I have decided that I will start working through my vast stock of different blades this week. I have spent the last two months, using only Derby blades.
I have the following blades at the moment:
25 Derby
20 Feather
5 Lord Super Stainless
5 Astra Superior Stainless
5 Shark
5 Zorrik
10 Crystal
9 Red IP
3 Gillette Seven O'Clock Greens
9 Personna (Wal-Mart)
10 Kroger
5 Family Dollar
I am thinking that the Wal-Mart Personna's, Kroger's, and Family Dollar blades might be close to the same, so I will save those for last.
I am starting out my testing with the Gillette Seven O'Clock Greens.
I plan on shaving with each blade 4 times, and will work each blade through the following razors:
1940's style Superspeed
Red Tip Superspeed
"Lord Merkur Tech" (a Lord Tech with the new Merkur like head.)
Thus I will spend 12 days sampling each blade type.
I have many other razors, but am limiting my testing to just these three for now.
In regards to my other setup, I am going to do the following:
-Pre-Shave: Dove Daily Moisturizing Conditioner
-Brush: Penworks 22mm Finest Badger in a cream handle.
-Soap/Cream: Tabac, VDH Deluxe, P160, Real Shaving, C.O. Bigelow/Proraso.
-Aftershave: Gillette Fusion ASB/ C.O. Bigelow ASB.
I know the general idea is to limit the number of variables, but I have too many wonderful Soaps/Creams to limit myself to just one for the next 96 days.
Note: I have a whole bunch of SE Gems, and some other DE razors I have not even tried, so I might shake things up on occasion.
I have the following blades at the moment:
25 Derby
20 Feather
5 Lord Super Stainless
5 Astra Superior Stainless
5 Shark
5 Zorrik
10 Crystal
9 Red IP
3 Gillette Seven O'Clock Greens
9 Personna (Wal-Mart)
10 Kroger
5 Family Dollar
I am thinking that the Wal-Mart Personna's, Kroger's, and Family Dollar blades might be close to the same, so I will save those for last.
I am starting out my testing with the Gillette Seven O'Clock Greens.
I plan on shaving with each blade 4 times, and will work each blade through the following razors:
1940's style Superspeed
Red Tip Superspeed
"Lord Merkur Tech" (a Lord Tech with the new Merkur like head.)
Thus I will spend 12 days sampling each blade type.
I have many other razors, but am limiting my testing to just these three for now.
In regards to my other setup, I am going to do the following:
-Pre-Shave: Dove Daily Moisturizing Conditioner
-Brush: Penworks 22mm Finest Badger in a cream handle.
-Soap/Cream: Tabac, VDH Deluxe, P160, Real Shaving, C.O. Bigelow/Proraso.
-Aftershave: Gillette Fusion ASB/ C.O. Bigelow ASB.
I know the general idea is to limit the number of variables, but I have too many wonderful Soaps/Creams to limit myself to just one for the next 96 days.
Note: I have a whole bunch of SE Gems, and some other DE razors I have not even tried, so I might shake things up on occasion.