Good report on the Feather ProGuard blades, Gammary. I have used the Feather razor on occasion through the years and always with ProGuard blades. The blades have always given me a good shaves. These days I keep two Feather Artist Club DX razors in rotation, teak wood and pearl, as well as take one as a back up to my straight when traveling. My blades are still the ProGuard.