Feather-brand straight razors

[Jesse Jack]

Question first, and then the background: does anyone have any experience with Feather brand straight razors? Any good?

I'm working on my perpetual "wish list" and thinking that with Father's Day on the horizon I might want to upgrade from the ol' Bic disposable razors to something a little more mature. I've been surfing around and looking at shaving sets.

I want to avoid the cartridge razor type; despite owning several of those in the past I just can't make myself drop $20 or whatever on a couple cartridges when I can get a dozen of the equivalent disposable for half the price. I was leaning toward a higher quality 'safety razor' with disposable blades; when I looked into straight razor shaving and the stropping, honing, etc. just seemed too confusing, too much that could go wrong, etc.

So then I came across these Feather brand straight razors, and I guess they have disposable blades so you never have to worry about any of that other stuff. It seems like a cool idea, but then again, it seems like a lot of ideas like that which combine "modern convenience" and "classic style" come out half-baked or even really crappy. Really, I just don't want to rip my face off due to poor craftsmanship.

Thoughts?

 

[SteveAS]

Conventional wisdom is that a well-honed and stropped true straight razor will give a better shave than one of the replaceable blade style straights. I can't speak to the Feather, specifically, but I've used Feather blades in vintage safety razors. They provide a good shave, but not as close or comfortable as a true straight (which I now use exclusively).

 

[Jesse Jack]

Interesting. So, as far as the safety razor blades go, the Feather ones held up? Just thinking that the quality of their safety blades might say something about their straights.