I am a fair skinned Norwegian American and my beard is blond to gray, at 65 years old. I am relatively new at DE shaving and really love it. I have purchased at least 2 - sometimes 3 blades of a sample of 26 different blades. They are so cheap I wanted to rule out the ones I didn't like at first. I am going through them now slowly with different razors. I have used to date for at least 4 shaves each: Rockwell, Dorco 301, Viking, Rapira Swedish SS, Treet Platinum, Gillette 7OClock SS, and Parker ( I now have 19 more brands to go through). I own the following razors and set at the following settings: Rockwell 6c (plate 2 and 3), Viking Emperor (set between 3 and 1 1/2), Parker Variant (set at 2 to 1), and Viking Crusader (set at 1/2 to 1/4 turn - no numbers on this razor). I like to shave every day - as the experience is very pleasurable - so I never have multiple days worth of beard - another variable in blade choice.
My question to the group is what blades with my skin, beard, and razors I own would one think would give me the smoothest and closest shave? I purposely did not tell you my ratings for the 7 I have used to date and am looking forward to trying all the blades. I do not think with me there is a "perfect - one only blade" I think different blades give you a different feel that one would like different days - so I am hoping to get the list down to 5 to 6 different brands to use on a rotation bais. When people say "it varies" on here - I wanted to take the variables out with beard type and equipment to see what people would say - or maybe even someone is the same as me in those characteristics? Thanks for your input!
My question to the group is what blades with my skin, beard, and razors I own would one think would give me the smoothest and closest shave? I purposely did not tell you my ratings for the 7 I have used to date and am looking forward to trying all the blades. I do not think with me there is a "perfect - one only blade" I think different blades give you a different feel that one would like different days - so I am hoping to get the list down to 5 to 6 different brands to use on a rotation bais. When people say "it varies" on here - I wanted to take the variables out with beard type and equipment to see what people would say - or maybe even someone is the same as me in those characteristics? Thanks for your input!
But my skin hardly gets irritated as well. I find that steep shaving works best for my beard, and that the blade chosen has more to do with longevity of the blade than the closeness of the shave for me.
