Yeah, been slowly losing front end of hair for a decade. Had been keeping it very tight last couple years (1-2mm clipper guard). About a month ago decided it was time to just blast away what's left and accept my fate.
I've been face shaving with DE's for 10+ years at this point. My go to is the Muehle R41 and Gillette Blues. Best face shaves ever. I will sometimes use a Maggard Razors (I can't remember the model... I'd say it is mid-aggressive) and like it as well, particularly with feathers (milder razor with sharper blade). Tried other various ones like Piccolo (its OK), I have a slant Merkur (37??) and its rather meh. I have an R89 (not aggressive enough). So I feel like I can say I'm experienced with various razors on the face and can blast out a super shave with zero nicks.
For my head though.... I've tried the R41 and the Maggard and I have to say they're just not working well. What I THINK are the problems are the following 1) its very difficult to keep the DE's at the right blade angle as you pull the razor across your constantly curving head. So I get good cuts when it is correct but then almost nothing if the angle is off. And it is not easy for me to keep that angle right for whatever reason. This is resulting in having to do way too many passes and irritating my head. Nicks, etc haven't really been a problem but burning from too many passes has been. and 2) head has kinda the ridge up top, that bump in the back where it gets close to starting your neck, and a few other uneven/curved areas and I feel like the DE blades, because they are stiff "across" miss the lower areas on the head. I've tried shaving in different directions but its like the DE's create a bridge over some of these areas, again attempting more passes and in some situations I swear I just cannot get a very close shave. Naturally all of this is made worse because you can't see back there so you kinda have to do it by feel, run your hand over an area to check that you got it, etc.
I've been using a disposable Schick Xtreme 3. It isn't the closest shave ever, but the pivoting head, and I think the slightly flexible blade that it offers are working extremely well for me. It just seems to fit the contours of a curved head, the ridges, and the pivoting head mean I don't have to get my angle spot-on. I can shave my entire head by feel, in the shower, which is a plus.
So where I'm going with all this... is there any sort of DE razor that mimics the Schick Xtreme 3? Leaf Razor pivots but I don't think it solves the "U" curve issue that the Schick can accomplish to kinda bend over the high and low spots.
I'd like to get the closer quality shave of the DE but I'm just not sure its really going to work out on the head. And using disposable Schicks seems a little ridiculous to me (wish they at least made a cartridge version of it). I found Defender Razor (no idea if any good) and their blades seem to flex, albeit in a plane 90 degrees off from the Schick blade flex. Anything I'm not aware of out there?
I've been face shaving with DE's for 10+ years at this point. My go to is the Muehle R41 and Gillette Blues. Best face shaves ever. I will sometimes use a Maggard Razors (I can't remember the model... I'd say it is mid-aggressive) and like it as well, particularly with feathers (milder razor with sharper blade). Tried other various ones like Piccolo (its OK), I have a slant Merkur (37??) and its rather meh. I have an R89 (not aggressive enough). So I feel like I can say I'm experienced with various razors on the face and can blast out a super shave with zero nicks.
For my head though.... I've tried the R41 and the Maggard and I have to say they're just not working well. What I THINK are the problems are the following 1) its very difficult to keep the DE's at the right blade angle as you pull the razor across your constantly curving head. So I get good cuts when it is correct but then almost nothing if the angle is off. And it is not easy for me to keep that angle right for whatever reason. This is resulting in having to do way too many passes and irritating my head. Nicks, etc haven't really been a problem but burning from too many passes has been. and 2) head has kinda the ridge up top, that bump in the back where it gets close to starting your neck, and a few other uneven/curved areas and I feel like the DE blades, because they are stiff "across" miss the lower areas on the head. I've tried shaving in different directions but its like the DE's create a bridge over some of these areas, again attempting more passes and in some situations I swear I just cannot get a very close shave. Naturally all of this is made worse because you can't see back there so you kinda have to do it by feel, run your hand over an area to check that you got it, etc.
I've been using a disposable Schick Xtreme 3. It isn't the closest shave ever, but the pivoting head, and I think the slightly flexible blade that it offers are working extremely well for me. It just seems to fit the contours of a curved head, the ridges, and the pivoting head mean I don't have to get my angle spot-on. I can shave my entire head by feel, in the shower, which is a plus.
So where I'm going with all this... is there any sort of DE razor that mimics the Schick Xtreme 3? Leaf Razor pivots but I don't think it solves the "U" curve issue that the Schick can accomplish to kinda bend over the high and low spots.
I'd like to get the closer quality shave of the DE but I'm just not sure its really going to work out on the head. And using disposable Schicks seems a little ridiculous to me (wish they at least made a cartridge version of it). I found Defender Razor (no idea if any good) and their blades seem to flex, albeit in a plane 90 degrees off from the Schick blade flex. Anything I'm not aware of out there?