A new YMMV question

[Ereinion]

Hi,

How many shave can you do with one blade with a safety razor? I know that there is many factor, and 2 persons will not came out with the same answer.
I just want to have an approximation of how often you change blades in a safety, since I just bought a Fatboy .

Next stet is to go buy the DE Blade Sampler Pack, Extended at wetcoastshaving.

TY for your answer

 

[scoopster]

I have heard people say they use a new blade with each shave and folks that go seven days before changing the blade. That's a pretty wide spread. You'll figure out pretty quickly what works for you once you get started. Good luck with the sampler pack.

 

[Holton181]

Rule of , when it feels like it drags a little, chuck it for the next shave. There was a guy here that shaved a few months with one blade When I shave my head, I have to chuck the razor after one shave. It was once a week when it was just my face.

 

[Straight Arrow]

Seven shaves or the first bad shave signal changing time for me.

 

[OldSaw]

At only 10 cents a blade I prefer to change blades before there are signs of it being dull. For me it is typically 2 shaves. It will still do a third shave most of the time, but why take the chance?

 

[daverpig]

At only 10 cents a blade I prefer to change blades before there are signs of it being dull.

I agree with this affordability philosophy of DE blades.

It seems I change a blade on Monday morning regardless of how many times I shave with it. Typically no more than 7 but not less than 5.

Dave

 

[hoselayer]

Oldsaw wrote:

At only 10 cents a blade I prefer to change blades before there are signs of it being dull.

+1

While I am still new, during my trial period sampling what works, I have found the duration will actually change by blade also. I use each blade for 3 days (Crystal blades) and @ 14 cents a blade shipped, it doesnt hurt the wallet a bit. Even if it hurt the wallet a little, its better than hurting my face.

YMMV
hose

 

[PottyDoctor]

I usually do no more than 2 shaves with a Israeli Personna or Dorco. With a Swedish Gillette I can get 4 to 5 shaves. Those are my primary three blades.

 

[Magruder]

Two or three shaves, rarely more.

Not that I'm necessarily getting bad shaves after that, but they're no longer top notch, and there will be a couple of areas on my face that weren't quite as smooth as with a new blade.

And (as everyone else said), it's just 10 cents a blade, so I'm saving at most a couple of pennies by trying to get another shave from the blade. Why bother?

 

[smithno]

I usually swap after 4 shaves for DE blades. I can go 6 in a pinch with most brands. For Injector blades, I get 7 saves easy.

 

[rabidpotatochip]

Three shaves is the most I can get before the blade drags, and that's my measure for when I have to change it. Sometimes there's a bad blade and it gets swapped out halfway through the second shave, but generally swapping as soon as it becomes (or will be) the least bit unpleasant has worked.

 

[cirrusvirus]

I shave with a straight but use a DE on trips and vacation.

I found that I get a weeks worth of shaves when I use Frasers cream with most brands of DE blades. When I use Prorasso I get 3 good ones and an ok 4th.

ONCE and only that one time I didn't have shave soap and tried Nivea for men bodywash all whipped up with a brush and all. I got one shave and was sore for a week.