Gentlemen.....
I've now been enjoying this wonderful hobby of traditional double edge safety razor wet shaving for one year, and have thoroughly enjoyed contributing to and learning from this terrific B&B website. With the sage advice, and purchasing from, the fine folks at Superior Shave, Maggard's, Italian Barber, and WCS .... I've experienced quite a few razor/blade combinations, some terrific brushes, and many fine soaps and creams. True shaving luxury. For the past year, I've been using three really nice razors --- a Merkur 34C, a Merkur 39C Slant, and a Maggard's MR5-v.3 --- and have tried them with Derby, Crystal, Israeli Red Personna, Personna Lab Blue, Astra SP, Feather, PolSilver, Gillette Silver Blue, Gillette Nacet, and Voskhod blades. After many different experiences, I have settled on these three combinations as working the best for my face and my technique -- Merkur 34C with Gillette Nacet , Maggard's MR5-v.3 with Voskhod, and Merkur 39C Slant with Israeli Red Personna.
So, now, to the point of this thread. As a gift to myself, I just bought an Edwin Jagger Faux Ebony razor with its included five pack of Feather blades. This is a rather heavy razor (114 grams), and with the Feather blade loaded, I think I just discovered true shaving Nirvana !
Incredibly smooth, extremely close (BBS with two passes), delightfully comfortable, zero irritation (without a single nick, cut, or weeper), and a truly joyous experience ! That was last evening, using my RazoRock Plissoft Silvertip with RazoRock XXX soap. Then tonight, just to make sure that last evening was not an aberration, I used the same Feather/Jagger combo with my Omega Ovangkol Boar lathered with Cella. Exact same amazing shaving experience !
I'm still looking forward to many great shaves with my other three razor/blade combinations, but I've got to tell you all that my new Jagger/Feather combo is simply sublime !
I've now been enjoying this wonderful hobby of traditional double edge safety razor wet shaving for one year, and have thoroughly enjoyed contributing to and learning from this terrific B&B website. With the sage advice, and purchasing from, the fine folks at Superior Shave, Maggard's, Italian Barber, and WCS .... I've experienced quite a few razor/blade combinations, some terrific brushes, and many fine soaps and creams. True shaving luxury. For the past year, I've been using three really nice razors --- a Merkur 34C, a Merkur 39C Slant, and a Maggard's MR5-v.3 --- and have tried them with Derby, Crystal, Israeli Red Personna, Personna Lab Blue, Astra SP, Feather, PolSilver, Gillette Silver Blue, Gillette Nacet, and Voskhod blades. After many different experiences, I have settled on these three combinations as working the best for my face and my technique -- Merkur 34C with Gillette Nacet , Maggard's MR5-v.3 with Voskhod, and Merkur 39C Slant with Israeli Red Personna.
So, now, to the point of this thread. As a gift to myself, I just bought an Edwin Jagger Faux Ebony razor with its included five pack of Feather blades. This is a rather heavy razor (114 grams), and with the Feather blade loaded, I think I just discovered true shaving Nirvana !
Incredibly smooth, extremely close (BBS with two passes), delightfully comfortable, zero irritation (without a single nick, cut, or weeper), and a truly joyous experience ! That was last evening, using my RazoRock Plissoft Silvertip with RazoRock XXX soap. Then tonight, just to make sure that last evening was not an aberration, I used the same Feather/Jagger combo with my Omega Ovangkol Boar lathered with Cella. Exact same amazing shaving experience !
I'm still looking forward to many great shaves with my other three razor/blade combinations, but I've got to tell you all that my new Jagger/Feather combo is simply sublime !
