RE: Feather AS-D1
Just cut and pasted my answer to your poll on the same subject:
"Unfortunately, I don't think you'll ever know until you've tried one. If you could borrow one for a while that would be the best solution... otherwise you'll have to dive in. I'm betting you'll get a lot of opinions on both sides and a lot recommendations for other razors... like Ikons and...erm... Webers
I've thought of getting one myself... I know these things can eat away you until you get the plastic out. In my case I got the rather excellent aforementioned Weber razor and I'm happy with that (that's a bit of an understatement) "