Which 'veteran' Ikon do you have?
I'm a regular user of their black B1 SB razor and indeed it is aggressive but I find it delivers a great shave (read the best I have experienced) and takes a bit of a kid gloves approach. The angle is a little steeper than most razors and takes a bit of experimentation to find and a bit of practice to get use to it.
I can happily fling it about my face confidently and it is very rare I ever get a serious nick. If I do I tend to put it more down to the blade than the razor.
I found it to be quite blade fussy and doesn't take kindly to Feathers which tilt it towards the very aggressive side and just doesn't really work. I am a bit of a bore here but I find Polsilver Lodz are by far the best match and I use nothing else now except the odd outing with a Kai which also pairs nicely. In general don't use a blade which hasn't a reputation for being ultra sharp.
Altogether the best bit of kit I have in my shaving hardware and if I had to have just the one razor this would be it.
The open comb version is an absolute fluffy little kitten and I found it far too mild for my liking. Hence why I ask if you know which one you have. Or of course something I have never come across.