joel: i appreciate your willingness to test things, post pics, and make comparison with which, after i have used the product, i tend to agree with you. ill be interested if you can master the feather - i could not in five shaves and gave up. with the pastes that i was able to use, actually just the 0.25 diamond paste, my ti really keened up and has given me the best shaves of any blade and razor i have ever used
sam