Hi all,
I'm about three months into my DE shaving adventure and I'm loving it. When I started doing research before buying my first razor, blades, brush etc I didn't know much and I made a stupid assumption. The sharpest damn blades there is on the market clearly isn't the perfect blade for everyone, and especially not for beginners. Well, I thought that the sharpest blade sounded like the perfect start for me since I had always had problems cutting my beard since it the hair is quite thick, and I bough some packs of Feathers.
I have since tried a bunch of different razors, brushes and creams but I stuck with the Feather blades until today. Maybe using Feathers for every shave for the first three months helped me out in some ways. I know I have cut myself sometimes, got some nicks and had different grades of irritation, but I probably learned to respect a razor blade and to take it slow and easy. I though the nicks and irritation was due to my not yet perfected technique, and it's still not perfect of course, but when I popped a "Rapira Swedish Supersteel" in my Merkur HD today I quickly understood that I had a pretty good technique and I cloud get a very close shave with very, very little irritation.
Maybe it's quick to abandon Feather after one shave with another blade, but my best guess is that I should try to find some other blades... I didn't get bad shaves when it comes to the actual cutting of hair, but I had problems with irritation.
The problem now as I see it is that there are so many different blades on the market, and the fact that I have read many posts about this and that blade going out of production scares me. I would hate to find a favorite blade and then see it disappear from the market anytime soon. The different blades, names and versions confuses me a lot but I'm hoping that some of you would share your thought on good blades that you like , that are fairly easy to find online and of a brand that are pretty established.
I'm not sure what I expect here since I'm a bit confused when it comes to blades, but any advice or thoughts would be appreciated.
I have the following blades (5, 10 or 20 of each) at home right now, but I would be happy to order more brands to try out on your recommendations:
Gilette 7 O'clock SharpEdge
Dorco New Platinum Stainless Blade
Personna Platinum
Rapira Swedish Supersteel
Gilette Super Thin (Thailand)
Wilkinson Sword
Far too many Feathers
I'm about three months into my DE shaving adventure and I'm loving it. When I started doing research before buying my first razor, blades, brush etc I didn't know much and I made a stupid assumption. The sharpest damn blades there is on the market clearly isn't the perfect blade for everyone, and especially not for beginners. Well, I thought that the sharpest blade sounded like the perfect start for me since I had always had problems cutting my beard since it the hair is quite thick, and I bough some packs of Feathers.
I have since tried a bunch of different razors, brushes and creams but I stuck with the Feather blades until today. Maybe using Feathers for every shave for the first three months helped me out in some ways. I know I have cut myself sometimes, got some nicks and had different grades of irritation, but I probably learned to respect a razor blade and to take it slow and easy. I though the nicks and irritation was due to my not yet perfected technique, and it's still not perfect of course, but when I popped a "Rapira Swedish Supersteel" in my Merkur HD today I quickly understood that I had a pretty good technique and I cloud get a very close shave with very, very little irritation.
Maybe it's quick to abandon Feather after one shave with another blade, but my best guess is that I should try to find some other blades... I didn't get bad shaves when it comes to the actual cutting of hair, but I had problems with irritation.
The problem now as I see it is that there are so many different blades on the market, and the fact that I have read many posts about this and that blade going out of production scares me. I would hate to find a favorite blade and then see it disappear from the market anytime soon. The different blades, names and versions confuses me a lot but I'm hoping that some of you would share your thought on good blades that you like , that are fairly easy to find online and of a brand that are pretty established.
I'm not sure what I expect here since I'm a bit confused when it comes to blades, but any advice or thoughts would be appreciated.
I have the following blades (5, 10 or 20 of each) at home right now, but I would be happy to order more brands to try out on your recommendations:
Gilette 7 O'clock SharpEdge
Dorco New Platinum Stainless Blade
Personna Platinum
Rapira Swedish Supersteel
Gilette Super Thin (Thailand)
Wilkinson Sword
Far too many Feathers