Henson AL13 vs Rockwell 6C

The feel is unlike any other safety razor I've used, it really is a very unique feel. It makes for a great shave, it really does. This is a very smoot...

I'm sorry, what? Oh, turns out it's a completely different Rockwell. Okay, so I'm glad we got all the confusion about Rockwell out of the way. And I'm...

It helps take away the difficulty/learning curve of having to find and keep your angle with a DE razor (especially on something like your head), but if you were interested in using a DE, you could take a look at the Henson AL13. It has the angle "built in" and is on the milder-side so it will be harder to cut and nick yourself.

I was like I don't need two razors and I've been hankering to get that razor back and and then I thought no I want to try a new one and so I went with...

I have never wanted to found or join a cult devoted to a commercial product such as I have with the Henson AL13 😂. I didn’t stick with cartridge razors for 30+ years because I wanted my shave to be a skill based exercise. Henson used better engineering to create a razor that gives the benefits of double edged safety razors combined with the idiot proof use of cartridge razors. It’s the equivalent of an automatic versus a manual transmission, and it changed my relationship to shaving

I first tried a safety razor from a cheap $12 asian brand. It worked alright, but broke rather pathetically after a month or two (failed butterfly clasp) and I didn't try again for years. This Rockwell razor was what got me to take a second look at using a safety. The craftsmanship is on-point! With the proper care I expect this thing might be my companion for multiple decades of shaving to come

I just got my Henson AL13 and shaved with it for the first time. I can't overstate how much happier I am with it compared to my first DE razor, an Edwin Jagger (don't know the model number). I had the EJ for 5 years now, sampled many blades, but even the best ones (Astra SP, Feather and some no-name of a local supermarket that is too far away to shop in regularly) left me a little stubbly and a little bloody. The Henson with an Astra was way better: not quite BBS, but closer to it than I ever was with the EJ and absolutely no blood

- 12/28/2019: Sent an email to Rockwell saying "...the blade gap is not the same on both sides of the razor (see attached photo)