Day 9
Feather Artist Club SS with Kai Protouch MG
So I'm keeping it simple, trying to change one thing at a time. Today, a different blade, and my first time using a Kai Protouch MG guarded blade. In use, I didn't really find it any different from the Feather Proguard, but of course I've only had one shave with it.
Same drill really. Three passes, mostly WTG with a little bit of XTG on my dominant side. I left the moustache area, but had a careful go around my chin. No cuts, a little bit patchy, but very comfortable. In fact, apart from the few cuts I've had along the way, every shave with the FAC has been comfortable. I would say more comfortable than my Feather SEs, which have included various Mongoose, ATT SE1, General, Enoch, Hiram, Vector, Claymore V1 and V3. Perhaps because I am being so very careful.
Maybe I'm getting overconfident, but I don't seem to be quite so slow with it either. I'm not far behind the speed of a DE at this point.
So the next step is uncertain. I'm finding it really hard to summon up the courage to do the top lip, in spite of the fact I am really almost never cutting myself. On the other hand, I'd really like the shave to be a bit closer, which could mean switching to the DX, or using a non-guarded blade, or going more ATG. I have to keep reining myself in, though. Slow and steady wins the race.