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View Poll Results: How many shaves to you get per DE blade?
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2.60% |
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6.49% |
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22 |
28.57% |
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22.08% |
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19.48% |
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7.79% |
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7 or More
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11.69% |
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I have them sharpened by the knife guy and keep using them
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1.30% |
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03-17-2008, 04:26 PM
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Shave Stick Samurai
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: New York
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How many shaves per blade?
I'd like to know the economics of DE shaving. How many shaves do you get on a DE blade?
If I'm that far off, how many do you get? Not talking BBS, just decent.
Thanks.
Best regards,
Jay
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Last edited by tvphotog; 03-17-2008 at 05:38 PM.
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03-17-2008, 04:53 PM
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Foreman of the Bucking Badger Ranch
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is 5 the lowest number. i think not,try 2 or 3 
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03-17-2008, 05:32 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by paul870
is 5 the lowest number. i think not,try 2 or 3 |
+1
Many people don't get more than 3 shaves per blade. I can get 5 from Feathers but I don't push pass 3 with any other blade.
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03-17-2008, 05:36 PM
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*more funnelcakes
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Quote:
Originally Posted by paul870
is 5 the lowest number. i think not,try 2 or 3 |
+1 -- I tend to swap after three, sometimes four shaves.
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03-17-2008, 05:39 PM
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Vendor
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Location: Carmichael, CA
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DE blade are so cheap in bulk that as soon as they think about getting dull I bin them. While with expensive cartridges I'd shave with them till they got uncomfortable.
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03-17-2008, 05:48 PM
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3 or 4 for me. Depnds on which blade.
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03-17-2008, 06:47 PM
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Lets see here.....I too use the 4 shave and toss method. However, I always do 3 passes per shave, is that 12 shaves then throw away, or is it 4????    I must know before I can honestly put my answer in the poll. 
We have quite the quandary here now don't we!?!?
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03-17-2008, 06:50 PM
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Vendor
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Quote:
Originally Posted by paul870
is 5 the lowest number. i think not,try 2 or 3 |
Too high a number to start the poll.
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03-17-2008, 07:59 PM
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Baron of Tabac
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3, sometimes 4.
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03-17-2008, 08:05 PM
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In M3 Remission
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A new razor blade once a week
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03-17-2008, 09:10 PM
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I basically grabbed one of everything!
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You left out the numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4.
The only correct answer that I can give is "one to many shaves from a blade, with the occasional blade not even making it through the first shave."
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03-17-2008, 09:23 PM
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Call me Emmett....Vendor
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I'm a 3-4 guy here....Their cheap enough, why take a chance?
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03-17-2008, 10:31 PM
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When I used to shave with Darbys and Merkurs I would stop after 3 shaves. I noticed the blades were getting a little rough by the third shave. Now I use only Feathers and stop after 3 shaves, though I don't really know how many shaves they have in them. I don't press my luck. Maybe I could try for more, but I've figured out that, for the price I paid for them, each shave with a Feather costs me 8 cents. Compared to the $2.50 I was paying each day to shave with the Mach 3, I'm continually amazed DE blades are such a good deal.
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03-18-2008, 03:51 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by paul870
is 5 the lowest number. i think not,try 2 or 3 |
Options updated.
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03-18-2008, 04:31 AM
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Foreman of the Bucking Badger Ranch
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well its 2 for me then the bin
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03-18-2008, 04:33 AM
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Barbasol Bandit
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tvphotog
I'd like to know the economics of DE shaving.
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Not sure why, but the phrase "it costs the nation millions to keep Gandhi living in poverty" springs to mind 
Cheers
Jeremy
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03-18-2008, 09:45 AM
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Chairman of the Bathroom
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Location: San Diego, CA
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Depending on the blade, I usually get about 4 or 5 decent shaves.
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03-18-2008, 10:03 AM
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Starter Kit Surfer
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Join Date: Feb 2008
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I change mine once a week on Monday. I don't shave on Saturday and Sunday, but I get 5 good shaves from my Derby's.
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03-18-2008, 10:27 AM
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The Kevin Bacon of Wet-shaving.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by iceburrg
I change mine once a week on Monday. I don't shave on Saturday and Sunday, but I get 5 good shaves from my Derby's.
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I too, am a once a week man. I change out on Sundays, usually shaving every day. I could probably get a few more shaves, but this way I never have to figure it out by dragging a too-dull blade across my face.
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03-18-2008, 10:30 AM
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Sir Shave-a-Lot
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Location: Indianapolis, IN
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3-4 for me, 5 if I want to shred myself (I don't)
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