it. But its nothing special. Otherwise I'll put it up cheap in the classifieds as a shave-ready/shaveable/almost shave ready razor for a newbie. We'll see. I like my quarter wedge 4/8s solingen blade, but this is VERY different... much heavier, adn the smile.... the smile is very nice for getting into the hollow areas in my neck (trachea LAWLZ :rofl2: nah JK JK) but I dunno if that outweighs the whole new style/different feel/weight (outweighs LAWLZ :rofl2: again). We'll see. The round points are prettu good at getting in there are the point can scrape a little but won't cut, unlike spikes, which left me with tiny red scratches. Not bleeders, but still. The Rodgers is close to a full wedge, while the Solingens have the double ground thing where they have like a hollow, then a further hollowing thing that you can see in the reflection. Big change.

Anyway, I HAVE TO plug Utopians honing abilities. Holy Behjeezuhz dude! What did you do? Mind you the Rodgers is close to a full wedge, maybe Utopian will post with what it really is, but I'd say at least a IV on the Henckels scale, but I think its more of a III or II. Definately +infinity on recommending him as a honemeister.