Blade chatter

How much of an issue is this for you? I never heard of it until I became a shave nerd. And I can't remember my father or my grandfather coming out of the bathroom with the Gillette or the Gem, respectively, complaining that they had a lousy shave, the blade wouldn't stop dancing and gabbing. 

How much of an issue is this for you? I never heard of it until I became a shave nerd. And I can't remember my father or my grandfather coming out of the bathroom with the Gillette or the Gem, respectively, complaining that they had a lousy shave, the blade wouldn't stop dancing and gabbing. 

They probably didn't chatter. Most of the offerings from them were pretty solid rigid designs.

It's an occasional issue for me going against the grain on my head (only) with some razors yes. I tend toward more rigid designs.

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How much of an issue is this for you? I never heard of it until I became a shave nerd. And I can't remember my father or my grandfather coming out of the bathroom with the Gillette or the Gem, respectively, complaining that they had a lousy shave, the blade wouldn't stop dancing and gabbing. 

I think it could be attributed to our expanded razor selection vs when DE/SE shaving was part of the norm.

How much of an issue is this for you? I never heard of it until I became a shave nerd. And I can't remember my father or my grandfather coming out of the bathroom with the Gillette or the Gem, respectively, complaining that they had a lousy shave, the blade wouldn't stop dancing and gabbing. 

They probably didn't chatter. Most of the offerings from them were pretty solid rigid designs.

It's an occasional issue for me going against the grain on my head (only) with some razors yes. I tend toward more rigid designs.

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what is your favorite rigid design razor?

Yes, would like to know which razors have given you trouble with blade chatter and which razors you find prevent it. 

Interesting thread and I never recognized chatter until several years into the hobby. My grey whiskers demand a soak or chatter ensues. Start-stop cutting. But some razors seem to chatter for me regardless of prep. Aluminum and Bakelite seem worst which may have to do with weight. Faster stroke alleviates the issue but if a razor chatters it gets a bus ticket out of town. As far as “rigidity” is concerned, the snap on cap of the Futur ought to be chattering like a Floridians teeth in the arctic bit it is stable as can be. Weight or lack thereof seems to be the biggest factor On my face.

How much of an issue is this for you? I never heard of it until I became a shave nerd. And I can't remember my father or my grandfather coming out of the bathroom with the Gillette or the Gem, respectively, complaining that they had a lousy shave, the blade wouldn't stop dancing and gabbing. 

They probably didn't chatter. Most of the offerings from them were pretty solid rigid designs.

It's an occasional issue for me going against the grain on my head (only) with some razors yes. I tend toward more rigid designs.

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what is your favorite rigid design razor?

They fall onto two camps, Old Types-Fatips-New Short Comb with curved supported/supporting plates with little blade gap, and those which are rigidly clamped close to blade edge with gap ala Wolfman-H&S-Tatara Nodachi-Timeless Bronze-Silversmith-Shake Sharp.

Short Comb and Nodachi:

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I've wanted to try the Fatip for this reason, well one of the reasons

I've wanted to try the Fatip for this reason, well one of the reasons

As rigid as it gets.



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I've wanted to try the Fatip for this reason, well one of the reasons

Don't as their QC is garbage so they say. Specs all over the map is what most report.

Blade rigidity is an important factor for sure. As to what extent is subjective. I can tell the difference between a pre-war & post-war Gillette Tech in that the latter gives a slightly smoother shave as newer oval slots give better clamping close to the blade edge giving better rigidity. Of course, the greatest example is a SE razor which uses much thicker (read rigid) blades and scythes through multi day beard growths like a fat kid on a Snickers bar.