feather or Derby Extra
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Get a sampler and also get out the begging bowl on BST. There must be 101 different blades 'tween Derby & Feather - try as many as you can - then buy 'em by the shitload.
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feather vs derby....
thats a bit like asking if you prefer sleeping on a matress or bricks!! the two are about as different as can possibly be. The Derby is about the mildest blade you can get, fairly gentle and will require very good technique and persistence to get anything aproaching a completely close shave.
The feather is extremely sharp, possibly the sharpest of all blades out there, technique is also needed to avoid hurting yourself or getting razor burn.
These are two extremes here, and not sure you can possibly compare them, or ask that others should as they don't do the same job. They do different things for different people.
I would suggest that potentially, if your still searching for your perfect blade, that neither of these are ideal. Perhaps look at a sampler pack containing some gillettes. The bleues and platinums i've found to be excellent (although it seems almost all gillette blades are at least somewhat similar in character and i havent been disappointed with any, but do lean towards the bleues as favourites)
At the moment though i'm mostly prefering shark blades. NOt great for longevity, but i get three great shaves from them and stop there.
thats a bit like asking if you prefer sleeping on a matress or bricks!! the two are about as different as can possibly be. The Derby is about the mildest blade you can get, fairly gentle and will require very good technique and persistence to get anything aproaching a completely close shave.
The feather is extremely sharp, possibly the sharpest of all blades out there, technique is also needed to avoid hurting yourself or getting razor burn.
These are two extremes here, and not sure you can possibly compare them, or ask that others should as they don't do the same job. They do different things for different people.
I would suggest that potentially, if your still searching for your perfect blade, that neither of these are ideal. Perhaps look at a sampler pack containing some gillettes. The bleues and platinums i've found to be excellent (although it seems almost all gillette blades are at least somewhat similar in character and i havent been disappointed with any, but do lean towards the bleues as favourites)
At the moment though i'm mostly prefering shark blades. NOt great for longevity, but i get three great shaves from them and stop there.
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In that case, neither. In the absence of Iridiums, 7 o'clock yellow comes to mind as a good one to try.rav79 said: