Thread: Feather Artist Club SS.......First shave & I'm Impressed!

The Feather lite blades IMO are not worth buying three shaves and you may as well bin them, but on the other hand the Pro blades just go on forever I've had as many as 15 20 shaves from one blade, the Pro guard well I've never tried them, but a word of warning regarding the Feather super Pro they should carry a health warning be careful the blade protrudes far to much from the razor and will eventually get and get you badly. I wouldn't buy them.

Jamie

Originally Posted by celticcrusader

The Feather lite blades IMO are not worth buying three shaves and you may as well bin them, but on the other hand the Pro blades just go on forever I've had as many as 15 20 shaves from one blade, the Pro guard well I've never tried them, but a word of warning regarding the Feather super Pro they should carry a health warning be careful the blade protrudes far to much from the razor and will eventually get and get you badly. I wouldn't buy them.

Jamie

Thanks for that tip about the Feather Super Pro - I don't really need to find any new ways to Cut/nick/scrape/slash/gash/flense/weeper myself...
Have some Lights that came with an SS I picked up but I've not had a chance to use them..partly because it takes so long to wear out the other blades.
I am curious about how the Dorco Super BB compares to the Feather Pro - they appear to have the same amount of exposure.

The Question - knowing what you know now, would you recommend that a new SR shaver consider a Feather SS as a first razor?

I think the SS is a very good starting point for someone new to straight razor shaving.
There's no stropping or honing, and this means they can concentrate on the basic techniques of straight razor shaving - allowing them to grow in confidence.
When they progress to proper straight razors they will know what a sharp blade feels like and this will at least give them some idea of when a blade is right or wrong.
Yes, there are issues re learning to adjust the blade angle and the fact that it is nigh on impossible to obtain a "Feather' sharpness to a traditional straight razor, but these factors are not too difficult to adjust to.

As long as you use the pro guard blade I see no problem as a new comer to this style of shaving, then eventually give the feather Pro blade a go.

Jamie.

Originally Posted by MJC

Thanks for that tip about the Feather Super Pro - I don't really need to find any new ways to Cut/nick/scrape/slash/gash/flense/weeper myself...
Have some Lights that came with an SS I picked up but I've not had a chance to use them..partly because it takes so long to wear out the other blades.
I am curious about how the Dorco Super BB compares to the Feather Pro - they appear to have the same amount of exposure.

The Question - knowing what you know now, would you recommend that a new SR shaver consider a Feather SS as a first razor?