I Would say the Gillette fatboy butterfly (Silver Plated) (adjustable) is quite good, but that one i inherited after my dead grandfather so its in a frame now, but bought Merkur Progress (Polished Chrome) (adjustable), Parker 22R (Gunmet) and Merkur Futur 700 (Gold) (adjustable), and would say the razor that scares me the least is the Merkur Futur 700 and it shaves d*** good. Cause the Parker 22R was making mad noises while shaving/didnt like the noise of the shave and the Merkur Progress i felt the top wasent far enough out on the razor blade. So if u get it stuck somewhere u can do real damage because the blade can move more. Im still waiting for Merkur to get some more Merkur Vision 2000 out on the market but got info that they had back-orders to 2010 from companies, and they cant keep up it looks like. But also got msg from the place that i bought my DE razors that he had had alot of complaints on them/Vision 2000. But should i use a used DE razor it would be Gillette Fatboy butterfly (adjustable), And new i would go for Merkur Futur 700 with Derby blades not feather, feather was to sharp/much for me. Hope it helps.