Thread: Getting into DE as well...

yeah i knicked myself under chin on the side going against the grain on my bad hand. Frankly it shaves so smooth and easy it is hard to tell if it is even cutting or what the true angle is.you gotta think 90 degrees to how you are holding it. It did clean up the area across the jawline that my straight cannot get simply because i am too scared to try. It also does the chin much cleaner. Might just limit it to WTG cleanup of what the straight has trouble with. Yeah, best of both worlds and a skill to take with me on the road.

One thing i now see that I appreciate about the straight is you always know exactly where the blade is and the edge. It is hard to tell on a DE and I cannot feel it cutting at all. Quite likely the edge is more precise on the DE since it is essentially a platinum plated limited use edge manufactured specifically to be trashed after a few shaves instead of having the heft to last honing and stropping for years. They can make them ridiculously thin.