M Guthner
12-22-2006, 12:27 AM
Spent the last couple of days waiting for my Feather AC to show up practicing prepping and shaving with my excel. Feather showed up today so I gave it a whirl. I've never used a straight before, so I was a tad nervous. I stuck to the straight areas of the cheeks and neck for now. I started with a hot splash then proraso preshave followed by a micro'd hot towel for a couple of minutes. Lathered up some proraso and tried a shave (finished w/the excel). Experienced the following:
-Felt very strange shaving left handed - it was difficult to see/keep the blade angled correctly at certain points. I guess thats just inexperience.
-The shave was very close and smooth at the points of solid contact.
-The cutting edge felt really small, but that may just be the size of my grape.
A few nicks, but overall a lot better than I expected. I have nothing to compare it to though. I do know that the shave, where I had good contact, was much better than the usual cartridges I'm used to using.
The proraso pre-shave felt nice on the face. The shave cream lathered very well. I'm not so sure about the brush I'm using though, a Vulfix 406. It is very soft and spreads out very easy, even when I hold it by the base of the hair. I felt like I had no control over the brush. I think I'd like something a little stiffer, at least at the base.
-Felt very strange shaving left handed - it was difficult to see/keep the blade angled correctly at certain points. I guess thats just inexperience.
-The shave was very close and smooth at the points of solid contact.
-The cutting edge felt really small, but that may just be the size of my grape.
A few nicks, but overall a lot better than I expected. I have nothing to compare it to though. I do know that the shave, where I had good contact, was much better than the usual cartridges I'm used to using.
The proraso pre-shave felt nice on the face. The shave cream lathered very well. I'm not so sure about the brush I'm using though, a Vulfix 406. It is very soft and spreads out very easy, even when I hold it by the base of the hair. I felt like I had no control over the brush. I think I'd like something a little stiffer, at least at the base.