Straight Razor VS The Shavette Whats Better?? 

First time trying a shavette today. I look like I was in a knife fight and forgot to bring the knife 🔪

I use both but prefer shavettes now. I love that I can just pop in a laser sharp blade whenever I feel a tug. I use a Feather AC SS. Lovely shaver! The strop doesn’t sharpen the razor. It only aligns the microscopic edge. The stones will sharpen.

Jay, Im glad to see you doing well. I member when ya 1st start out on here! We goin to the shop

Great video I learned a lot from it. I just have a hard time shaving with a Shavette. I can shave with a straight razor and not cut myself but with the other I look like I have been in a cat fight. I feel like the Shavette is just to thin and that's why i'm cutting myself. O and fyi tuberculosis is a airborne disease it is contracted through air pathogens. It was HIV/AIDS that they were worried about. It wasn't just the blade but the strop that gets nasty. I read somewhere they took a strop from a barbershop that was still using them and did some test it came back with some nasty stuff on it.

Before changeable blade razors barbers used autoclave and barbercide to clean razors .

Thanks for the vid! And nice to see u guys also sell products, cuz ive been looking (both locally and online) for a good quality shavette (one that doesnt rust) so i think ill be buying the mahogany handle one to try it out

I use my Sedef shavette as I saw guys do in turkey, new blade in, shavete and lighter on in one hand and lemon cologne water in other hand, 3x spray on open flame on one side and 3x on other side, desinfected i guess. After shaving clean and rinse shavete, dry and untill next time. No rash, no skin problems. Oh yeah, and Perma Sharp blades, its not an add but thats some tested good blades.

Nice and comprehensive comparison! Only when you show the strop, the movement you make is not what beginners (and i guess experienced) should do. Turning the razor over the spine instead of the cutting edge to strop prevents from accidentally cutting into and damaging your strop.

I think shavette is one of the best razors in the world with replacement blades not only sanity but it gives perfect close shave where straight razors you need to do 2 pass to get close shave..i have 3 staright razors from dovo and 2 shavette razors mostly i use shavette because it feels so good and comfortable. I would say shavette razors are static .

It depends on the state board on whether a barber is legally allowed to use a traditional straight razor in a barber shop.

Is it easier to line up your beard with a shavette due to the shorter length, or does it not really matter if I use the straight razor?

Dope appreciate this cause I been usin electric shavers for years and always get rasor bumps

How about the performance comparison?

Thanks bro. for educating us precisely. Subscribed!

Thanks man, New York 👍🏿👍🏿

Now I realised I have been using the shavette, thinking it was a straight razor!!!

After DE should one go for shavette or straight razor? Is it true that learning curve is higher for the shavette? What's better for hard facial hair and sensitive skin?

Hi Jay, Do you have a video on the sizes and shapes of razors and how I can fit a razor into every device ? Would really like to know the differences between them

My grandpa still has his father in law’s somewhere tucked away in his closet and he showed it to me last week. I’ve shaven all my life with a shavette and was never afraid of cutting myself. Now this razor hadn’t been stropped in probably 50 years and it has some rust on it (hope that I can get rid of that) but the difference in sharpness between a shavette and that razor wasn’t even comparable

I wouId assume there is a difference in mass/weight between a supermarket bought "shavette" and a proper straight razor. Is that so? Does the lighter shavette make it more difficult to handle correctly and avoid errors?

Pros and cons to both! One is more cost effective. One is more of a lifetime investment and possibly family heirloom to pass down. Personal preference.

I like my straight razor since the shavette got too grabby on my mole.So why don't they just rinse it in some rubbing alcohol before using the straight razor after strop use?

What if I use alcohol to clean razor? Can I use it for clients?

Can you just strop your shavette blade to keep it sharp?

Does a sharp straight razor give a closer shave than a shavette with a new Feather blade ?

Do you have a review on the leaf

Are you left handed Jay? Thanks for sharing your experience

Straight razors are far superior in my opinion. They need stropping every shave but only need a touch up on a sharpening stone every ten shaves or so depending on how coarse your hair is. One thing that wasn’t mentioned is the blade length on a straight razor is longer, which means pressure on the skin is more evenly spread out meaning less chance of nicks and cuts. The shavette to me is a cheap and easy way to learn the technique on how to use this style of razor.

Tip for your editing: you do a lot of cuts to speed up your talking composition. = zoom in slightly and keep doing it every time, after a few times zoom out. It takes people's attention away from the CUT CUT CUT

Its like calling tea, coffee

Pretty sure an autoclave or peracetic acid sterilization makes it perfectly acceptable. I mean after all surgeons manage to use all the same instruments between surgeries.

I suggest a shavette.

Compare price and ease of use?

Back in the day, barbers dip straight razor into disinfectant jar. The blade would be completely blunted after one shave.

Although TB could be bloodborne, it is very rare and most commonly spread through the air. Bloodborne pathogens to worry about are things like HIV, HEP C, etc.

Can't one say that a shavette is a special type of straight razor? An SUV still is a car like a limousine a van etc etc...

Didn’t really answer the differences in the shave

that hard choppy edit nearly gave me a seizure. ease up on it ;) love the info tho, thanks for sharing!

I didn't know it was a shavette 💀

Florida law lets Barbers use straight razor.

If the Barber disinfects the blade with alcohol I don't think its a big deal if he doesn't change the blade, Im not a barber by the way lol

You use very imprecise language in this video, which could be a source of confusion. A double edge razor is a device that holds a double edge blade. The blade is not a razor, it's a blade. So the barber who uses a shavette needs to put a new BLADE into the razor for each new customer, NOT a new razor. The shavette IS the razor. Strops don't sharpen a straight razor blade, they smooth it. Honing sharpens the blade. Stropping should be done both before and after each straight razor shave. Honing is done much less frequently.

Not convinced that every man can shave with a real straight razor. I think some of us have beards that are either too thick or too coarse. I get a far far better shave with a DE safety razor and a Feather blade.

You say inaccurate things and not very accurate. The straight razor doesn't always need to be sharpened every 2 or 3 beards! But the worst thing you said is that the shavette doesn't require any skill!! 🙉 The shavette, even if it doesn't need to be sharpened, requires different skills from the straight razor. In fact, there are many who don't know how to use it well and cut themselves!!☠️

Never heard someone talking so much and saying so little 😂

shavette for amateurs

Nice content, but these constant cuts make the video hard to watch.

Is the insane number of cuts in this video supposed to be a pun? Cause cuts hehehe. Also with the razor thing.. it's 100% about AIDS/HIV paranoia, they weren't worried about TB.