I have several 4/8 and they are generally my favorite size for shaving. A Spike and a Daniel Herder currently in rotation. Also a 3/8 Shumate Tungsteel and a 3/8 Edmund Roffler that I use now and then for trimming around my goatee and some places on my neck. I agree, I feel I have good control with the 4/8s. But I also have larger, 9/16, 5/8, 11/16 and 6/8 in rotation and I enjoy the constant contrast in handling between the different sizes. I'll tell you tho, weepers don't come from larger sizes. I don't care the about the size, its my momentary lack of concentration that causes the nicks and weepers. And they don't have to be sharp points either.