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Good News: Some Razors’ Aggressiveness Can Be Tuned To Suit



If you have a two-piece or three-piece DE that is not quite right for you – either too aggressive or not aggressive enough – [b]you can easily customize its shave character. [/b] TTO razors, because of their fixed space designed to clamp the blade in place, are less amenable to aggression tuning beyond any adjustability intended by the manufacturers.

The simplest method for tuning razor aggression is to use a [b]shim [/b]. A shim is a DE blade that has had the cutting edges trimmed off using scissors.

[b]A shim placed between the razor’s cutting blade and the baseplate will make the razor more aggressive. A shim between the cutting blade and the top cap will make the razor less aggressive. [/b]