Blades

[bostondave]

Hi,

I've been wet shaving with a Gillette Tech for about a month now. I bought a blade sample pack and have found that the stainless steel Astras and the Gillette platinum 7 oclocks seem to give me the best shaves of those Ive tried. I've found that a single WTG and 2 ATGS leave me with a very close shave. (XTG does nothing for me.)

Any words of advice at this point? Should I stick with one blade now (most likely the Astra's) and hone my technique? Or do you think I'd be better served by trying a few of the other blades in my sampler?

Awaiting words of wisdom ...

 

[celestino]

Stick with one blade and hone your technique. If you are happy thus far, improve things and then after a few more months, try out different blades, razors, brushes, soaps, etcetera, Hee hee. Good luck.

 

[sychodelix]

Sticking with the same blade is usually a good idea. Then again, I'd say give the ones that are working well for you about a week, so you get a better feel for it, then maybe give another one a shot. Just don't change anything else but the blade. Changing too many factors like razors or soaps/creams can cause problems when you are first starting out. There are a lot of good blades out there, and there are some that aren't that great. I'm thinking you may find (like I did) Astra SP is some of the best bang for the buck blades that there are. Red Personna and Crystals are also similar, and I think you'll enjoy them as well.

 

[Vlad]

What they said. Keep the regemin as consisten as possible for as long as you can, then start trying stuff out.

 

[bostondave]

Thanks, guess I'll stick with the Astras for a bit and see how it goes. I only have one razor, brush and soap, so short of using a different towel, the only thing I can change at this point is the blade.