Feather and Kai shaves

[Twelvefret]

You two might want to drink post shave…

 

[bartje-p]

Joining the party with my Feather SR. so far I have had 7 partial shaves with a Feather Light blade. Still feels very awkward, but it is improving. Cheeks and neck are going fine, with the grain. Chin and upper lip are still done with a safety razor. It certainly is a lot of fun, but I am still far from being as comfortable with the Feather as with any of my safety razors.

I will give the Light blade a few more turns before switching to either a guarde Kai or a Schick proline P, but probably the Kai first.

On the upper lip and chin I find the razor very rough, but that probably is 90% user error and perhaps the Light blade. I will master the big areas and downward strokes with right and left hands first, before venturing in more difficult areas

This also made me realise even more what a joy and easy to use razor any of my DEs or ATT SE really are, to be able to whack it around my face without any worries!

 

[Twelvefret]

Joining the party with my Feather SR. so far I have had 7 partial shaves with a Feather Light blade. Still feels very awkward, but it is improving. Cheeks and neck are going fine, with the grain. Chin and upper lip are still done with a safety razor. It certainly is a lot of fun, but I am still far from being as comfortable with the Feather as with any of my safety razors.

I will give the Light blade a few more turns before switching to either a guarde Kai or a Schick proline P, but probably the Kai first.

On the upper lip and chin I find the razor very rough, but that probably is 90% user error and perhaps the Light blade. I will master the big areas and downward strokes with right and left hands first, before venturing in more difficult areas

This also made me realise even more what a joy and easy to use razor any of my DEs or ATT SE really are, to be able to whack it around my face without any worries!

I encourage you to remove the blade and practice rolling the tang with your fingers on the upper lip. Settle with good enough and don’t use a dull or rough blade, which I consider more dangerous and irritating than a sharp one.

Your practice of using two razors is sound. I would recommend using Feather blades for Feather holders like the 8mm Pro Guard. It’s .5mm wider than what you are currently using.

Also practice rolling the tang on any curved areas without a blade inserted. Do this up, downward, and side to side. Notice the pressure you are applying. Are you causing an indentation or not?

 

[chazt]

Joining the party with my Feather SR. so far I have had 7 partial shaves with a Feather Light blade. Still feels very awkward, but it is improving. Cheeks and neck are going fine, with the grain. Chin and upper lip are still done with a safety razor. It certainly is a lot of fun, but I am still far from being as comfortable with the Feather as with any of my safety razors.

I will give the Light blade a few more turns before switching to either a guarde Kai or a Schick proline P, but probably the Kai first.

On the upper lip and chin I find the razor very rough, but that probably is 90% user error and perhaps the Light blade. I will master the big areas and downward strokes with right and left hands first, before venturing in more difficult areas

This also made me realise even more what a joy and easy to use razor any of my DEs or ATT SE really are, to be able to whack it around my face without any worries!

This is excellent. It sounds like you’re making steady progress, Bart. It’s interesting to read of your experience with shaving around the mouth and under the nose. I’ve wondered how I would approach doing that. For now it’s a non issue as I wear a van dyke. I’m guessing that I’d probably start by using an across the grain stroke. Keep us posted please.