Derby has up'ed their game! Thanks for the post. I have used all three and find the Premium's to be the best, but all of them are decent or better. Astra SP to me are ok. I prefer the Astra SS.
Blades similar to Astra SP?
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Derby has up'ed their game! Thanks for the post. I have used all three and find the Premium's to be the best, but all of them are decent or better. Astra SP to me are ok. I prefer the Astra SS.
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@all: thanks for the tips, I ordered new blades based on the recommendations here.
Thanks for that, great that I can actually do something useful with any unused blades I have!! Hard to imagine that the 30+ brands I'll get will all be top performers.
Thanks for that, great that I can actually do something useful with any unused blades I have!! Hard to imagine that the 30+ brands I'll get will all be top performers.
I couple of blades that I would say are similar to Astra SP are Rapira Platinum Lux and Dorco Primes.
My ‘top-tier’ for what it is worth (in no particular order):
Astra SP
Personna lab
Personna red (Israeli)
Nacet
GSB
Polsilver SI
Astra SP
Personna lab
Personna red (Israeli)
Nacet
GSB
Polsilver SI
I'll add Lord cool, supermax blue diamond and diamond edge.
Gillette Wilkinson Sword, saloon pack.
My initial favourites were blue Polsilvers, after they disappeared I switched to Astra SP'. I am now a quite happy with GSB's. But I have bought most PPI blades and will give them all a try...
For those who have never seen it, you might want to check out the Refined Shave web site.
www.refinedshave.com
The website owner tested almost 50 different blades using an empirical sharpness tester and also evaluated the quality of the shave (sharpness and smoothness). Not everyone agrees with his methodology, but I have found the blade comparisons to be a reasonable predictor of blade performance for my coarse beard and sensitive skin. I tend to like blades that come in at the very sharpest end of the scale with one exception. I do not like Feather blades as I can only get two good shaves before the blades deteriorate to the point of being painful on my face. The Refined Shave test results show the lack of durability of Feather blades.
I have yet to get a great shave from Astra SP blades. They just are not sharp enough for my beard. I can use them if I had to do so, but I would rather not. Accdording to the Refined Shave web site, Treet Platinum blades are similar in sharpness, but might be slightly smoother. I have not used the Treet platinum blades as I like sharper blades.
Razor Blade Sharpness Summary with Comparison Chart
This post is to serve as a quick reference as a Razor Blade Sharpness Summary which includes a Razor Blade Sharpness Comparison Chart. To see more in depth how the testing works, check out Razor Bl…
www.refinedshave.com
The website owner tested almost 50 different blades using an empirical sharpness tester and also evaluated the quality of the shave (sharpness and smoothness). Not everyone agrees with his methodology, but I have found the blade comparisons to be a reasonable predictor of blade performance for my coarse beard and sensitive skin. I tend to like blades that come in at the very sharpest end of the scale with one exception. I do not like Feather blades as I can only get two good shaves before the blades deteriorate to the point of being painful on my face. The Refined Shave test results show the lack of durability of Feather blades.
I have yet to get a great shave from Astra SP blades. They just are not sharp enough for my beard. I can use them if I had to do so, but I would rather not. Accdording to the Refined Shave web site, Treet Platinum blades are similar in sharpness, but might be slightly smoother. I have not used the Treet platinum blades as I like sharper blades.
Agreed.
The very day after having another attempt at the Astra, I pulled out a Treet from my sample pack. I am working from the dull end to the sharp for a new razor. I use the Treet Classic Carbon occasionally and they are reported to be made on the same line as the Platinum. In spite of not really being sharp enough, it was mostly a Treet for my face. Which was torn up from that Astra shave. I don't usually use anything less sharp than Crystals or PIRs and I will be working my way back down to them.
This is the closest blade I can think of. I would also say the LORD brands are very similar as others have suggested.
Also gonna throw my vote for Gillette Platinums
For me anyway, Astra SP is ranked very low. I think it compares fairly close to a Shark Chrome, which I also found to be not very efficient and uncomfortable.
Rapira Swede's
Rapira Platinum Lux
Derby Extra - green packaging
Treet 7 Days
Treet DuraSharp Yellow Carbon Steel
Evaluation ongoing, results subject to change.
Seems at this point in my evaluation if a person wanted to make it easy on yourself stick with Russian Gillettes and you have a big chunk of the best blades on the market to pick from. Since I'm trying non Gillette DE's you have to wade through a lot of so-so to find the good.
Rapira Platinum Lux
Derby Extra - green packaging
Treet 7 Days
Treet DuraSharp Yellow Carbon Steel
Evaluation ongoing, results subject to change.
Seems at this point in my evaluation if a person wanted to make it easy on yourself stick with Russian Gillettes and you have a big chunk of the best blades on the market to pick from. Since I'm trying non Gillette DE's you have to wade through a lot of so-so to find the good.
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Exactly which Gillette blades are Russian?
Retired and usually shave after a couple (or more) G&Ts. so I favor a blade that's forgiving. My favorites over the years have been Astra SP and IP Red (5pk box or 10 pk UK). I have hundreds of both stockpiled. Since covid, and not leaving the house much, I'm shaving less frequently and needed a sharper, yet still forgiving blade. My blade of choice these days are these. Twice as expensive as Astra or IP, but better for thicker growth yet still forgiving.
List of all blades manufactured by Gillette Factory in St. Petersburg, Russia
Hi everyone, I've embarked on a quest to figure how how exactly different are the blades made by Spb factory in Russia. There are lots of confusion here: we kinda know from horse mouth that there are at least two parallel lines in operation: one for coated blades, one for not coated. My...
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Damn there's dudes in there that really hate Polsilver/Wizamets lolList of all blades manufactured by Gillette Factory in St. Petersburg, Russia
Hi everyone, I've embarked on a quest to figure how how exactly different are the blades made by Spb factory in Russia. There are lots of confusion here: we kinda know from horse mouth that there are at least two parallel lines in operation: one for coated blades, one for not coated. My...
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