Part of my responsibilities, as Big Cheese at Niwaki, involves constant product testing. It’s hard work, believe me. Recently I took it upon myself to get to grips with the Feather DE Stainles Steel razor - and boy, what fun it’s been. The trouble with DE razors is that nothing goes wrong with them, and apart from a new blade every so often, they tend to go and on. I’ve had an old Merkur knocking about for ages, but I fear now that it’s not going to see much action - the Feather is nicer to use, has a better cutting angle (for me) and is absolutely gorgeous to behold. I find it deals with the tricky bits better, too (in particular the bit below my lip but above my chin - I wonder what that’s called). I use a Bluebeard’s Revenge Brush and currently a tube of Oak Moss Musco Real (is there anything more manly than Oak Moss? I suspect not.)