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DevilBlade,
I am sorry that you did not have a good experience with your first DE shave. I think that your problem was the feather blades. The feather blades are like shaving with a Japanese...

You are right, if I was starting again, I would go for a Merkur HD or a feather popular (plastic) razor. However, my opinion is based on the pictures he posted.
DevilBlade is this your First DE...

I haven't used the razors myself. However, the head of the razor looks like a head of Edwin Jagger DE 89. If I am correct about the head of the razor, you should get fairly good shaves from it. ...