Thread: Help with Feather folding DX

Originally Posted by MJC

Angle - imagine that you where to lay the razor flat against your face, then lift the spine up - if you raise the spine up 1 to 2 spine widths that would be "shallow or low angle"

Cleaning up with a DE - It is your face and razor and you should do what is best for you. Trying to do too much too early with any straight can be frustrating and counter productive.
With a Feather this is even more so IMHO.

The best thing for me while learning was to do the borders/starting points with something else along with finishing with a DE. Then one day I "forgot" to do that and realized that I no longer needed to.

You are on your way...

Smooth shaving.

Sound advice regarding the way to determine the initial angle for the Feather DX.

Agree as well that there is nothing wrong with using a DE razor to clean up as long as it is understood that this is only an aid in the early weeks of straight shaving.
Ultimately, neither the Feather AC nor regular straight should depend on a DE clean-up, as a proficient straight shave surpasses a DE shave both in closeness and in smoothness.


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