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Favorite Lord Blade?

I'm cleaning up my den and getting ready to pass on some items I don't expect to use. In doing so, I noticed I accumulated a variety of Lord tucks in my blade testing. Which are your favorites? Where do you rank them? I'm aware some members say they are all they same (stainless, platinum, chrome) just branded differently.

Me (preferred to least preferred):

Silver Star
Lord Cool
Shark Super Chrome
Lord Super Chrome
Crown Platinum
Crown Super Stainless (these are really good for the price and I love the blue almost Houston Oiler-like tucks)
Big Ben
Lord Rainbow
Lord Racer
Lord Platinum Class
Lord Classic
Shark Super Stainless
ASCO Orange

I still need to try the Shark Platinum. There are surely more Lord blades than what I listed, but these are what I have and have tried.
 
I have tried all of the Sharks, and the Shark Platinum is my favorite. To be clear, I really liked it! The others were...meh. I've also tried Big Ben, and it was the same as the other Sharks. I haven't tried a lot of others, but I really want to try the Silver Stars because they get a lot of love on here. Multiple times I've put some Silver Stars in a shopping cart online only to back out because I don't need any other blades right now. :) Maybe I need to reach out to @dmshaver and get some via the GBE.
 
Lord Cool and Silver Star are ace and the Super Chrome aren't too shabby either. Surprised ASCO is so low on your list though.
I probably need to give it another try as I am an outlier. Most people say it works just fine for them.

I had so many problems with it catching whiskers in my trouble spots at the corners of my mouth and near my nostrils. I had to change angles and go ATG and I'm really not good at that and cut myself a few times. I gave away the bulk of my tucks away in disgust. Maybe it was a bad/damaged lot I got. I do recall the pack arriving smashed up from transit.
 
Love me some Lord's!
Lord Cool is my pick, sharp and very smooth. I have been using them for a few years and have yet to have a dud.

I think you should try the Asco SS again. I just finished a shave off last month of the red, orange and blue & red. I used two of each for four shaves. On my face they are the same blade; sharp and smooth and good for four or five face shaves. They remind me of Russian Astra SS a bit.

Honorable mention: Lord Super and any of the Platinum (Asco, Crown, Lord, Shark etc.)

Maybe you could get some Asco SS from the Blade Exchange?
 
Lord Cool, Silver Star, Super Chrome work well for me. Lord Platinum works pretty well. Big Ben and Racer are all right. Others are serviceable, but have not tried them all.

Tend to use the Lord blades in open comb razors with good edge support, such as Fatip or Gillette New SC.
 
I probably need to give it another try as I am an outlier. Most people say it works just fine for them.

I had so many problems with it catching whiskers in my trouble spots at the corners of my mouth and near my nostrils. I had to change angles and go ATG and I'm really not good at that and cut myself a few times. I gave away the bulk of my tucks away in disgust. Maybe it was a bad/damaged lot I got. I do recall the pack arriving smashed up from transit.
Everyone has a few blades that they just don't get along with :) In my case I dislike Gillette Silver Blue's intensely!
 
I have tried all of the Sharks, and the Shark Platinum is my favorite. To be clear, I really liked it! The others were...meh. I've also tried Big Ben, and it was the same as the other Sharks. I haven't tried a lot of others, but I really want to try the Silver Stars because they get a lot of love on here. Multiple times I've put some Silver Stars in a shopping cart online only to back out because I don't need any other blades right now. :) Maybe I need to reach out to @dmshaver and get some via the GBE.
The GBE does indeed have some Silver Stars if you want to do an exchange. I also have Silver Stars in my den. Send me a PM with your mailing information & I’ll send you some to try.
 
The GBE does indeed have some Silver Stars if you want to do an exchange. I also have Silver Stars in my den. Send me a PM with your mailing information & I’ll send you some to try.
Thanks so much! Earlier today, as a result of this thread, another member made the same offer. Love the generosity of these forums!
 
I haven't tried the Shark Super Chrome to compare but I bought a 100 pack of Lord Super Chrome and they are excellent blades! Very sharp and smooth and they last a long time - it'll take me ages to get thru the 100 pack since I'm getting 8+ shaves out of each blade.
 
I think the blade testing done by @helicopter has hit on something, that there is a lot of blade-to-blade variation with these blades, so it's difficult to split them and choose a favourite. When I get what I assume is a "good one" I enjoy it, but half the time I struggle to get an entirely comfortable or sufficiently close shave from them - use them for a few shaves in a row and my skin starts to show the wear and tear.

I am going to do a shave or two with the Shark Super Chrome and Shark Platinum on my next foray into Lord territory. I used to loathe both of these blades but I have to admit my most recent Shark Week outings have surprised me, and testing suggests the Shark SC could be "the one" in terms of sharpness.

Also, having had some nice shaves with the ASCO, I threw another tuck into my latest RBC order just to ensure I had some on hand. Turns out what I got this time is not the usual ASCO Stainless, but an ASCO Platinum! Has anyone tried these?

I have a tuck of Lord Super Chrome somewhere to sample as well. Need to dig that out and have a crack.
 
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