For Christmas, my wife bought me the following sampler pack:
Add to these the Viking Sword, Feather, Wilkinson Sword (German) and VDH blades I have laying around, and that's at least 132 brands. She actually bought them for me when the TryABlade purchase went sour and PayPal offered us an immediate refund.
I want to set up an evaluation criteria for these blades so that I can score them and them come up with MY relative rating, which I will publish here. Yes, I know this means a commitment of almost 2 years to get through them all.
Most blades last me about 4 days based on a 3 pass shave in the AM and a one pass shave in the evening to make my CPAP mask more comfortable.
My evaluation criteria are: Blade comfort/ smoothness Shave #1, Blade comfort/ smoothness Shave #2, Weepers (total), Bleeders (total), Total Number of passes before disposal and Shave Quality. Each having an an established criteria on a 1-10 scale where higher is better. My plan is to use the same razor and the same soap for every shave.
If you were setting up your own criteria, what would those criteria be?
Abest Hi Platinum
ASCO - Super Stainless
Asco - Super Stainless (Orange)
Asco - Super Stainless (Red)
Asco - Platinum
ASTRA - Superior Stainless (Laser Marking)
BIC - Astor Stainless
BIC - Chrome Platinum
Big Ben - Super Stainless
Big Ben - Super Stainless (Purple)
Big Ben - Classic
Bluebird
Bolzano - Superinox Inossidabile
Champion Platinum
Clifton Classic
Concord
Crown - Platinum
Crown - Super Stainless
Derby - Extra
Derby Extra Blue
Derby Premium
Diamonds Pro Excell
Dollar - Platinum
Dorco - Prime Platinum
Dorco - ST-300 Platinum
Dorco - ST-300 Platinum (Vietnam)
Dorco - ST-301 Stainless
Dorco - Titan
Dovo Super Platinum
Elios Inoxidable (Germany)
Elios Inoxidable (Egypt)
Euromax - EMP800
Gillette - 365
Gillette - 7 0'Clock - Permasharp Stainless
Gillette - 7 0'Clock - SharpEdge
Gillette - 7 o'Clock - Super Platinum
Gillette - 7 0'Clock - Super Stainless
Gillette - 7 0'Clock - Super Stainless (Golden Shave)
Gillette - Minora
Gillette - Minora Stainless
Gillette - Nacet Stainless
Gillette - Platinum (Laser Marking)
Gillette - Platinum New
illette - Sputnik
Gillette - Rubie Platinum (Laser Marking)
Gillette - Silver Blue (New Version)
Gillette - Silver Blue (Old Version)
Gillette - Super Thin Platinum (Thailand)
Gillette - Winner Platinum
Gillette - Winner Stainless
Kai – Stainless Steel
Ladas - Super Stainless
Laser - Super Platinum
Laser - Ultra
Lion Super Stainless
Loi Titanium
Lord - Blue Sword
Lord - Classic Super Stainless
Lord Cool
Lord - Extra
Lord - Platinum
Lord - Platinum Premium
Lord - Superior Platinum
Lord - Super Chrome
Lord - Super Chrome (Blue)
Lord - Super Stainless
Lord - Tajam
Merkur - Super Platinum
MÜHLE
Muster Quality
Muster Shaver
Ok - Super Stainless
Parker
Perma-Sharp - Super
Personna - Crystal
Personna - Eddison Stainless
Personna - Lab Blue
Personna - Med Prep
Personna - Platinum (Germany)
Personna - Royal
Personna - Tomy
Racer - Super Stainless
Rapira - Platinum Lux
Rapira - Super Stainless
Rapira - Swedish Super Steel
Razolution
Shark - Platinum
Shark - Super Stainless
Shark - Super Chrome
Sharp 7AM Super Platinum
Sharp Hi Chromium
Sharp Hi Platinum
Sharp Titanium
Silver Star - Super Stainless Steel
Strangelet Platinum
Super-Max - Blue Diamond
Super-Max - Diamond Edge
Super-Max - Platinum
Super-Max - Platinum Plus
Super-Max - Stainless
Super-Max - Super Stainless
Super-Max - Super Stainless (Blue)
Super-Max - Super Stainless (Blue Plus)
Rise - Classic
RK Stainless
Super-Max - Super Stainless (Green)
Tatra Platinum
Tiger - Platinum
Topaz - Platinum
Topaz - Stainless
Timor - Stainless Steel
Treet - 7 Days Platinum
Treet - Classic
Treet - Dura Sharp
Treet - Falcon
Treet - King
Treet - New Steel
Treet - Silver
Treet - Super Power
Treet - Tjax
Treet - Trim
Trig - Silver Edge
Voskhod
Wilkinson - Economie
Wilkinson - Sword (Indian)
Wizamet - Super Iridium
Zorrik - Super Platinum (India)
Zorrik - Super Stainless
Add to these the Viking Sword, Feather, Wilkinson Sword (German) and VDH blades I have laying around, and that's at least 132 brands. She actually bought them for me when the TryABlade purchase went sour and PayPal offered us an immediate refund.
I want to set up an evaluation criteria for these blades so that I can score them and them come up with MY relative rating, which I will publish here. Yes, I know this means a commitment of almost 2 years to get through them all.
Most blades last me about 4 days based on a 3 pass shave in the AM and a one pass shave in the evening to make my CPAP mask more comfortable.
My evaluation criteria are: Blade comfort/ smoothness Shave #1, Blade comfort/ smoothness Shave #2, Weepers (total), Bleeders (total), Total Number of passes before disposal and Shave Quality. Each having an an established criteria on a 1-10 scale where higher is better. My plan is to use the same razor and the same soap for every shave.
If you were setting up your own criteria, what would those criteria be?