Not what you guys think lol. Seriously though, I recently purchased a Feather A/C DX and can't seem to stop using it. I'll share a little bit of my journey. I've been shaving with a DE for close to the last 30 years, the last 15 with a Merkur Futur. After stumbiling across this forum after a very long hiatus and seeing all the new (since I last bought a DE) and different razors out there, I thought to myself, "treat yo'self." And I did! I purchased a beautiful Timeless .95 SS with open comb and scalloped head. It's a stunning razor, and I've been impressed at how good, and how close the shaves are for a fixed gap DE.
Enter my age old curiosity. I've always wanted to try a straight, but I've been apprehenslve because, well, they call them cut-thorat razors for a reason. I also wasn't sure I wanted to commit to the stropping and honing, or sending it off to be honed etc. What can I say, I like instant gratification, so I started researching disposable blade straights/shavettes. I was looking at Feather and Kai as they, to me anyway, were the closest thing to a straight without going that direction. I ended up getting the Feather DX folder/Western style with wooden scales, a very elegant and aestheitically pleasing instrument.
I started using it with Feather Pro-Guard blades. I paid very close attention to angle, but felt like the guards were preventing me from getting a good shave. Next I tried the professional blades, and shockingly, I only knicked myself once. The blades gave a very close shave, but man were they harsh. I got some serious razor rash, similar to what I experienced years ago when trying their DE blades. I know some love those blades, but I guess they just don't play nice with my skin type.
Enter Kai blades. I got some of the "Pink Mild" blades, and wow! what a difference! Very close, irritation free shave. I felt though that it could be closer still, so I ordered the Kai Captains, which offer greater blade exposure. I felt like I was having to angle the razor spine a little too much with the Milds to get the blade to bite into my stuble. So yesterday I received the Captains. I grabbed my tube of Proraso Blue, whipped up a nice rich lather in my lather bowl (not enough to shave the whole street like we see on some YouTube channels), applied it with my nicely broken in Semogue OC boar hair brush, and went at it. WOW! An even closer shave than I got with the Pink Milds. I didn't think that was possible. I shave daily, so I told myslef yesterday that today I'd shave with the Timeless to show it some love. I couldn't do it though. The Feather beckoned me. It looked at me longingly with it's beautiful wood scales and precisely Japanese engineered 316 SS hardware. I tried reaching for the Timeless, but my hand went for the Feather. After the shaves I've been getting with this thing, I don't know if I'd ever want to use a DE again. I know I eventually will, but getting the shaves that I have been, it's hard to want to shave with anything else.
Enter my age old curiosity. I've always wanted to try a straight, but I've been apprehenslve because, well, they call them cut-thorat razors for a reason. I also wasn't sure I wanted to commit to the stropping and honing, or sending it off to be honed etc. What can I say, I like instant gratification, so I started researching disposable blade straights/shavettes. I was looking at Feather and Kai as they, to me anyway, were the closest thing to a straight without going that direction. I ended up getting the Feather DX folder/Western style with wooden scales, a very elegant and aestheitically pleasing instrument.
I started using it with Feather Pro-Guard blades. I paid very close attention to angle, but felt like the guards were preventing me from getting a good shave. Next I tried the professional blades, and shockingly, I only knicked myself once. The blades gave a very close shave, but man were they harsh. I got some serious razor rash, similar to what I experienced years ago when trying their DE blades. I know some love those blades, but I guess they just don't play nice with my skin type.
Enter Kai blades. I got some of the "Pink Mild" blades, and wow! what a difference! Very close, irritation free shave. I felt though that it could be closer still, so I ordered the Kai Captains, which offer greater blade exposure. I felt like I was having to angle the razor spine a little too much with the Milds to get the blade to bite into my stuble. So yesterday I received the Captains. I grabbed my tube of Proraso Blue, whipped up a nice rich lather in my lather bowl (not enough to shave the whole street like we see on some YouTube channels), applied it with my nicely broken in Semogue OC boar hair brush, and went at it. WOW! An even closer shave than I got with the Pink Milds. I didn't think that was possible. I shave daily, so I told myslef yesterday that today I'd shave with the Timeless to show it some love. I couldn't do it though. The Feather beckoned me. It looked at me longingly with it's beautiful wood scales and precisely Japanese engineered 316 SS hardware. I tried reaching for the Timeless, but my hand went for the Feather. After the shaves I've been getting with this thing, I don't know if I'd ever want to use a DE again. I know I eventually will, but getting the shaves that I have been, it's hard to want to shave with anything else.
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