Blade longevity is dependent on beard type. Super coarse beard, heavy beard, medium beard, light beard & in the case of Jill as well as shavebusta peach fuzz.
Gillette has always made similar claims.So how come all the cartridge blades like gillette makes say it lasts up to 25 shaves?
I aim for 20, minimum.I read many people throw out their de blade after maybe 2-10 shaves on average, right? That is reached its lifespan.
YesAre we throwing out de blades way too soon?
Yes, if talking about carts and disposables.Or is gillette's definition of lifespan grossly exaggerated by them?
And I never have to hone my DE bladesI never change the blade on my straight razors.
So does that mean you change blades2.5 good shaves from a blade for me. Used to be 3 couple of years ago.
So does that mean you change blades
In the middle of the third shave.
Looking back, I used my carts far beyond their useful life (weeks or more). This led me to develop bad habits: using pressure
@dionesius3 interesting info.
I must be born on backwards day. The alcohol trick hasn't extended blade life, and going shallow (riding the cap) if anything lowers the number of shaves per blade for me.
People don't do anything special to blades yet get 10+ shaves per blade. Some go shallow yet still get 10+. Not sure what to think.