My dog bowl is 13cm diameter. Perfect! You can grab it with one hand too and it's large enough even for the big Omega 48. The Proraso is typical italian product. Max bang for buck. This is always the italian mentality in pretty much anything aside fashion. It's like the FIAT. Italians loved them because they were cheap and in many cities the historical centers have cobblestone like roads that make for bumpy rides. Spare parts are cheap. Proraso is like that.
I find it natural that different razors and persons have different experiences with blades. I have oily, soft and very smooth skin. On paper, i could shave with anything. And the 3 blades i tried, can all work. But they don't all work as good. Derby, i might have to do 5 passes, to get a worse result than 2 passes with Astra or Shark. Or, Derby was the only blade that gave me a bit of irritation. Or, so far was the only one that managed to cut me, because i was going XTG on the moustache area, i forgot to tend the skin a bit and the blade wouldn't move and i kept pushing. When i say that it wouldn't move, it really wouldn't move. It was like frozen while trying to cut, cause my skin is smooth, but my beard although not very thick, is quite tough. The Astra, cut into the whiskers of the moustache area, despite me forgetting to tend the skin. To give you an idea, i don't post personal identifying pictures on the internet, but this is my forearm near the elbow area:
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My face is as smooth as that an oily skin, helps the gliding of the razor by itself. It doesn't take a PhD, to understand that you don't need a very aggressive razor or an ultrasharp blade, to shave on that skin easily and to have close shave. But, to cut the beard, the blade must have some cutting power. Which the Derby, lacks. Lacks visibly. With the Astra, the difference is astonishing. With the Shark it's very visible too.
Now, someone who has drier skin, will obviously suffer more with a blade than isn't smooth. Someone with a very thick or very tough beard, will suffer much more with a dull blade and might even not be able to shave with Derby and instead get irritation. For my skin, i suspect that my big problems would come from a very aggressive razor or a very sharp blade like the Feather, because it becomes overkill. And when it's overkill, it gets easier to cut yourself. Someone with a more "bumpy" or "rough" skin, will likely enjoy more a more aggressive razor and a more aggressive blade to arrive to a close shave.
It's not that i can't shave with Derby. It's that it takes much more effort and passes to do the same job. It actually doesn't do the same job at the end, it does a worse job. But, i can use them. But, i understand perfectly why someone would have tremendous problems to shave easily with it. Someone with rough skin or loose skin and/or very tough beard, will want the sharper blade out there.
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