My extended sampler pack just arrived from WCS, and I've been trying to find resources that identify the relative sharpness of each of the blades.
Based on reviews I kluged together a relative sharpness scale of 1 -5 (I personally have only shaved with Astra SP's thus far)
5.0 - Feather New Hi-Stainless Platinum
4.0 - Astra Superior Platinum
4.0 - BIC Chrome Platinum
3.5 - Red Pack Israeli
3.5 - Crystal or "Israeli"
3.0 - Merkur Super Platinum
3.0 - Gillette 7 O'Clock SharpEdge
2.0 - DORCO Platinum ST-300
2.0 - Derby Extra
Does this seem like a fair assessment of their relative sharpness? If so, I'll be using them from Derby through Feather and report back with findings (from a noob perspective). My eventual hope would be to come up with a table that could be given to new shavers to help give direction as to what blades they should gear towards first based on their hair density/thickness/skin sensitivities.
If anyone knows of a guide that exists similar to this, please let me know.
Thanks,
-Cart
Based on reviews I kluged together a relative sharpness scale of 1 -5 (I personally have only shaved with Astra SP's thus far)
5.0 - Feather New Hi-Stainless Platinum
4.0 - Astra Superior Platinum
4.0 - BIC Chrome Platinum
3.5 - Red Pack Israeli
3.5 - Crystal or "Israeli"
3.0 - Merkur Super Platinum
3.0 - Gillette 7 O'Clock SharpEdge
2.0 - DORCO Platinum ST-300
2.0 - Derby Extra
Does this seem like a fair assessment of their relative sharpness? If so, I'll be using them from Derby through Feather and report back with findings (from a noob perspective). My eventual hope would be to come up with a table that could be given to new shavers to help give direction as to what blades they should gear towards first based on their hair density/thickness/skin sensitivities.
If anyone knows of a guide that exists similar to this, please let me know.
Thanks,
-Cart
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