Thread: No more straights! Going all feather!

Originally Posted by gugi

Aren't you married with kids - why worry about stuff that's already useless

You make a solid argument .

Originally Posted by earcutter

You make a solid argument .

Keep this in mind. You would have to change your name from earcutter, to, who knows what... [emoji3]

I went ahead and bought a feather SS yesterday (should be here tomorrow) to give a shot. For travel, it would be easier not to have to carry a strop/CrOX and not have to worry about finding a place to hang the strop. I'll likely stick with straights for home use, but a feather might be a nice step up from the DE I usually carry when I travel.

Originally Posted by MajorEthanolic

I went ahead and bought a feather SS yesterday (should be here tomorrow) to give a shot. For travel, it would be easier not to have to carry a strop/CrOX and not have to worry about finding a place to hang the strop. I'll likely stick with straights for home use, but a feather might be a nice step up from the DE I usually carry when I travel.

I look forward to hearing your take on it!!

Contrasts BTW. The waiting is the hardest part .

@earcutter... looked at my amazon account and it says "out for delivery". So, this evening will be my first feather experience (with the pro blades). And just to be clear, people tend to use LESS of an angle with shavettes?

My experience with my Feather SS with Pro-Guard blades has been that I don't think about a difference in angle. The head of the SS folder sets the blade up nicely for shaving, and I get nick and scrape free very good shaves with it. I find it quite easy to get great shaves with it although I prefer using conventional straight razors.

Originally Posted by MajorEthanolic

@earcutter... looked at my amazon account and it says "out for delivery". So, this evening will be my first feather experience (with the pro blades). And just to be clear, people tend to use LESS of an angle with shavettes?

Woot!!!

I can't answer your question as to if people use less of an angle or not - and I don't have a Feather (yet). But as a general rule of thumb, one uses less angle and works thier way up with straights. Stands to reason the theory would stand for the Feather.

More often than not, I hear people say what ace said " don't think about it."

Good luck! Excited for you .