I thought I'd describe my first Feather shave. I found a great deal here in Japan on a folding Feather Professional and snapped it up. I couldn't wait to get home and try it out. I popped in a blade and drenched my face a few times, lathered up, took a deep breath and started in. Wow. First pass with the grain seemed very smooth, almost like the blade was meeting no resistance at all. A few small pinpoint bleeders afterwards, but no harm done. I lathered up again and tried an across the grain pass. No real problems here except some rough spots on my jaw line. Finally, I tried an against the grain pass. The only problem I had was, again, the jaw line. My hair follows the jawline growing toward the ear and seems to resist the blade fiercely. I didn't force it, of course, and ended up with some rough areas along the jawline, but other than that I was quite smooth and happy. My face was bleeding in several places, but a cold water splash stopped the bleeding and I finished with a spritz of witch hazel and then after shave balm. All in all I was very happy with the shave. Much more comfy than my old Mach 3.

Any suggestions on the jawline are welcome. But I'm not really complaining.

John