Thread: All "A+" Shaves?

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

I rate my razors as Excellent Shavers and outstanding shavers and exceptional shavers. What's the difference? All three give close comfortable BBS shaves but it's all in the sensation you get from them. I always characterize them as excellent you can feel the razor going down your face and tell it's working but not in a bad way. Outstanding you can feel the razor but can't tell it's working and exceptional you can't even tell a razor is going down your face. I have always believed any quality razor can be made excellent and the jump to outstanding can be done if your willing to do the extra work in honing. However exceptional shavers are just that and it's an innate quality some few razors have and I don't think you can create one from a lessor category. It either has it inside or it doesn't.

Thank you for this excellent post. In my limited experience, I am just beginning to discover what you describe. Your putting it into words is very helpful. It gives me both a vocabulary and criteria for judging my razors. I particularly like the description for exceptional razors. Thank you very much!

TheBigSpendur: Have you found any particular brand, more than others, that falls into the exceptional category?