I've been DE shaving now for about 6 weeks, & thus far have only used Astra SP's. Yesterday, I finally received my first blade sampler pack & being the adventurous man that I am, promptly decided to try the feather's first. I loaded a feather into my trusty Merkur 180 & went to work. I could definitely feel the sharpness of the blade (mainly at the beginning of my strokes, when I have the bad habit of slapping the head of the razor against my skin..), but I didn't feel any need to fear it, after all, the only thing more dangerous than a sharp blade is a dull blade, right?
After my standard 3 pass face shave & 2 pass head shave, I tentatively reached for the AS, expecting to feel a face of fire, but alas! There was virtually no irritation, no weepers, no cuts, & to top it all off, I achieved BBS over 90% of my face & DFS + in my normal trouble areas!!
I'm not sure if this improvement is because of the superiority of the feather, or if I simply used better technique to avoid filleting my face, but I believe this may be the blade for me. I plan to use these for at least the rest of the week to see if my technique degrades & I end up grating my face, but thus far I'm in love!!
I still want to try the Personna reds & Voskhod before fully committing, but the feathers are definitely above the Astra's in my book.
After my standard 3 pass face shave & 2 pass head shave, I tentatively reached for the AS, expecting to feel a face of fire, but alas! There was virtually no irritation, no weepers, no cuts, & to top it all off, I achieved BBS over 90% of my face & DFS + in my normal trouble areas!!
I'm not sure if this improvement is because of the superiority of the feather, or if I simply used better technique to avoid filleting my face, but I believe this may be the blade for me. I plan to use these for at least the rest of the week to see if my technique degrades & I end up grating my face, but thus far I'm in love!!
I still want to try the Personna reds & Voskhod before fully committing, but the feathers are definitely above the Astra's in my book.