I recently ordered a box of 100 Astras after finally depleting my supply purchased in around 2016. These new ones seem to shave poorly and are nothing like the superior blades of my last box - even the printing on the sides ("Astra") is bleached out and bleh compared to the old bold black printing. Couple of questions:
1) Anyone else have this experience, or did I just get a bad box? Maybe Amazon isn't the place to get them anymore.
2) Any recommendations for a replacement blade? The only two I've used are Astra and Feather. On my skin the Astras are perfect and the Feathers are almost perfect and certainly provide a BBS shave but maybe a bit of overkill for one-day stubble. I'd like to find an Astra replacement with a similar sharpness/smoothness, not an "11" like the Feathers, but still nice and sharp, for everyday casual shaving. Razors currently in use are the Variant and a 34C.
Thoughts?
1) Anyone else have this experience, or did I just get a bad box? Maybe Amazon isn't the place to get them anymore.
2) Any recommendations for a replacement blade? The only two I've used are Astra and Feather. On my skin the Astras are perfect and the Feathers are almost perfect and certainly provide a BBS shave but maybe a bit of overkill for one-day stubble. I'd like to find an Astra replacement with a similar sharpness/smoothness, not an "11" like the Feathers, but still nice and sharp, for everyday casual shaving. Razors currently in use are the Variant and a 34C.
Thoughts?