Blade Inventory: 25 years worth

[Cynomys]

Reading some of these inventory lists reminds me of that old ad (ca 1950s) which went "How are you fixed for blades?" They obviously didn't have B&B members in mind.

Me? I have about 600 DE, 150 SE. At my age, probably a lifetime supply.

 

[Cynomys]

Razor blades made the list of the top Items to Barter in a Post-Collapse World:

http://www.backdoorsurvival.com/41-items-to-barter/

So it looks like those folks with a humongous stash may be the smart ones after all.

 

[rm71]

Looks like maybe just transposed the first two numbers? I added that list up to 4389.

Yep, sorry it should be 4389. That equals a 41 year supply.

 

[SteveWY]

I think I better get some more blades after reading this thread. I think I only have about a two year supply.

 

[kevdogg329]

Me too

 

[VerbaVolant]

Razor blades made the list of the top Items to Barter in a Post-Collapse World:

http://www.backdoorsurvival.com/41-items-to-barter/

So it looks like those folks with a humongous stash may be the smart ones after all.

I am sure they meant cartridges, not DE razor blades.

 

[FALaholic]

What razor is in the middle? That Razor is huge compared to the others!


Mine is like the one on the right.

That is a Merkur Futur...very good razor.

 

[Stubblefield]

I used to have a huge stash of NOS blades, but sold off most of them. now I'm down to:

800 Spoilers

400 Feather

80 Wilks

At 15 shaves for the spoilers (conservative), 2 for the feathers, and 5 for the wills, I have 13,200 shaves ahead of me, or 37.71 years of shaving 350 days per year.

But really the question should be: How am I set for creams?

 

[Doc Bugg]

Current Inventory of Blades:

Perma-sharp (brown cardboard box) - 275
Lab Blue Personna Double Edge Blades (blue box) (blue label – Super) – 1,030
Medical Personna Double Edge Prep Blades (white box) (for hospital use) - 100
Timor Stainless Steel - 205
Merkur – 175
Kai Stainless Steel – 145
Gillette 7 O'Clock Super Platinum Blue Pack – 8
Polsilver Super Iridium Stainless – 85
Gillette 7 O'Clock Super Platinum (Black) - 350

Super-Max Super Platinum – 1,050
Feather – 400
Astra Platinum (Green Pack) - 175
Rapira SS - 85
Wilkinson Sword - 10
Super-Max Titanium Swedish Steel Blades - 95
Gillette 7 O'clock SharpEdge (yellow box) – 175
Astra SS - 95

Derby Extra - 100
Shark Super Chrome – 100
Shark Super Stainless – 200
Crystal (AKA Israeli Personnas) Blue – 100
Bic Chrome Platinum – 85
Gillette Platinum - 4

Red-pack Israeli Personna (IP Red) (red box) – 100
Bolzano Superinox Inossidabile - 20
Super-Max Platinum – 245

Gillette Silver Blue (white, blue & silver package) – 200
Voskhod Teflon Coated – 120
Rapira Platinum Lux -120
Rapira Swedish Supersteel - 120
Ladas Super Stainless - 120
Sputnik - 120

 

[shave4NPS]

Decided I should update my inventory which sits in a cardboard box in the basement. I honestly didn't know how many I had of what blade. This was the result:

35 Sharp
160 RIP
260 Bluebird
475 Astra Superior Platinum
240 Gillette Bleu Extra
140 Gillette Sharpedge
110 Derby
65 Swedes
20 Feathers
90 Personna Lab Preps
80 Shark Super Stainless
28 Schick injector blades
several dozen SE blades purchased years ago from Amazon

That makes for 1,645 DE blades. At an average of four shaves per blade (more for the GBE's and Swedes) that makes for 6,580 shaves. I shave 5 times/week, so 260 times/year. Given current usage that means I have enough blades for the next 25 years.

And I'm not even counting the SE blades, which give me 5-6 good shaves per blade. I think I need to get in touch with the Blade Swap Guy.

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Oh, and I turn 60 this year.

