This is a new guy question. I didn't notice in the how too's any mention about the usual milage on blades. Can anyone give me a rough guestimate how many shaves I should expect from one blade? I dont know because I'm still wacking nicks into my face with every shave... You know. And I couldn't tell if a blade was dull or not. Thanks guys.
How many cuts to a blade?
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It depends really on how course your beard is but generally 3-5 shaves.
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Okay I guess that would make sense. I really mauled my face on the first shave, then again on the second, but on my third shave with a DE, I got the angle and the pressure right and it went well. Then by the 6th shave on my blade I started with bad rash again. So it must be dull. Thanks for the help.
I usually go about 3 or maybe 4 even though some blades can be pushed a bit longer. If you read the reviews in the 'Reviews' section, alot of them mention how many shaves the reviewer manages out of a blade. And your face will usually tell you when it's time to change. 
YMMV! 
3 is a good average.
As soon as it pulls is more accurate. Throw it out, don't even finish.
As soon as it pulls is more accurate. Throw it out, don't even finish.
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Thanks guys. I scoped that link and I see what you mean. I am still cutting myself up so its hard to tell, and I'm only using these really crappy Gillette blades that I found at the grocery.
On the red and black cardboard? Throw them out! Go to Dollar General or Family Dollar and buy a pack; they're not the greatest, but they are by far better than the 10 for $10 Gillettes.
Of course, better still would be to try a sampler pack from one of the various sellers, but these will take a few days to get to you.
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Hey now there's a thought. I kept seeing these sampler PIFs, and it didn't occur to me that they were for sale somewhere. Duh... Are they in the vendor's corner?
I never go for more than 2, otherwise it make a mess.
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Check westcoastshaving.com, they pretty much created the sampler concept for blades and have a bunch of different pricepoints.
I made a joke in a thread once along the lines of "put a fresh blade in today, then change it every time someone starts a thread asking how many shaves you can expect from a blade." I tracked it for a few weeks and it actually worked - about every 4th day there was a new thread, cracked me right up
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I am one of the few here who goes 7 shaves per blade. I change them out on Sundays.
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Check westcoastshaving.com, they pretty much created the sampler concept for blades and have a bunch of different pricepoints.
I made a joke in a thread once along the lines of "put a fresh blade in today, then change it every time someone starts a thread asking how many shaves you can expect from a blade." I tracked it for a few weeks and it actually worked - about every 4th day there was a new thread, cracked me right up
Must be a good question to ask then... I'll go ahead and check out that site. Thanks for teh tip.
