Hey guys, new here! And I'm not just new here, but also to shaving with both a Shavette and sometimes a safety razor. The last week I've been reading through your forum quite a lot actually, in my further research for where even to start. So I thought, I might as well just register! 
To my shaving profile: I actually do have a beard, a full beard you could say and the reason why I even got into this whole straight edge razor thing, was because I was never happy with how I was edging, detailing my beard. I've used mostly cartrdige razors but that barely worked and if, not really exact.
Background story, not relevant for my actual question but feel free to read it:
So then after some time I accidentley saw in the local drug store a thing called "Wilkinson Percision Styler" lol. They look basically like those eye brow shavers for females, but have a bit of a longer blade. I bought them and started using them, and was quite impressed. Copmared to how detailed my beard before, that was a massive upgrade. But, the blades weren't really sharp and I didn't like the massive amount of plastic waste that goes hand in hand with it.
So after some time I considered a straight razor, or rather a Shavette. I then bought one in the local drug store from Wilkinson and again, a huge step up in terms of detailiing but this time also sharpness. But now I realized, that thoes straight DE blades are also much less forgiving to what I was using before. I still get better day by day with the DE Shavette, but I wished it would have felt a bit more like the percision stylers I was using before.
The percision stylers had, so I thought back then, "weird blades". In fact they had guarded blades but I didn't even know that name. After some research and mostly actually through this forum here, I stumbled upon Feather Shavettes and those grabbed my attention, mostly because of the guarded blades. I realized there are actually more legit Shavettes, using the same technique as those percision stylers, which I missed in some way, since they were much more forgiving than the DE Shavette. But then there was the price....
However, I read form some people here that they just oredered for the beginning some of those clones on Aliexpress and used them with the originla blades. I did exactly that then, haha! First time ordering on Aliexpress and turned out well. 1 week later the Feather AC SS clone arrived and I can already tell, that I LOVE the shape and overall feel of it.
It came with 15 guarded blades, but those blades are pure garbage. Almost dull you could say. But it was enough to just try out how it feels to shave with it and i love it!!!
So now after my long introduction and background story, which is in fact mostly irrelevant for what I wanna know, my question:
I am unsure if I should buy the Feather Pro Guards or Soft Guards. Im a beginner ofc and want the blade to be more on the forigiving side. But I also use it almost only for detaililing/lining up my beard and use a Safety Razor to clean out the rest.
I would be thankful for some input as to how the Feather Soft Guards compare to the Pro Guards when it comes to safety and forgivness when shaving.
Blades are kinda expensive and since I botught a lot of shaving related stuff, I dont wanna "waste" more money.
Thanks in advance for the input!!
Cheers from Germany!
To my shaving profile: I actually do have a beard, a full beard you could say and the reason why I even got into this whole straight edge razor thing, was because I was never happy with how I was edging, detailing my beard. I've used mostly cartrdige razors but that barely worked and if, not really exact.
Background story, not relevant for my actual question but feel free to read it:
So then after some time I accidentley saw in the local drug store a thing called "Wilkinson Percision Styler" lol. They look basically like those eye brow shavers for females, but have a bit of a longer blade. I bought them and started using them, and was quite impressed. Copmared to how detailed my beard before, that was a massive upgrade. But, the blades weren't really sharp and I didn't like the massive amount of plastic waste that goes hand in hand with it.
So after some time I considered a straight razor, or rather a Shavette. I then bought one in the local drug store from Wilkinson and again, a huge step up in terms of detailiing but this time also sharpness. But now I realized, that thoes straight DE blades are also much less forgiving to what I was using before. I still get better day by day with the DE Shavette, but I wished it would have felt a bit more like the percision stylers I was using before.
The percision stylers had, so I thought back then, "weird blades". In fact they had guarded blades but I didn't even know that name. After some research and mostly actually through this forum here, I stumbled upon Feather Shavettes and those grabbed my attention, mostly because of the guarded blades. I realized there are actually more legit Shavettes, using the same technique as those percision stylers, which I missed in some way, since they were much more forgiving than the DE Shavette. But then there was the price....
However, I read form some people here that they just oredered for the beginning some of those clones on Aliexpress and used them with the originla blades. I did exactly that then, haha! First time ordering on Aliexpress and turned out well. 1 week later the Feather AC SS clone arrived and I can already tell, that I LOVE the shape and overall feel of it.
It came with 15 guarded blades, but those blades are pure garbage. Almost dull you could say. But it was enough to just try out how it feels to shave with it and i love it!!!
So now after my long introduction and background story, which is in fact mostly irrelevant for what I wanna know, my question:
I am unsure if I should buy the Feather Pro Guards or Soft Guards. Im a beginner ofc and want the blade to be more on the forigiving side. But I also use it almost only for detaililing/lining up my beard and use a Safety Razor to clean out the rest.
I would be thankful for some input as to how the Feather Soft Guards compare to the Pro Guards when it comes to safety and forgivness when shaving.
Blades are kinda expensive and since I botught a lot of shaving related stuff, I dont wanna "waste" more money.
Thanks in advance for the input!!
Cheers from Germany!
Joking.