I was wondering if the film makers of the movie "Blast from the Past" did a calculation of the amount of blades it would require for 35 years when I saw the scene of Alicia Silverstone's character glance in the hotel bathroom and I saw a DE razor.

 

[rm71]

Current Inventory of Blades:

Perma-sharp (brown cardboard box) - 275
Lab Blue Personna Double Edge Blades (blue box) (blue label – Super) – 1,030
Medical Personna Double Edge Prep Blades (white box) (for hospital use) - 100
Timor Stainless Steel - 205
Merkur – 175
Kai Stainless Steel – 145
Gillette 7 O'Clock Super Platinum Blue Pack – 8
Polsilver Super Iridium Stainless – 85
Gillette 7 O'Clock Super Platinum (Black) - 350

Super-Max Super Platinum – 1,050
Feather – 400
Astra Platinum (Green Pack) - 175
Rapira SS - 85
Wilkinson Sword - 10
Super-Max Titanium Swedish Steel Blades - 95
Gillette 7 O'clock SharpEdge (yellow box) – 175
Astra SS - 95

Derby Extra - 100
Shark Super Chrome – 100
Shark Super Stainless – 200
Crystal (AKA Israeli Personnas) Blue – 100
Bic Chrome Platinum – 85
Gillette Platinum - 4

Red-pack Israeli Personna (IP Red) (red box) – 100
Bolzano Superinox Inossidabile - 20
Super-Max Platinum – 245

Gillette Silver Blue (white, blue & silver package) – 200
Voskhod Teflon Coated – 120
Rapira Platinum Lux -120
Rapira Swedish Supersteel - 120
Ladas Super Stainless - 120
Sputnik - 120

Impressive

 

[LouSee]

Hmmmm....

700 astra SPs
500 polsilvers
350 gillette black 7 o'clocks
250 med preps
250 labs
250 reds
100 supermax green
100 supermax red tigers
100 shark SS
100 feathers
about 400 or so others in the cigar box.

so, about 3100. I use about 50-60 blades a year so that's over 50 years of blades. I don't think I have that many years of shaving left in me... :-O

 

[bosseb]

1200+ Shark SS
800 red IP's
400+ Black Indian 7 O'clocks
and 600 Astras

I use 52 per year and I am 57 years old so I guess I can sleep calmly...

 

[daedpa]

I am almost 38 and I have enough blades until I am around 70.

400 Personna Labs
200 Polsilver SI
100 Wilkinson Sword (Made in England)
640 Personna Injector blades
200 GEM PTFE
100 assorted in 5 packs and and singles (from sample packs)
15 +/- 5 Schick Injector blades
40 Feather Auto Strop blades
10 Valet NOS blades

 

[one2mny]

You guy's are my hero's!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[edw]

Our great-grandsons will be making money selling "vintage razor blades" on eBay.

 

[guerreit2]

Our great-grandsons will be making money selling "vintage razor blades" on eBay.

 

[santamariasteve]

I hope the O/P's basement has zero moisture. The cutting edges of blades in storage can be degraded by moisture in poor storage condidtions. I would recommend the blades be stored in the driest area of the house.

 

[LouSee]

I hope the O/P's basement has zero moisture. The cutting edges of blades in storage can be degraded by moisture in poor storage condidtions. I would recommend the blades be stored in the driest area of the house.

well.. no place has ZERO moisture. Can you image the static electricity? yowza!


air-tight tupperware - silicone seal
with (renewable) dessicant to removes the moisture from the air inside the box

You don't want the "rust-prevention" chips/paper because those release a vapor of something that prevents rust from forming/sticking. I use them in my toolboxes in the garage to keep the tools rust free. But I wouldn't drag them across my face my whole life...

 

[redbike]

Thanks for the reminder. The basement is very dry in the winter, due to the wood stove going. In the summer we use a dehumidifier. It could be dryer but I haven't noticed any deterioration of blade quality.

I hope the O/P's basement has zero moisture. The cutting edges of blades in storage can be degraded by moisture in poor storage condidtions. I would recommend the blades be stored in the driest area of the house.