Thread: Feather AC razor and blades in Europe

Originally Posted by zenshaver

I am just thinking either way you would have to autoclave(or soak) your razors.

Exactly.

Originally Posted by fapat5

I personally would advise you to use a normal straight, simply because a Feather is incredibly sharp, and can easily give someone a very nasty cut (I posted a nice bloody picture of this over at B&B some time ago). I used to use one, and it became too much of a risk, so I stopped. You need a lot of concentration. I now prefer straights anyway (though I'm still learning, they seem smoother).

I agree. The Wapi's are such great razors, I would definitely want to use them if at all possible. I just need to figure out the logistics.

If you can get the desinfectant for barbering use, you could make a reservoir with a razor rack in it, and simply hang the razors in the desinfectant until you need them.
Wapis are cheap enough to buy a dozen which you can rotate.

Where do you all get your 'cheap' wapies? They cost like £25+ here.

Originally Posted by fapat5

Where do you all get your 'cheap' wapies? They cost like £25+ here.

User open_razor on eBay usually has them for about € 13.00, although he doesn't seem to have any right now. If you interested you should contact him.

I'm in the uk i shave my clients with either a dovo shavette with derby pro blades and find them very forgiving you have to use a light touch to prevent any blood spots and two passes is all you need no more unlike a straight razor you need a good 3 passes to 4 get same result. I do prefer a straight razor for my self because it is the real thing more traditional method and very forgiving as we all no less chance of nicking your self. I have orderd a feather RG to try with some pro blades and super pro blades from classic shaving as they are aparantly balanced more like a traditional straight razor i do find the dovo shavette far to light and thin which does not carry the lather very well and because of the light ness they don't give enough feed back when shaving my clients.