Thread: Good example of a shave with a Feather Shavette

Ouch! Some of those angles towards the end would play havoc with my skin! I know he's not using any pressure but that's still pretty much scraping rather than shaving, and with a fresh Feather Super Pro blade, quite unnecessary in my book but then it does work for this gent so there you go. I'd just hate to have someone trying a Feather for the first time attempt to duplicate the angles this fellow is using without sneaking up on them first.

For the record, the razor is the Feather AC RG and if he's getting 10+ shaves out of a single blade, they would have to be the Super Professional ones.

Regards

Christian

That was a really cool video. I have to stretch my skin much more than he did to avoid irritation. Does he not have to stretch his skin as much because he's using such an ultra sharp blade? I've never used a feather of any kind. Facial contortions alone don't get me where I need to be.

I've always done my XTG cheek passes from mouth to ear, the reverse of what he does. More dangerous the way I do it? Probably; if I slipped I could cut my ear, but I stop about 1/2" before I get there. It gets me closer than when I go ear towards mouth with my whiskers.

Chris L

Perhaps he was using the pro guard blades. Definitely that angle on his neck ATG would have left my skin burning raw.
But then I have heard the super pro ones are meant to be more forgiving, so who knows. I was using pro blades, they certainly never make it past 5 shaves, well they do but its no longer comfortable.

Originally Posted by Chrisl

That was a really cool video. I have to stretch my skin much more than he did to avoid irritation. Does he not have to stretch his skin as much because he's using such an ultra sharp blade? I've never used a feather of any kind. Facial contortions alone don't get me where I need to be.

I've always done my XTG cheek passes from mouth to ear, the reverse of what he does. More dangerous the way I do it? Probably; if I slipped I could cut my ear, but I stop about 1/2" before I get there. It gets me closer than when I go ear towards mouth with my whiskers.

Chris L

Chris, I can slack skin shave with a Feather AC, no need to stretch at all for me unless there's a skin crease the blade can get caught in. For some peculiar reason, I seem to be developing more and more creases in my face......<sigh>. For me, stretching the skin other than just tilting my head one way or the other would cause skin thinning, ingrown hairs, weepers and all sorts of grief. The Feather blades just glide across your skin... it's like wiping away your stubble with a..... uhmmm..... feather?!?!?!


Regards

Kaptain "AC only, hold the DC." Zero

Originally Posted by kaptain_zero

For some peculiar reason, I seem to be developing more and more creases in my face......<sigh>.


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Kaptain "AC only, hold the DC." Zero

Thats great stuff there^^^.

I usually stretch the skin with the feather, and I'm not developing extra creases....... Rather my skin has become quite loose/thin.

Originally Posted by kaptain_zero

I seem to be developing more and more creases in my face......<sigh>.

What does this means, as English isn't my first language.

Do you get scars from it?

Originally Posted by OLD_SCHOOL

Rather my skin has become quite loose/thin.

Do you mean, that by stretching the skin, you get a looser skin as in wrinkles? Because maybe it also has something to do with age (don't know how old you are and no pun intended), but i know my grandfathers had a looser and thinner skin, when the were getting older.

Originally Posted by kaptain_zero

would cause skin thinning

What is "skin thinning"? I've heard this term mentioned before.

Chris L

Originally Posted by gentleman

Do you mean, that by stretching the skin, you get a looser skin as in wrinkles? Because maybe it also has something to do with age (don't know how old you are and no pun intended), but i know my grandfathers had a looser and thinner skin, when the were getting older.

No I mean in the past 6mths or so since using a straight, it has loosened considerably.

Originally Posted by OLD_SCHOOL

No I mean in the past 6mths or so since using a straight, it has loosened considerably.

Sorry for this dumb question, but is this a good thing or a bad thing? As i can't envision what this means.