Are new Razors beginning to defy the old Mild/Medium/Aggressive descriptors?

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...