Chandu
I Waxed The Badger.
A few years ago I owned and used a GC 0.68. I liked it very much and said it was 80% of what the Feather AS-D2 was. I got my brother in law one for Christmas a few years ago. Was at his house the other day and brought the GC 0.68 home for a week and lent him my Gillette Heritage.
Shaved with the Gamechanger yesterday and today. There was A LOT more blade feel than I recall. To me it's now nothing like the AS-D2 which as I recall you sometimes weren't sure there was a blade in it. In fact today I pitted it against my rather newly acquired Muhle Rocca. I much prefer the save and the feel of the shave from the Muhle. For me the Muhle is closer and has a little less blade feel which suprised me.
So probably my tastes have changed but if someone were to ask me GC 0.68 vs AS-D2, I'd say save up and pay the (Feather) man. I like my Henson ++ a lot more than the GC. Next year post sabbatical, I'm going to pick up a Feather again. I really longed for the AS-D2 feeling, for me the GC is not it.
Shaved with the Gamechanger yesterday and today. There was A LOT more blade feel than I recall. To me it's now nothing like the AS-D2 which as I recall you sometimes weren't sure there was a blade in it. In fact today I pitted it against my rather newly acquired Muhle Rocca. I much prefer the save and the feel of the shave from the Muhle. For me the Muhle is closer and has a little less blade feel which suprised me.
So probably my tastes have changed but if someone were to ask me GC 0.68 vs AS-D2, I'd say save up and pay the (Feather) man. I like my Henson ++ a lot more than the GC. Next year post sabbatical, I'm going to pick up a Feather again. I really longed for the AS-D2 feeling, for me the GC is not it.