So which do you prefer? Folding or non-folding and why?
I am a fairly new wet shaver. At 21, I don't have to shave all the time, so I don't get everyday practice in,usually only twice a week. Also I have what I would call a very angular face/course beard. I have been shaving with a merkur 34c and derbys until I realized that it was the blade and not my technique that was horrible. I now use feathers and the difference is night and day. I have a parker shavette and I definitely like the feel of using a straight type razor, though it proves challenging with my angular face/jaw. I have decided that I do not have the money nor time to strop and hone a traditional straight so it appears the japanese injectors are the best option. I am rather indifferent between the two brands, but I have no idea whether I should get a folding or non-folding. To be honest I kind of like the more traditional look of the folding but obviously ease of use and performance are more important.
So first, would you advise a feather artist type razor? If so which style?
I am a fairly new wet shaver. At 21, I don't have to shave all the time, so I don't get everyday practice in,usually only twice a week. Also I have what I would call a very angular face/course beard. I have been shaving with a merkur 34c and derbys until I realized that it was the blade and not my technique that was horrible. I now use feathers and the difference is night and day. I have a parker shavette and I definitely like the feel of using a straight type razor, though it proves challenging with my angular face/jaw. I have decided that I do not have the money nor time to strop and hone a traditional straight so it appears the japanese injectors are the best option. I am rather indifferent between the two brands, but I have no idea whether I should get a folding or non-folding. To be honest I kind of like the more traditional look of the folding but obviously ease of use and performance are more important.
So first, would you advise a feather artist type razor? If so which style?
Ah spelling mistake..I know its Jackie Chan. BTW, useless trivia, but my father met him years ago in Taiwan when he first started making movies, and Jackie was called Longan, translated as dragon eye, by all his friends because he had just had the double eye lid surgery done. I don't know about now, but when I was going to school in Japan he was so hugely popular that girls committed suicide when it was reported that he had a girlfriend...since then he has been very private about his love life.
I was just saying that it has to be Bruce Lee all the way. 
