First shave of 2020 - I have kept in reserve the Chinese Feather SS clone for the occasion.
Prep: (scalding) hot water and Nivea Men cream
Soap: TBS Maca Root & Aloe cream
Brush: Semogue 1800 boar
Razor: Chinese Feather AC SS clone
Blade: Kai Captain Titan Mild
AS: Weleda Rasierwasser
Fragrance: Str8 Ahead
The razor probably copies the geometry of the original Feather AC SS with micrometre tolerances. There are quite a few things lacking in the quality of assembly and finishing, though: the finish and lacquer of the handle is poor (just a single thin layer), only the outside planes are finished properly, the black coating of the blade holder is uneven, especially inside, the parts are riveted together with no hope of disassembly or adjustment and the spring is flimsy. But it gets the job done wonderfully.
A two pass shave (WTG and a hybrid xATG) and I needed to recalibrate my definition of BBS.
This tool offers as comfortable and irritation free shave as the sharpest-honed SR, but the feeling is completely different.
The head geometry is very tolerant to technical shortcomings (steep angle, pressure, lack of skin stretching) at price of offering neigh zero feedback.
It was a very effective, extremely comfortable (to the point of frightening a bit) - but very boring shave.