You guys that have never used an SE before really need to be careful. The unthinkable can happen when using an SE for the first few times. It happened to me and a few fellows I know. What am I talking about? "cuts?" No......
High probability you will enjoy the superior shave a SE can provide, and before you know it your DE collection will go unused.
Enjoy the passaround Gents, I wont be entering of course.
WOW....
I was not excepting this. I love this razor, OMG, it has jumped to the top of my list, better than my R41, better than my NEW, anything.
On Sundays I only shave once, usually around 2:30. Took a shower, no special prep work. Loaded the Vie-Long horse hair with VDH, squeezed about a toothbrush amount of Derby cream into mug, guessed on water and built an overflowing amount of lather.
Lather was thick and creamy, allowed to sit on whiskers for about half a smoke, and put the GEM 1912 to my face.
The first thing I noticed was the oustanding amount of audio feedback. The second was how comfortable the shave was, it just sliced through my course gray whiskers like a hot knife through butter.
Two passes, light buffing, and I have the best shave of my life.
When I exited the shave den, thw wife said to me "so how did you like that old weird looking razor? From here your face looks great". Told her was best shave of my life, she felt my jawline and was like "wow, your face is smoother than when you where in the Corps".
I need to find out a lot more about SE's!!!