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You flip it up to hold in the blade, it looks scary but it works lol!!! The Micromatic with the safety bar is gentler on the face for sure, broke out the open comb and I had to slow down with this...

The open comb Micromatic's can be unforgiving, be careful of the angle and pressure with those. The safety bar ones are more forgiving, I have both kinds

That's typical of a 1912, I usually do a 2 pass shave with those, my Micromatic with safety bar is very close and I can usually get by with a one pass with those

My favorite safety razors are the GEM 1912 and Micromatic with safety bar I use them when I'm not using a straight, as others have said, the Personna coated blades are really nice