i started shaving with one of these around 69 tryed one of the yellow things when they came out . after the first shave with it i put it in the trash, shaved with it till o7 when i started with a straight , i cut a finger almost off with the table saw last year and had to go back to the gellet for a week, and couldent weight to get back to my straights, am saving it for when my hands get to shakey to shave with a straight.