#11

Member
California
This a great topic, so many choices now but that can be a good thing. But I have to say the lines are getting blurred when it come to razors, one can b describe as smooth and efficient, and the same razor can be described different by some one else. But for me I like to see what new thing is coming out, I might not try all of them but I like how the game is changing. Stay Smooth

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#12

Member
Michigan
I used to only describe my razors by either mild, mid aggressive or aggressive but that all changed when I received the Wolfman's. Now I describe them as very smooth and very efficient. I guess I never felt a smooth and effeicient razor that didnt feel aggressive before the Wolfman came along. I dont know if it is because you dont feel the blade on your skin so you dont feel it is aggressive or what but I guess you could add that they would probably rank somewhere around mid aggressiveness or slightly more. That is if yiu have to describe them using the term aggressive, which I dont.
#13
I just recieved a Parker 26c and tested the razor for a week now. I think the "very mild but very efficient" description fits this razor also. At least this is more mild and far more efficient than a Merkur OC, and I find it very much more mild and more efficient than a 34c or Mühle R89.
#14
(06-17-2015, 05:31 PM)TeaTime Wrote: I think, I still can use the mild-to-agressive classification if I consider and limit this to how the razor feels on my skin while shaving, and if I seperate an efficiency-("how good mows the razor down my whiskers")-scale from my "how hard is the razor to my skin"-face-feel.

If you mean, that the modern razors are better designed to offer a better balance between mild and at the same time very efficient, than maybe your right,
I tend to agree.

(06-17-2015, 06:19 PM)Lestorfreemon Wrote: I think the language Used to describe needs to be expanded. Leisureguy has proposed razors be classified under two dimensions; comfort and efficiency. Comfort relating to how the razor feels on your face and efficiency to how much hair is taken off during each pass. I think this would help to lessen the confusion and allow us to better describe the qualities of a razor.
I like that.

(06-17-2015, 10:25 PM)Freddy Wrote: Mild and aggressive are terms that work for me. Usually, that refers to the blade gap. Comfort and efficiency, to me, are personal terms and dependent on the technique a shaver uses more than the hardware itself.
I would classify aggressiveness in terms of blade exposure, not blade gap. I'm currently using my Merkur Progress set to a 7 (all the way up to 5 and then a couple clicks past). It has a huge blade gap, but it still doesn't have much blade exposure. I'm not sure I could cut myself with it if I tried. But it is definitely efficient...
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