I have been using a Merkur Futura for years now . I have 2 of them one in chrome and the other in brushed steel. The brushed steel is by far the favorite.

Any how the future shave great but can be aggressive to a point that it is rough on the skin. I have been using a SR for the most part these days and then going over it with the DE. The problem being the future is just to aggressive for this task. To make a long story short I bought a progress to use.

The razor is very nice and shaves well. I used it on a 10 hour old beard one morning and found it to shave great. It gave me a fairly close shave with no irritation or burn. I had it set on the 3 setting. The hard part to get use to is the serrated like safty bar. Other than that it shaved fine.
The razor doesn't seem to have the heft that my other Merkur razors have. I think the metal alloy may be different, but I don't know.

It seems like a razor that will be around for a while. The problem now is that my SR shaves are getting good enough that I don't need a DE to touch up with.