Hi gang,

So why scientifically is that straight razor shave so much better? It is clearly closer and lasts longer. But why? I have really good DE razors. I can approximate the closeness of a str8 shave, but it is just a tad shy. Then again, it does not last as long either.

I know that an M3 is designed to cut the hair off below the surface of the skin, and that is what ostensibly gives you a close shave (also the ingrown hairs).

But a str8 must be doing something like that. What is happening at a microscopic level that gives it that feel when you are done and takes so long to grow out? And why no ingrown hairs? It seems to me that shaving below the skin line would cause that irrespective of the tool used to do it. Does it have to do with how clean the cut of the hair is? Maybe it is the skin stretch. If it is, wouldn't that improve an M3 shave? But I stretch the skin with a DE shave, and again, not as good.

Anybody know this?

David