The handle is really tiny and (to me) slippery. I had to dry my hands a lot.

tiny and (to me) slippery. I had to dry my hands a lot. The open comb is fine, but didn't thrill me.

Most important: I discovered (look away, those who are faint of heart) I use a lot of pressure to shave my chin; my chin has some nooks and crannies (from "traumatic" injury - aka I tripped and fell on it), and I haven't found a way to stretch those out, but pressing on the razor works. Pressing hard, pinching skin between razor and bone. The combination of the Piccolo's tiny, slippery handle and that scratchy open comb makes that impractical, so while I could get a great shave on most of my face, my chin was a stubbly mess. After a while I started doing two Piccolo passes followed by two Rockwell passes, and that worked, but it wasn't what I had in mind.

Scrubbing Bubbles non-bleach works great. I'm embarrassed about how much soap I'd allowed to accumulate on my Rockwell, but it's back to near-new now.

I don't care much about my razor's looks. The Piccolo and the Game Changer are both prettier than the Rockwell, but at 5:30 am I don't really notice.

While the GC84 is smooth, if you stupidly twirl it like a baton and bang it into your upper lip it will cut you. Trust me on this.

I've been alternating between Wholly Kaw Donkey Milk and Mike's Natural soaps. Both are really great soaps, both impressive customer service. I could happily live with either of them forever... but: Mike's gets a definite edge in scent and convenience of sample (I love their "short puck" samples), but My shaves are ever so slightly closer and skin ever so slightly more comfortable with the WKDM. I've ordered more samples to try more scents.

