Originally Posted by
Armageddon
I have been a shavette user for around 6 years and then my shavette's handle/scale broke so I decided to give the straight razor a try. First, I heard from the guys that the shavette feels sharper than the straight razor but it's not. I got my razor a couple days ago and had a couple of shaves so far and I can tell you the following.
The guys were right, a shavette feels sharper than a straight but it is not because you need more pressure with a shavette. You think you need to keep pushing with the straight razor which is what you get used to with a shavette and it is hard at first to let it slide cause you're senses mislead you. You feel that it won't cut unless you push and you wrong. The second thing I noticed so far is that the angle on a shavette is more forgiving, I needed to learn to slope my blade at an almost 1 to 1.5 spines which I wasn't used to. Straight razor on the other hand needs more care, it requires a bit of time to keep it in shape.
Differences of the shave, I'm not an expert with the straight or the shavette either and I don't claim to be BUT the straight razor feels better. My skin feels like it is ready to be shaved right after a shave, I didn't used to have this with a shavette. I've tried ATG with the shavette and let's say it wasn't pretty in every way. I tried the ATG with the straight razor just as an experiment and I can say it feels good.
This is only my experience with both so far and it is not claimed to be the truth or an expert advice, I just hope it helps someone.