Dear John (Feather),

[Zatx Woopyoax]

Dear Feather,

I'm writing you this letter to let you know that it is over between us. I know this might come as a shock to you since in your eyes everything was fine between us. But things were never quite right. I really tried to make our relationship work, but you would always hurt me.

When our relationship first started I was new to the whole wet shaving routine. I had heard great things about you. People talked you up and bragged about your superior sharpness and fine cutting edge. I fell for the hype. Oh sure I saw other people initially. Other blades managed to mow down my whiskers, but never quite as close as you. Despite this closeness that we shared you always managed to hurt me, leaving weepers, nicks, and cuts. I blamed myself. I blamed my technique. I blamed my inexperience. People always told me "go slow", "respect the blade", "don't apply pressure".

Well now I'm done making excuses for your shortcomings. I've realized that I need to stop blaming myself for the problems that you yourself cause. How do I know that you cause these problems and not me? Here comes the shocking part... I've been seeing someone else for the last few weeks!!! This someone's name you ask? Gillette 7 o'clock Sharpedge (yellow pack).

My yellow pack friend gives me the same smooth shave you once provided, but without all of the pain. It doesn't make excuses for poor shaves, because it doesn't provide poor shaves. The third shave is as smooth and comfortable as the first. It doesn't give me a painful shave the first time, then smooth the second, then painful the third. It has done all of this for me over the last several weeks without causing a single weeper, a single nick, a single cut, or any razor burn. And did I mention that I did something with my new friend the other day that I would never think of doing with you? I shaved my head with it. Close... Smooth... Comfortable even on my dome!

Because of this we are through. Done. Finito...

Oh and don't go trying anything sneaky or try to bully your way back into my life because my 7 o'clock friend is Russian, and you never mess with the Russians. They will kick your arse.

Sincerely,

Zatx

 

[Zatx Woopyoax]

WTT 50 Feathers for 50 Gillette 7 O'clock Sharpedge (Russian Yellow Packs).

 

[ackvil]

Well done. Did you get a reply?

 

[americanarmsdealer]

+1! To quote the kid on The Incredibles: "That was totally wicked!"I don't quite understand the hype over Feathers, either. Many other blades I've tried out were smoother, shaved closer, and lasted longer. Then again, I don't understand the hype about red pack IPs, either. Guess it's a YMMV thing?

 

[DE Shaver]

It's definitely a YMMV with Feathers. They are sharp but unforgiving. Super Iridiums are nearly as sharp but are more tolerate of shaving technique variance.

 

[Celticking]

Ive just moved onto Feathers today and Im failing to see the Hype, I would sat that iridiums, Astras and red pack personnas are all about as sharp and probably smoother

 

[norton]

Feathers Rule Anji-san.



Save at least one pack of the Feathers. Re-visit them later. I swore off them too.

Now they're all I use when I use a DE.

 

[SUNA]

In dating terms...Feathers are the John Holmes of razor blades!

 

[The Last Chimney]

I just talked to Feather, and Feather says it still has strong feelings for you.

And we all thought you two crazy kids would make it...

 

[bran]

I agree...Feathers got my Dear John last week...except I left for a different someone...Red Israelis.

 

[awesomefunn]

I just bought 100 pack of Feathers and gave them a try. They do seem super sharp as everyone says. But I am with you, id rather not have to be SOOO careful to get the closest shave. My Astra and Super Iridium shaves are smoother and faster and damn near if not as close a shave. I have very sensitive skin and that may be a reason the feathers dont play nice with me. Anyway Id like to trade 75 Feathers for 60 Super Iridiums if anyone would be interested.

 

[SUNA]

I just bought 100 pack of Feathers and gave them a try. They do seem super sharp as everyone says. But I am with you, id rather not have to be SOOO careful to get the closest shave. My Astra and Super Iridium shaves are smoother and faster and damn near if not as close a shave. I have very sensitive skin and that may be a reason the feathers dont play nice with me. Anyway Id like to trade 75 Feathers for 60 Super Iridiums if anyone would be interested.

Pm me!

 

[Celticking]

Ok 3rd shave with a feather and Im experiencing things i never did before, including nicks and some burning.

May put these away and retry at some point in the future

 

[Walker]

I know the Merkur blades aren't loved on here but I always liked them. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder I guess.....YMMV The Feathers aren't very friendly to this newb

 

[Sir Ronald]

Feathers Rule Anji-san.



Save at least one pack of the Feathers. Re-visit them later. I swore off them too.

problem is, I've done the whole "re-visit them later" 3 times now.

first time I put it down to technique. second time, the different razor I was using. third time - lousy blade. goodbye Feather. I can get BBS with about 4 different brands of blade, don't need you destroying my neck periodically. and i certainly don't feel the need to spend twice as much money for that carnage.

ciao

 

[David6Eagle]

Feathers work for me--smooth and close without nicks or irritation, one blade per week. Works in all my razors, from vintage Gillette through EJ.
My beard is not overly thick or tough. Half way through my first 100.

One of the great things about DE shaving is the wide variety of blades. Everyone can find his or her perfect match. After some experimentation, I settled on Feathers. Although I added a few vintage Personna 74s and Gillette Spoilers. What will I do when the Feathers run out next year? Probably read all the reviews and experiment for awhile.

 

[Cubits]

Ooh-hoo! Just took a feather for a spin and drew the first blood of my DE'ing career. It was just a few spots down the side of my mouth, but there was irritation on both sides (and i didn't go for a bbs on my neck, so it survived).

To me, it seems that the blade may have a little more flex than others, due to the edge "depth". They're wonderfully sharp, but i think that lack of forgiveness stems from that. I saw it skip a couple of times, and it alerted me to back the angle off a touch.

I'll come back to them when my technique improves further. I can still get a BBS with a "dull" blade in about the same time, it just takes more passes instead of these slower passes.

My cheeks came out super smooth with no irritation, and it took no time. Maybe i'll use two razors, a feather for the easy bits, and something more playful for the corners.

 

[nav]

I loooooove my feather blades! It gives me the smoothest shave and I can get a DFS in 2 passes, but I still do 3 just cos its fun to reach BBS!

A big bonus for me is that I get 10 shaves from each feather! My beard is by no means "fluff" because I get only 3 shaves out of Astra-SP, Derby, Red IP's etc. So for a blade to give me the closest, smoothest shaves, 10 of them, is just fantastic in my book!

 

[jrodriguez]

I tried quite a bit to maintain a relationship with Feather blades. I went as far as to keep a styrofoam cup on my counter - I would run both sides of each new blade I used through the cup to dull them down a bit. But alas, I grew tired of the abuse to my face.

 

[RayH]

I can't shave with a feather without drawing blood. And that's using my mildest razor, the 57 Blue Tip SS. If you like them, fine. But they're not for me.