Thanks. I am astounded at what may be possible.Congratulations Invicta!
I'm wondering if our American cousins will understand the "half ton" phraseology.
Excalibur Club - Blade Longevity DE, SE and Injector
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I'm stealing this sentence ;-) It sums it up perfectly.
I started DE shaving around the same year as you, using a white "fishing line" synthetic brush and Palmolive cream in a tube. I shaved every other day back then and changed my blade at the first shave of the month. When I started shaving daily, I kept the same one blade a month system for 40 years.
A few years ago I discovered this thread and found I was pitching my blades too early. They should be changed when they need it, not on a schedule.
20 on a Astra SP....I also have 15 on a Gillette Silver Blue.
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Current blades are 30 shaves on a German Wilkinson, mostly on one edge (hard to tell, I didn't mark the razor and the doors look enough alike I'm not sure I've only used one), a Gillette Rubie with 21 shaves on the first edge, a Polsilver with 20 shaves on the first edge, and a Dorco Prime with 20 on the first edge. The latter is a surprise, I didn't really expect it to last that much longer than an ST 301.
The Wilkie gave me a wonderful shave this morning, I barely can feel stubble now at 10:20. Have never gotten a shave that close with the Polsilver, have had it in an SA and a Fatboy so far, neither giving me a really nice shave. Finally stopped getting weepers with it around 15 shaves, so it's not dull, just not doing a great job for me.
At this rate, they should all give me 40 or more shaves, probably 50 or more by the feel. They are being helped along greatly by my homemade shaving soap which gives me great lather, but I shaved with Williams the other day it it worked just as well.
I won't be buying razor blades any time soon.
The Wilkie gave me a wonderful shave this morning, I barely can feel stubble now at 10:20. Have never gotten a shave that close with the Polsilver, have had it in an SA and a Fatboy so far, neither giving me a really nice shave. Finally stopped getting weepers with it around 15 shaves, so it's not dull, just not doing a great job for me.
At this rate, they should all give me 40 or more shaves, probably 50 or more by the feel. They are being helped along greatly by my homemade shaving soap which gives me great lather, but I shaved with Williams the other day it it worked just as well.
I won't be buying razor blades any time soon.
I got no responses to my post on the last page, so let me ask: is anyone here actually monitoring the state of the blade edge with a magnifier or microscope? Anyone discovered any simple way to strop, with before and after pics? Helloooo?
Personally I am not. I just pay attention to what it looks like and the rest is how close and comfortable the shave is. If you are planning to do this as an experiment and document the results I think that will have value to the community. I look forward to seeing the findings.
Hi Sugarlump.
@Theleme added the above (eight posts before your original post).
We're looking forward to further pics as he continues his journey (hint hint Theleme
).
Hi Sugarlump.
@Theleme added the above (eight posts before your original post).
We're looking forward to further pics as he continues his journey (hint hint Theleme
yes Cal ! I will continue to make pictures of my Kai DE each10 shaves and post it here.
When I'll take a new blade, I'll use this protocol:
- A pic at # 0
- Then a pic at # 10, # 20, etc. and a pic before and after handstrop.
(Excuse my language once again, but I am French and google is my friend... but not a very god translater!
)Thank you Theleme.
As your #34 pic was 11 days ago, should we expect another one soon?
Your English is good, and probably about a million times better than my French.
Gillette Silver Blue #16
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I'm only at # 36 on this DE Kai because I have other blades going on on other SE razors: ACs in a General and Injector in Schicks.Thank you Theleme.
As your #34 pic was 11 days ago, should we expect another one soon?
Your English is good, and probably about a million times better than my French.
To manage my rotation of blades, I organized with simple paper pockets hand made in 30 seconds each.
Green for DE Blade, Pink for AC blades, Blue for injector (original or AC recut)
Ah!
I decided to go for the simple life on January 1st. I do like the way you have your blades organized though.
Yes, god idea Cal The simple life : I'll do that later > one razor, one blade... for one year ! but i must improve my technics before 
[QUOTE = "1Cal, poste: 9015556, membre: 106012"] :rire: Maintenant , ce serait quelque chose! En supposant que vous raser tous les jours ... 365 rasages sur une lame. : Ouch1:[/CITATION]
It's even stronger than that ... I do two shaves a day: head and beard
It's even stronger than that ... I do two shaves a day: head and beard
I hit 78 today with my feather. After taking a small break to test another blade, I'm back at it. Prior to 75, I was tempted to throw in the towel. But now, realizing I'm close to the Century mark.... I'm recharged to press on!
Your idea is a good one, but of i did it that way, i would only have 4 pockets (1 DE, 1 injector, 1 AC and 1 AutoStrop). I do the same thing as @1Cal - I only have one blade of each type being used at once. When I switch razors, I transfer the old blade to the new razor.
I make cross-shifts between blades and razors to avoid the trouble of shaving each day as the day before: Every morning I tell myself what blade for which razor ?
That's why I have many blades going on.
- And I also have a blade test: when I'm disappointed by a blade # 30 for example, the next day I take the same blade between # 0 and # 6 or 7. it allows me to notice immediately if it was my Blade that was bad the day before or if it was me who was !
I'm just celebrating my One Hundred and Onety-Oneth Shave on the magic Polsilver Super Iridium. 
111 Shaves on a blade (previous record 31). My technique is definitely improving thanks to the advice of all you fellas, thank you. And the daily blade clean and flip appear to be helping a lot (thanks @rabidus, you're a flipping genius).
The best thing about all this, is that the blade feels just as smooth and nearly as sharp as it did on shave one!
111 Shaves on a blade (previous record 31). My technique is definitely improving thanks to the advice of all you fellas, thank you.
And the daily blade clean and flip appear to be helping a lot (thanks @rabidus, you're a flipping genius).The best thing about all this, is that the blade feels just as smooth and nearly as sharp as it did on shave one!
