I recently realized I just hit my 10 year anniversary of traditional wet shaving. In that time, I've accumulated close to 50 razors, a half dozen brushes, and gone through tons of different soaps. Anyway, for this 10-year anniversary, I decided to try a bunch of popular blades that either I haven't tried before, or I tried them and didn't like them at the time. I'm curious if my technique has improved enough over the years that I find I may have misjudged some blades. My preferred blades are Gillette 7 o'clock yellow, Persona lab blue, and Derby Premium. The list I'm trying is below--popular blades not on this list (i.e. Astra) are blades I know I've tried multiple times, didn't love, and moved on. My list was developed by going to try a blade, sorting based on most popular, and worked my way down the list until I reached 12 to try. For SE blades, I use the Feather Pro and Pro Guard. I've tried the Schick P-30 before, but am giving it another shot. I'll report back from time to time on how things are going.
For the DE blades, I plan to use the Mamba 70 to try them all out. For the Artist Club blades, I'll use the Above the Tie SE1 (aluminum version).
DE blade sampler
Feather Hi-stainless
Gillette Silver Blue
Voskhod
Perma-Sharp Super
Wizamet Super-Iridium
Rapira Platinum Lux
Kai Stainless Steel
Bic Chrome Platinum
Bic Astor Stainless
Lord Platinum
Bolzano
Timor
Artist Club Sampler
Kai Captain Sharpblade
Kai Captain Pro Touch
Schick Proline P30
For the DE blades, I plan to use the Mamba 70 to try them all out. For the Artist Club blades, I'll use the Above the Tie SE1 (aluminum version).
DE blade sampler
Feather Hi-stainless
Gillette Silver Blue
Voskhod
Perma-Sharp Super
Wizamet Super-Iridium
Rapira Platinum Lux
Kai Stainless Steel
Bic Chrome Platinum
Bic Astor Stainless
Lord Platinum
Bolzano
Timor
Artist Club Sampler
Kai Captain Sharpblade
Kai Captain Pro Touch
Schick Proline P30
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