I have to write this. Used a dorco blade yesterday and it is the worst blade I have ever enountered, so much so I had to change it. In two years of using a slant bar safety razor, this is the first time I have ever had to do this. Even Merkur blades were better!!!
Dorco Blades Terrible
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Which Dorco? 300 or 301?
I used the 300, they were all right, still have to get to the 301...
I used the 300, they were all right, still have to get to the 301...
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Dorco 300 ST. I'm sure two letters were missing.
No, I think that's it, Dorco ST-300... I had those, there were not so bad, however, I never had them in a Slant...
A torn pop can would be better than a DullSpoonCo - in my experience (both of them ST-300 and ST-301, although the gulf between sharp and the Dork-O was much narrower with the latter)
I concur....the 300s are terrible!
Were the two letters B–E, as in "they were the BEST?"
I personally did not get a great shave from them but others have.
Guys, I started a thread on this exact same subject about 3 days ago!
However, this morning I had an idea of how I could get at least SOME use out of the Dorcos I have left (8 of the original 10). In my experience they are TERRIBLE on the first pass but so-so on the second and beyond. I happen to have a 12-pack of Walgreens disposable one-blade razors I picked up before I started to use a DE.
So my plan is this: Get rid of the cheap-o disposables and the Dorcos at the same time by doing the first pass with the disposable, and the second/third passes with the Dorcos in my SS. This ought to at least get me two shaves from each disposable and two shaves from each Dorco.
It won't be the BEST shave in the world, but it won't be the WORST, either, and I won't have to waste my blades. (I refuse to PIF the Dorcos to a newbie, because if I had used these blades first, I would have quit DE shaving right away and gone right back to cartridge razors.)
However, this morning I had an idea of how I could get at least SOME use out of the Dorcos I have left (8 of the original 10). In my experience they are TERRIBLE on the first pass but so-so on the second and beyond. I happen to have a 12-pack of Walgreens disposable one-blade razors I picked up before I started to use a DE.
So my plan is this: Get rid of the cheap-o disposables and the Dorcos at the same time by doing the first pass with the disposable, and the second/third passes with the Dorcos in my SS. This ought to at least get me two shaves from each disposable and two shaves from each Dorco.
It won't be the BEST shave in the world, but it won't be the WORST, either, and I won't have to waste my blades. (I refuse to PIF the Dorcos to a newbie, because if I had used these blades first, I would have quit DE shaving right away and gone right back to cartridge razors.)
I just got to the 301s in my sample pack and I didn't find them to be too bad. Not the best, that's for sure, but certainly not terrible.
There must be something different about our beards. For me they begin to tug the second I put the blade to the face and they don't stop tugging until I stop attempting to shave.
When I jumped into DE last yr. the first blades I tried were from the dollar store. Nothing great but they did the job while reading more on DE shaving. I found out about the Westcoastshaving sampler and looked forward to improved shaving once that arrived.
I tried the Dorcos first and they almost had me rethinking the whole DE shaving thing. The shaves were supposed to improve, not get worse!
I have a theory that people pick a personal favorite blade by whichever blade they try first after a Dorco.
I tried the Dorcos first and they almost had me rethinking the whole DE shaving thing. The shaves were supposed to improve, not get worse!
I have a theory that people pick a personal favorite blade by whichever blade they try first after a Dorco.
I tried a ST 300 once. I used it more than one day too. If I tried to ATG with it that's when the pain started, but if I didn't go ATG, they were smooth as silk. Sure they give a crappy shave, but they're comfortable. They have to have a niche somewhere 
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I've used the ST-300s and got an ok shave out of them (never tried them in a slant, so I can't say what I'd think of that experiance). I'm finishing up my pack of them though.
After searching for a while, I tried the Dorco ST-301s. Those are a completely different ballgame! I used about 3 or 4 blades before I decided that I really liked them. I bought 200 blades. I only meant to by 100, but oh well. Now I have plenty of blades for my Slim Adjustable.
After searching for a while, I tried the Dorco ST-301s. Those are a completely different ballgame! I used about 3 or 4 blades before I decided that I really liked them. I bought 200 blades. I only meant to by 100, but oh well. Now I have plenty of blades for my Slim Adjustable.
I tried a ST 300 once. I used it more than one day too. If I tried to ATG with it that's when the pain started, but if I didn't go ATG, they were smooth as silk. Sure they give a crappy shave, but they're comfortable. They have to have a niche somewhere
That's kind of how I experienced it to. They are ok WTG, but XTG is uncomfortable and ATG is impossible. I gave the last of my
Tried the 301s.
They give a DFS with my Super Speeds and Techs.
Plus I can get them for .13 cents each so now they are part of my rotation.
David
Awesome.I tried a ST 300 once. I used it more than one day too. If I tried to ATG with it that's when the pain started, but if I didn't go ATG, they were smooth as silk. Sure they give a crappy shave, but they're comfortable. They have to have a niche somewhere
Your observation is a fair one. I'm a social scientist and thus shackled by "statistical significance" and increasing the number of observations to analyze a problem. I often try to revisit equipment that hasn't worked well for me in the past, to see if it's really that bad. Dorcos, time and again, fail the test. However, the 301s are acceptable for shaving my head. There are a multitude of better options, and I just won't use a 300 ever again, but the 301s have their place. I also don't recall ever not shaving against the grain with a blade when trying it out, so perhaps WTG and XTG would work fine for the 301s. However, there are better blades for nearly the same price out there. And I'm happy to pay double the price of a Dorco blade to get a great shave.
I didn't have too terrible a time with them. Just mediocre shaves, not the best blade for me.
