(This post was last modified: 03-15-2016, 10:01 PM by Andyshaves.)
Since I jumped into the wet shaving game, I've loved buying and trying new blades. There's a whole world of them out there, and it's awesome to see how some work best in a mild razor, some perform awesome in an aggressive razor, and how in general different blades just feel... different. So I buy a kit, get my first DE razor. I'm in love. The heft, the feel, the shiny chrome glinting on my basin, it's all awesome. And then I shave. And I buy new razors. And I buy new blades. It's a smargasborg of combinations.
But... Then... I start seeing people talking about this new-fangled type of razor: The Single Edge.
"But... Wait," I say to myself. "Doesn't my DE blade have two sides? Doesn't this mean it will last longer? Isn't there a greater supply, from more vendors, for DE blades? Aren't they cheaper too?.... What the actual duck :: quack ::?"
So, SE Guys: Sell Me. What makes an SE superior? And why is there so much excitement about an SE? To me, it seems like the next innovation for an SE is to figure out how to stack two SE blades above each other to make a.... oh... wait......
But... Then... I start seeing people talking about this new-fangled type of razor: The Single Edge.
"But... Wait," I say to myself. "Doesn't my DE blade have two sides? Doesn't this mean it will last longer? Isn't there a greater supply, from more vendors, for DE blades? Aren't they cheaper too?.... What the actual duck :: quack ::?"
So, SE Guys: Sell Me. What makes an SE superior? And why is there so much excitement about an SE? To me, it seems like the next innovation for an SE is to figure out how to stack two SE blades above each other to make a.... oh... wait......