Originally Posted by
AFDavis11
I seriously get nothing out of a Mach 3. Never have. But I would prefer they started calling it the Mach "5 or 6". Or perhaps the Mach "How ever many blades we need for you to send us your damn money". How many blades do those things have now?
Getting a closer shave than a cartridge takes quite a bit of skill I think. Especially if you turn right around and apply your new skills like beard prep, skin stretching, traditional creams, etc., back onto your cartridge system.
I can get an equal shave without much effort though.
I can get a smoother shave with a straight, by far.
Oh sorry, nobody cares about that. The key I think is to learn to hone the razor into a really sharp/smooth pinnacle of shaving perfection and then learn how not to dull it with a strop prematurely.
Once you really learn to apply a Mach 3 like edge to your straight blade you can have unimagined success. This is because you begin to realize just how much those other blades get in the way of the first one.
The other big advantage to a straight is that once you really are atuned to what you're doing you can literally see a series of whiskers and shave them off without actually touching the skin at all.
It takes a lot of effort though to dial in a edge. Once it is right, it stays right almost effortlessly though.