Artist Club blades. How long do they last for you?

[Brutus]

I’ve only ever used Feather blades in my AC razors, Professionals or Supers.
To me, as a long time straight shaver, there is little difference between the two, but I can’t see the point of spending money on the tuned-down blades. In particular the idea of stringing wires in front of a cutting edge sounds strange to me.

The first 3-4 shaves are quite harsh (less so after palm stropping), after that I easily get 15-20 shaves out of them using the same kind of pre-shave routine (sponge, warm water with some soap, 3 minutes) that I use for all of my straight or DE shaves.

If I had to stretch it I could go for a month, but after 20 shaves the blade starts to show increasing resistence to mow the stubble down.



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[Phoenixkh]

It's sort of interesting how confirmation bias can change things for me..... I've been a fan of Kai Captain AC blades from near the beginning of my AC journey.... I didn't get along with the Schick Prolines at all... The Feather ProGuard was the first blade I liked... until I tried the Kai Protouch guarded blades.... Then I tried the Kai Captain Titan "Mild" Pink unguarded blades, after I'd been using AC razors for just over 2 years.... That is now my favorite blade though the Protouch blades are right behind them...

The confirmation bias?.... It wasn't until just a few months ago I found out from Richard / @Mr. Shavington that Kai is the mother/father company and owns Feather. That changed my perspective a bit, even though I had already finished retesting all the AC blades available again to determine my preferences. I didn't bother with the Schicks as I had sold the 3 packages of 30 I had, minus the couple blades I had used.