DE Razors Blade carriers or much more

I find the balance point and put my index finger and thumb either side and then use other fingers for steadying. Its an old ingrained habit to always find the CoG of anything from having built model aircraft in the past :unsure:

I prefer a longer handle, but it's more prone to wobble i think and takes a bit more concentration than a shorter handle. Overall weight , or lack of, seem to make a difference to how a razor feels and performs.

In terms of the original question, i have razor heads which are, to the naked eye, identical, but do shave quite differently, so i think that tiny engineering differences do make quite a change to the nature of the shaving head.
 
One the one hand, I would say they are just blade holders. But on the other, it's how they hold the blade.

My early days were spent suffering under the Gillettes of the 50's and 60's. Functional, yes; enjoyable, no! I had enough scraped ear lobes and nostrils to want something better. The Good News appeared. Stayed with them for many moons, avoided the slime strip models.

When I moved to the far east, they were near impossible to acquire, so I saw my old Gillettes in my trunk, and gave them a shot. A bit of a re-learning curve was involved, but I wanted something better. You could bounce an old Gillette off of a shower room floor with no problem, but most of the newer stuff was not quite up to snuff.

The current/modern offerings are such an improvement that I am glad I am around to enjoy them. Those dreadful tabs are finally covered, and the offerings of blades are beyond my wildest imaginations, so many more soaps too!

As to a lot of the questions, I have only one, a Mamba. I did have to improve on the basic offering as I acquired a titanium handle. It's a bit longer and lighter, but the balance is just about perfect for me. Never considered an open comb, it looks like it belongs in "The Little Shop of Horrors."
 
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