Mild or so called aggressive from my little experience as a newbie
- first week of wet shaving I changed from R89 to R41 because R89 didn't work for me, but after couple days R41 was too much and I was not able to do ATG
- so I tried many possibilities, and what was next milestone - Overlander, first razor for me that worked 100% and ATG was perfect
- later discovered Athenas, finally prefer little bit Ares V2
- with time and learning razor, also neutral blade exposure razors was possible to use but for me not so intuitive and easy as with positive blade exposure like Overlander +0.07mm, later Dovo Primo worked nice
- WR2 was also nice but not so easy, and again for me bigger gap and no blade exposure (WR2 1.00) worked like Athena for example, or WR2 1.20 was too much ATG (probably lack of my skills)
- big improvement SE, WR4 as La Faulx are high efficient, both + blade exposure and worked super fine immediately
- last time WR1 0.67 was favorite with blade exposure + 0.10 easiest to work with, immediately responsive
- finally winner for me is Blackbird Ti, what I found not aggressive at all, I just feel the blade when cutting but for skin is mild, actually I can archive milder shaves with Blackbird Ti as with Athena, because no pressure needed, no second passes on same place, just following angle of top cup (it is guide like on Henson but with liberty to use it or not), and only blade on my skin, safety bar like floating
- blade is best guide for me, for this it has to be razor with positive blade exposure, and best work sharp blade, like Perma-Sharp for me, also light weight of razor is help, no pressure is required and I can't shave same with SS razor as with Ti, but this all can change with practice
- so for me finally answer would be easiest and best are razors with low gap but bigger positive blade exposure, without pressure and adjusting angle for each pass, different angle for WTG, XTG and ATG, sharper blade are better, and actually it all leads me to think Blackbird is best when correctly used because it is closest to straight what is probably best of all for mild but high efficient shave
- of course milder razors work, but need more advanced technique and some pressure (or weight of razor), and depend on user also more strokes required what can lead to irritation
- there is no universal answer for me, what works and feels good is best for each one, the way and discovering is probably nicer as to find one destiny razor and be just there..
- first week of wet shaving I changed from R89 to R41 because R89 didn't work for me, but after couple days R41 was too much and I was not able to do ATG
- so I tried many possibilities, and what was next milestone - Overlander, first razor for me that worked 100% and ATG was perfect
- later discovered Athenas, finally prefer little bit Ares V2
- with time and learning razor, also neutral blade exposure razors was possible to use but for me not so intuitive and easy as with positive blade exposure like Overlander +0.07mm, later Dovo Primo worked nice
- WR2 was also nice but not so easy, and again for me bigger gap and no blade exposure (WR2 1.00) worked like Athena for example, or WR2 1.20 was too much ATG (probably lack of my skills)
- big improvement SE, WR4 as La Faulx are high efficient, both + blade exposure and worked super fine immediately
- last time WR1 0.67 was favorite with blade exposure + 0.10 easiest to work with, immediately responsive
- finally winner for me is Blackbird Ti, what I found not aggressive at all, I just feel the blade when cutting but for skin is mild, actually I can archive milder shaves with Blackbird Ti as with Athena, because no pressure needed, no second passes on same place, just following angle of top cup (it is guide like on Henson but with liberty to use it or not), and only blade on my skin, safety bar like floating
- blade is best guide for me, for this it has to be razor with positive blade exposure, and best work sharp blade, like Perma-Sharp for me, also light weight of razor is help, no pressure is required and I can't shave same with SS razor as with Ti, but this all can change with practice
- so for me finally answer would be easiest and best are razors with low gap but bigger positive blade exposure, without pressure and adjusting angle for each pass, different angle for WTG, XTG and ATG, sharper blade are better, and actually it all leads me to think Blackbird is best when correctly used because it is closest to straight what is probably best of all for mild but high efficient shave
- of course milder razors work, but need more advanced technique and some pressure (or weight of razor), and depend on user also more strokes required what can lead to irritation
- there is no universal answer for me, what works and feels good is best for each one, the way and discovering is probably nicer as to find one destiny razor and be just there..