I had better results with both the EH plate and the hybrid plate, really good shaves with both of them. The EH plate was efficient without being too aggressive, and it seemed like I was able to find the angle easier. The hybrid plate was a very pleasant surprise for me. I tend to not get along well with open comb razors but this didn't bother my skin at all, maybe because the teeth are squared off and not as "pointy" as some other OC's? But that was probably my favorite plate, which I definitely was not expecting. Part of me is wondering too if the blade I was using got more worked in/smoothed out after the first couple shaves, I started my shaves with the Yates with a fresh GSB.
The long/skinny handle is still not my favorite, I never really felt like it was that comfortable or intuitive. It's fine on straight top-to-bottom strokes, but would feel awkward when I shaved at angles or with upwards strokes. I do think its balanced well with the razor head, I tried putting a couple handles on it and the balance just felt a little "off" (handles I tried were probably too heavy, so I'm sure there's a middle ground there that I didn't take enough time to explore).
Thank you again to YatesPrecision for your generosity in letting us share this around. I'm getting this packaged up and set out to David.
The long/skinny handle is still not my favorite, I never really felt like it was that comfortable or intuitive. It's fine on straight top-to-bottom strokes, but would feel awkward when I shaved at angles or with upwards strokes. I do think its balanced well with the razor head, I tried putting a couple handles on it and the balance just felt a little "off" (handles I tried were probably too heavy, so I'm sure there's a middle ground there that I didn't take enough time to explore).
Thank you again to YatesPrecision for your generosity in letting us share this around. I'm getting this packaged up and set out to David.