Join me as I shave through and compare a forest of Treets and carbon steel allies!
Goal: To compare carbon steel blades produced by Treet to each other, to other carbon steel blades, and, occasionally, to stainless steel blades in terms of subjective shave quality (sharpness, smoothness, efficiency etc.) and blade longevity.
Photo: Assembly of Treets and other blades, courtesy of @T Bone
Methods:
I intend to shave every other day. On off days, I'll note how soon a shave stops being "socially acceptable." I will use one blade exclusively until it no longer gives acceptable shaves.
Anyone is welcome to share their own experiences or experiments with Treets and/or carbon steel blades
About me: I've been double edge shaving a couple years and am pretty comfortable. I'll try to hold my technique constant but I suspect I'll refine and adjust to individual blades as this experiment proceeds.
I have a moderately thick wiry beard and curly hair. Mediterranean ancestry. 45. Because a shave has to last two days, I try to get as close as possible. I tend to use a blade three times before finding it unacceptable. I don't buy blades that give me fewer than three shaves and I've only recently tried a blade that gives me more than five shaves.
Before this experiment, I've used just one carbon steel blade, an old-style yellow Treet Dura Sharp which will not be in this test. I generally favor blades labeled "stainless" (whatever the coating) over those labeled "platinum," for what it's worth.
Now, onto the equipment and then to the shaves!
Goal: To compare carbon steel blades produced by Treet to each other, to other carbon steel blades, and, occasionally, to stainless steel blades in terms of subjective shave quality (sharpness, smoothness, efficiency etc.) and blade longevity.
Photo: Assembly of Treets and other blades, courtesy of @T Bone
Methods:
I intend to shave every other day. On off days, I'll note how soon a shave stops being "socially acceptable." I will use one blade exclusively until it no longer gives acceptable shaves.
Anyone is welcome to share their own experiences or experiments with Treets and/or carbon steel blades
About me: I've been double edge shaving a couple years and am pretty comfortable. I'll try to hold my technique constant but I suspect I'll refine and adjust to individual blades as this experiment proceeds.
I have a moderately thick wiry beard and curly hair. Mediterranean ancestry. 45. Because a shave has to last two days, I try to get as close as possible. I tend to use a blade three times before finding it unacceptable. I don't buy blades that give me fewer than three shaves and I've only recently tried a blade that gives me more than five shaves.
Before this experiment, I've used just one carbon steel blade, an old-style yellow Treet Dura Sharp which will not be in this test. I generally favor blades labeled "stainless" (whatever the coating) over those labeled "platinum," for what it's worth.
Now, onto the equipment and then to the shaves!