Blades that DON'T work for you?

[1stGenRex]

As interesting as praise threads are, I think this thread would be a good place to say what blade you tried, and hated, along with what blade you tried, and fell in love with.

For me, the blade I tried and hated was

I don't know why, but after 2 passes, I still had a considerable amount of hair on my face. I had to finish up with another blade

which has been my go to razor for the last 5 or so shaves.

 

[noahpictures]

Tried and hated:

Bolanzo
Iridium Super
Gillette Yellow

There are more but I listed the above because I had high expectations and was disappointed.

 

[xillion]

Derby
Zorrick
Lord
Shogun
Sharp

But by far the absolute worst blade I have ever used was the one shown below.
I don't know who makes them but I would rather shave with a spoon than use one of these again.

 

[DFrancis]

Feather
Derby
Gillette Bleue
Crystal

my face hated them all, Astra SPs wound up being my go-to

 

[BladeDE40]

Sharp
7am
Walmart Personnas

Those are probably the worst I've tried to date.

 

[ironbrewer]

Feather
Derby
Shark
Kai
Bluebird
Gillette green

My goto blade is NOS Gillette Bleue Extra

 

[AmishFury]

so far gillette 7 o'clock green is the only blade i can truly say i didn't like at all

 

[rm71]

Feather
Bluebird
Kai
Dorco ST 300

 

[Drybonz]

Bluebirds were bad for me.

 

[SSGDPM]

Derby was the worst so far for me. I tried others that I didn't like but the Derby was afwul and tore my face up. I will never put one of them next to my face again.

I tried Astra SP's, Merkur, and Crystals which didn't work well for me but can't say they are unusable for me and in a pinch I could get by with them. Just not as smooth or forgiving for my face as some other blades.

 

[Pulley]

Merkur
Feather - too sharp for my technique
Super Iridium

 

[Shave Cave Dweller]

Merkur - For some reason I get more skin irritation from these than other blades.

 

[jgkeegan]

Tried and Hated.

Gillette SUper Thin (Red)
Merkur
Derby

 

[wulfgar1976]

so far gillette 7 o'clock green is the only blade i can truly say i didn't like at all

Which one? There is the Permasharp made in India (which I understand is being called the Super Stainless from now on) and the Super Stainless made in Russia. I find the Permasharp is smoother and longer lasting.

 

[wulfgar1976]

I hated the Derby and the Wilkinson Sword blades. They were so useless that I didn't complete a whole shave with either.

 

[Skip McCoy]

sharks seems to butcher my neck

 

[njpaddy]

The first 3 months of DE I thought Derbys were the best all-around blade. Now they don't work for me at all.

Early on I did not like Merkur blades, but now they are the only blade I'll use in my Merkur HD. I still like IP Reds in my Gillettes.

 

[mkeyslehman]

Walmart / CVS Personnas:

http://www.personna.com/personna/blades/shaving/detail/double-edge/

They couldn't cut a whisker, but were terribly effective at slicing my fingers trying to get the @#$#$^ things out of the dispenser.

 

[ackvil]

Only ones I don't like are Gillette Blacks and Crystals. Both cause me irritation.

 

[kingfisher]

Dorco ST-301s.


I really like some of the others blades that are making the "bad blade" lists. For example, I like the Bic blades. I also like Kai blades and the 7 o'clock Greens.