Item Description
This review comes after 3 blades from the same box over the course of 2 weeks. All shaves were with a Merkur HD slant with varying creams and soaps.
Price: High priced, but not top tier. What you would expect for any company's top line blade. Roughly $.30 per blade in single box purchases.
Quality: Again, this is Lord's top of the line blade. It is swedish stainless steel, double coated with teflon, has no glue or other odd quirks and to the naked eye appears to be extremely well made.
Sharpness: Top notch. Not a Feather, but then what else is. Certainly comparable to Swedes, Gillette green or black box, Bolzano, Astra or any other top end blade.
Longevity: Here is the main weakness of this blade. The first shave is good, the second and the third are spectacular, but at the end of the fourth shave the blade noticeably fell off. With all three blades I used I got no nicks or weepers of any kind through the first three shaves, but all three of them gave some kind of damage on the fourth shave. I dont normally use a blade for more than 3-4 shaves anyhow, but I would like to have the ability to do so if I choose to. I don't like a blade that has such a clear indication that it is done.
Smoothness of shave: Eliminating the final shave in the life of each blade I used I would say smoothness is this blades strongest, of many, strong points. After the first pass of the first shave with each blade the passes were all of the type where you are questioning whether or not you have a blade in the razor. Excellent!
Packaging: Also a weak point of this blade. Cardboard box containing double wrapped blades. A big waste here.
Price: High priced, but not top tier. What you would expect for any company's top line blade. Roughly $.30 per blade in single box purchases.
Quality: Again, this is Lord's top of the line blade. It is swedish stainless steel, double coated with teflon, has no glue or other odd quirks and to the naked eye appears to be extremely well made.
Sharpness: Top notch. Not a Feather, but then what else is. Certainly comparable to Swedes, Gillette green or black box, Bolzano, Astra or any other top end blade.
Longevity: Here is the main weakness of this blade. The first shave is good, the second and the third are spectacular, but at the end of the fourth shave the blade noticeably fell off. With all three blades I used I got no nicks or weepers of any kind through the first three shaves, but all three of them gave some kind of damage on the fourth shave. I dont normally use a blade for more than 3-4 shaves anyhow, but I would like to have the ability to do so if I choose to. I don't like a blade that has such a clear indication that it is done.
Smoothness of shave: Eliminating the final shave in the life of each blade I used I would say smoothness is this blades strongest, of many, strong points. After the first pass of the first shave with each blade the passes were all of the type where you are questioning whether or not you have a blade in the razor. Excellent!
Packaging: Also a weak point of this blade. Cardboard box containing double wrapped blades. A big waste here.
