Thread: Can a SR be not sharp enough?

One of the things you’re used to and probably take for granted is the leverage from the handle of your DE and shortness of the blade. A SR does not have that same leverage and as such you feel more resistance than you might feel from a DE. Also, there are very specific techniques that you will need to master in order to get as good or better a shave than your DE. It sounds like a challenge but that’s the fun part. I can’t tell you exactly what YOU need to do since everyone needs to do different things. But I can assure you that I thought the same as you did when I started. In the back of my mind I kept thinking that this was an amusing little hobby but won’t ever rival the quality of shaves that I get from my DE. I’ve since blown that theory out of the water. My shaves now are BETTER than what I was able to attain with a DE. If you stick with it, you can do it.