A seven shave blade.
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The longevity of a blade depends largely on the coarseness of your beard and the sensitivity of your skin.
I have a tough beard and sensitive skin. Thus, I typically get 3-4 shaves from a blade before it becomes too dull to cut my beard or too rough on my face. Others can easily get a week's worth of shaves. Then there are those with less-sensitive skin who can push a blade out to three months.
I have a tough beard and sensitive skin. Thus, I typically get 3-4 shaves from a blade before it becomes too dull to cut my beard or too rough on my face. Others can easily get a week's worth of shaves. Then there are those with less-sensitive skin who can push a blade out to three months.
Dollar store blades in Merkur slant last for me.
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Only 7? Polsilver, Rubie and Perma-Sharp last me at least seven; often more. (Two pass shaves)
I've gotten 7+ days out of Personna Lab, Personna Med Prep, and SuperMax Titanium.
I consistently get 7+ 3 pass shaves from GSB & Nacet blades.
Med Prep has the best longevity of the ones I've used.
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Most blades give me 10-14 shaves anyway, but the ones that have taken me over 20 (34 is the max for me) are Wilkinson Sword Classic, Gillette SharpEdge, Astra SP, Feather, and Israeli reds.
Longest I can go is 8; both Gillette Platinums and Super Max Blue Diamonds can do it, although the last one on the Super Max can be a little rough depending on the day/razor.
YMMV, of course, but lately I've been consistently getting 6-10 shaves or more from:
German Wilkinson Sword
English Wilkinson Sword
Personna Lab Blues
Personna Med Preps
Derby Extra
Derby Premium
Derby Usta
Shark SS
Gillette 7 O'Clock Super Stainless
Gillette 7 O'Clock Super Platinum
Interestingly, those are all blades that I've bought in bulk.
German Wilkinson Sword
English Wilkinson Sword
Personna Lab Blues
Personna Med Preps
Derby Extra
Derby Premium
Derby Usta
Shark SS
Gillette 7 O'Clock Super Stainless
Gillette 7 O'Clock Super Platinum
Interestingly, those are all blades that I've bought in bulk.
Astra SP, Gillette 7 O'Clock SharpEdge and Gillette Silver Blue are worth trying. I get over 2 weeks from a GSB which are my favourites.
Usually I toss them after 6 shaves. Depends on the brand, and how it's holding up on the later shaves. Just took a look at my personal list for blades, and out of my top 20, 17 have done at least 6 or more for me.
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The dirty secret of DE blades is they were basically originally designed for one shave only. They were considered disposable. So people quickly devised ways to strop them to refresh the edge. This persisted until some time after WWII, when stainless steel blades came out and you could get a few more shaves out of them. But they were never really designed for a week's worth of shaving.
I do pretty much the same thing.
I get close to 7 shaves from:
Kai
Personna Med Prep
Personna Israeli Platinum Red
Yes, I am half Southern Italian.
Kai
Personna Med Prep
Personna Israeli Platinum Red
Yes, I am half Southern Italian.
For me too. I did 30 shaves on one once. Highest score I’ve gotten on any blade. I find them to be excellent.
A few months ago I stopped tossing blades after 3-4 shaves and started using them for a week then replacing on Saturday.
Realistically this means most are used for 6 days, but a fair number of 7 day shaving weeks too.
I'd say that all blades I used so far (Astra SP, Feather, Personna) easily last a week and would likely go on longer.
Realistically this means most are used for 6 days, but a fair number of 7 day shaving weeks too.
I'd say that all blades I used so far (Astra SP, Feather, Personna) easily last a week and would likely go on longer.
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