Well, I’ve had only 2 open combs to date, but have had 9 closed combs over the years. Mostly vintage Gillettes.
It’s important that when you’re doing A-B comparisons, that you stick with a blade you’ve had great success with, so you can track how well that razor works for you. When I started my journey, I was all about the Derby blades. Having honed my technique, now I’m a Feather guy. It took 20+ years to find my matches, technique can never be stressed enough.
The best advice I can give: go slow and steady (you want to maintain a 30° blade angle to your skin), be sure to use a good quality shave soap or cream (Proraso and Tabac are great for me), don’t use Barbisol or aerosol cans, and remember to have fun and enjoy the experience! I love my shave routine, it’s Zen for me.
There’s a great site that still holds strong to this day for all things wetshaving: BadgerAndBlade.com
walden@sub.wetshaving.social 18 hours ago
Closed comb vs open comb does not play into aggressiveness as much as people think. There might be a correlation just based off the fact that most open comb razors sold are also aggressive… but it’s not a hard and fast rule.
This picture does a great job explaining the geometries involved, and it applies to open comb and closed comb alike.
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People might enjoy open comb razors for other reasons. They’re sort of designed to let long whiskers get through to the blade easier, but even that is debatable.
Either way, there are mild and aggressive open comb razors, and there are mild and aggressive closed comb razors. A vast majority of safety razors are closed comb.
To answer your question about suggesting a razor, can you clarify what you mean by mildly aggressive? Do you want something mild and efficient? Something with blade feel? Something in the middle?
pi_dash_rho@wetshav.ing 8 hours ago
I wonder if in your technique,
/ universal “you” /
alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works 8 hours ago
I just started shaving my head 2 years back and have been using an indian brand called Pearl, for the price it’s fine. I also tried another brand called Hajamat which was also okayish. I use Gillette platinum blades mostly. I wanted to try something like Merkur, Edwin Jagger or Parker since I got a bigger budget now, but not sure which one to go for.