Avoid Feather blades at least in the beginning. They're very aggressive razors. Supposedly, the more aggressive blades behave better in the less aggressive razors (more guards etc.), and the less aggressive blades do better in more aggressive razors, as some have said. If you want, I can recommend a couple forums I used to frequent several years ago about wet shaving, where the folks are as full of shaving knowledge as people here are about preparedness.