Thread: Review of the Fine SS New LC Homage DE Safety Razor

You will find, as your straight skills improve so will your shave quality. I've been using a straight for around 25 years and though some De's/Se's come close none equal a straight. I have quite a collection of DEs both vintage and modern and the first and only (for me of course) to meet a straight in shave quality was the Janus razor.

The final arbiter isn't how your face feels after the shave it's how does your face feel 24 hours later.

If you're talking about 24 hours later, I can only respectfully say that my face feels no different after a BBS safety razor shave than after a visit to my barber for a straight shave by an expert. In this business we always say, YMMV.

Originally Posted by Jgreenepa

If you're talking about 24 hours later, I can only respectfully say that my face feels no different after a BBS safety razor shave than after a visit to my barber for a straight shave by an expert. In this business we always say, YMMV.

Hmm, something wrong with that picture.

I of course know nothing about your barber but respectfully speaking my guess is your "expert" shave isn't as expert as you think.

We have a forum for barber shave experiences and most leave much to be desired.

If you queried members about this issue I doubt you will find many who have your experience vis a vis a De vs straight shave.

I would also doubt that many of them have been shaving with a safety razor (never used carts) for well over 50 years. I don't doubt you believe what you say, but I'm a retired data scientist, and will believe it when I experience it.

Har har, this is like going to an electric shaver site and saying a De gives a much better shave and they will say similar. An electric is better.

It's a given around here like a Geometry problem solution that a De is just inferior to a straight.

But don't believe me. Go to the shaving with a straight forum and start a survey and see the results for yourself.

I used many a De and Se for years before I used a straight and still use them along with a straight and though the newer crop of De's have gotten better it was only when I got the Janus Razor that I think it is the equal of a straight. But that's the first and only to me.

I'll add some caveats to what I am about to say. I have not been shaving with straight razors for as long as I have been with DEs and I am a self taught honer so my edges may not be the sharpest. That said, I do have a few DEs/SEs that will give my straight razor shaves a run for their money on the longevity of the shave front. YMMV

Bob

Yea, I have a few DE's that approach a straight but only one that equals it.