Thread: spoiled by a shavette.

Excellent thread. As a newbie I appreciate all the insight. I have been shaving with a shavette for about 6 months. Still researching for my first straight razor.

Really enjoying this thread since I am using a Parker SR1, similar to Shavette, and about 8 days in now. The eventual transition to a "real" straight might be similar to a disposable blade after it is broken in by a couple of shaves. I can imagine that a paddle strop would be easier to keep flat than a belt. To me, it seems amazing that anyone strops on a flexible strop every day without curving it at least a little once in a while. I am getting to the point where I don't experience much more burn than with my DE, and my shaves are definitely close. Thanks all!

If you get a bad straight you will never get it sharp as a shavette. You will have miserable shaves and torture yourself. You get a good razor with it honed up properly it will utterly destroy a shavette in sharpness and smoothness. Shavettes are fine but cannot compare to a good razor.

I used a shavette for awhile when I started, as per the norm, I went through the edges on my two straights, so figured I'd try a shavette while they were out, did what they were supposed to do, very unforgiving IMO, and I found them quite harsh as well.

Now, the shaves I get from my straight are light years above any other system I've used - period.

If you're not into the honing and stropping, there are some pretty nice shavettes out there, and many find those suit their needs perfectly - but they are two different animals, and if you toss in the DE, three different beasts!