Feather and Kai shaves

[p.b]

I enjoyed using the Kamisori format so I’m itching to pull the trigger on a Feather SS. I did prefer the SS to the SR folding as it felt easier to use and I only dip into using these AC razors periodically

 

[Twelvefret]

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I enjoyed using the Kamisori format so I’m itching to pull the trigger on a Feather SS. I did prefer the SS to the SR folding as it felt easier to use and I only dip into using these AC razors periodically

Thank you for "dipping" today @p.b

 

[chazt]

SOTD: Saturday 26 September to Friday 2 October 2026

RAZOR: Yaqi Thalia 316L Chippendale Handle BLADE: Personna GEM Platinum Diamond Glide DE BRUSH: Restored Ever-Ready Faux Ivory 18mm Silvertip Badger LATHER: Taylor of Old Bond Street Sandalwood Shaving Soap POST: Taylor of Old Bond Street Sandalwood Aftershave Lotion

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[chazt]

This seemed more a more efficient shave than Monday’s. Previously with this holder and blade I needed three passes and touchups to reach 9/10. Today was only two passes with some minor touchups around the van dyke for the same result.

Muscles and brain are starting to work more as a team. It was bound to happen. What I wasn’t expecting was how quickly my hands and brain would accept and adapt to shaving with a RBSR. Who knew?

 

[Twelvefret]

This seemed more a more efficient shave than Monday’s. Previously with this holder and blade I needed three passes and touchups to reach 9/10. Today was only two passes with some minor touchups around the van dyke for the same result.

Muscles and brain are starting to work more as a team. It was bound to happen. What I wasn’t expecting was how quickly my hands and brain would accept and adapt to shaving with a RBSR. Who knew?
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Happy for your success today.

 

[chazt]

@Twelvefret, you’ve mentioned that you adapt to each razor’s “idiosyncrasies” by rolling the angle at which the blade interacts with your skin. I saw today in my mirror that what I was doing may be similar to the motion you described. And then I recognized it consciously. It’s likely the same technique that one acquires when switching from pivoting head carts to fixed head designs. Have never used a pivoting head cart, it was a technique that was intuitively easy when I switched over from the old Trac II to DE and SE razors all those years ago.

 

[chazt]

I enjoyed using the Kamisori format so I’m itching to pull the trigger on a Feather SS. I did prefer the SS to the SR folding as it felt easier to use and I only dip into using these AC razors periodically

https://www.ebay.com/itm/133832187256?itmmeta=01M3WHPN5ZJNCQFEBCK1D9TQK4&hash=item1f29051d78:g:7I8AAOSw0kJmg15U

This is the vendor in Japan who sold me my SR. Also available at Connaught. I’d have bought it there but Feather doesn’t permit him to ship to the States.

 

[Twelvefret]

@Twelvefret, you’ve mentioned that you adapt to each razor’s “idiosyncrasies” by rolling the angle at which the blade interacts with your skin. I saw today in my mirror that what I was doing may be similar to the motion you described. And then I recognized it consciously. It’s likely the same technique that one acquires when switching from pivoting head carts to fixed head designs. Have never used a pivoting head cart, it was a technique that was intuitively easy when I switched over from the old Trac II to DE and SE razors all those years ago.

I have not used a pivoting head, but i think i understand your comparison, and it’s a good one to describe what’s happening .

The blade rolls around the contours of my face by turning the holder with my thumb underneath and first finger on top. Once my rolling was interrupted and I went straight into the underside of my chin, but fortunately not deep.

As we become more comfortable and confident we aren’t going to bleed to death, we relax allowing our small muscles to do the work, like how we hold a guitar pick loosely to make our music more fluid at tempo.