Feather Blades - How Many Shaves Do They Last For You?

How many shaves can you get out of a feather. Please also detail how many passes you have, your general prep procedure, razor type and if you consider your beard to be coarse / wirey or not.

If I push it I can get 2 shaves out of a Feather. But on second shave need to be very careful on the neck to avoid irritation. Optimal prep is a hot shower with a thorough face cleanse using Nivea face scrub. Then Proraso pre-shave and Proraso green. Razor Fatip usually. Do two passes. My beard is like a Brillo Pad.

2 Max. I truthfully only enjoy the first shave but the second still works. Which is why I prefer Gillette blacks. I cold water shave (as cold as you can get, I frequently add ice cubes) to the water for pre razor/brush soak. I use an R41 2013 with m89 Silvertip badger. Prep with face scrub w/ cold water, AoS pre shave oil, either TOBS grapefruit, castle Forbes lavender or lime, AoS sandalwood, or truefitt and hill Ultimatr comfort creams. I do wtg, xtg, atg passes 5-6 days per week. I have very coarse hair.

I have gotten 3-4 shaves, no more than that so far.

Frank

Usually 2 shaves and the 3rd one it pulls.

I use a four pass routine and can't get more than two comfortable shaves with a Feather.

I almost always shave with two passes. Shower first, hydrate skin very well, partial bowl lather finish lather on face, EJ DE89, Merkur, Feather, Shavette, my beard is made of steel.

I usually get about 3 comfortable shaves.

Definitely more than 5 shaves (more precisely 4 to 6 per edge). I have medium/coarse beard hair.
Procedure: shower - brush teeth - lather up - shave - clean the used blade edge with two sharp blows of water from a 20ml syringe (without needle of course).
It must be brushing my teeth what makes my blades last longer.

Normally its 4 and out for all my blades.

I get 4 x 3 pass shaves out of a Feather. Damn comfortable too. I use it with a pre-war FH Tech though, so not quite as aggressive as many razors out there.

Thick beard and I get 3, 3 pass shaves. I could scrape out a 4th but feel as though this is not really worth while, esp b/c my "nick/cut rate" skyrockets on the 4th shave.

-Badger Bill

Since I am used to trying to push a few extra shaves out of a blade, it varies a bit. I can get two, three and sometimes four shaves out of a single Feather. The novelty of Feather is that one is always changing blades every other day or so (YMMV). I love reaching for a fresh blade.

I change blades after 3 shaves. I could get 4 shaves, but the fourth shave isn't that great.

I do two passes, and I never use any blade more than 3 times. Feathers last all three shaves, and I could probably get 1 more out of them, but razor blades are so cheap I don't feel any reason to go more than 3.

I get 2 four pass shaves out of feather DE. I assume you were asking about the DE blades. Form the feather pro in my Cobra I get 4-5 shaves.

Feather? 1 great shave, and the second tears my face up, so 1 shave out of a razor that cost far more than it should.

I gave the rest I had away. I find my skin does better with an aggressive RAZOR and a smooth blade. Not a mild razor and an aggressively sharp blade.

3. 4th isn't so swell. At least on the 1 blade i've used.

I use a 2011 R41. I don't use Feathers everyday but when I do I toss them after 2 shaves. I love Feathers but not everyday.

I get 4. Depends on how often I shave though and how my skin is.