Ordered Blade Sampler for Mild Razors

[willk93]

Hey everyone! I just placed an order with Razor Emporium for a variety of blades. I got AccuForge, Bic Chrome Platinum, Feather, Gillette Nacet, and Wizamet. I’ll be testing them out mostly in my Henson mild with the occasional use of the Muhle R89.

Which of these blades is your favorite? My current favorite so far is the Astra SP (India). Thanks for reading!

 

[rudygu]

Of those options in those razors, especially the Henson mild, my favorite is Feather. A close second would be Wizamet. The Nacet should also work well, but I’ve had mixed experiences with them. Most people around here love them, though. The Bic CP would be my least favorite, but I love Bic Astor - they are worth a try at some point IMO.

 

[Hairy Callahan]

There's not a dud in the list you've presented. They're all awesome. World class blades there.

 

[homh]

All great blades. My favorites are the BIC CP and Nacets. Never tried the Wizamet though. Also like the Russian-Turkish Perma-Sharps. A five blade sampler is a good starting point to test your razor. Good luck!

 

[TiberiuR]

The treet platinum worked very well in the Henson. Worth trying out.

 

[musicman1951]

A lot of nice blades, my favorite would be the Wizamet.

 

[reformedshavr]

they are all great, Accu Forge is #1 of that list, if you like those try the Accu Thrive (medical prep) .... they are the top of the heap in my book.

 

[willk93]

@reformedshavr I read that the AccuForge and AccuThrive are the same blade, just that the medical preps go through an extra sanitation process to make them safer for medical procedures

Have you noticed a difference in the two?

 

[reformedshavr]

@reformedshavr I read that the AccuForge and AccuThrive are the same blade, just that the medical preps go through an extra sanitation process to make them safer for medical procedures

Have you noticed a difference in the two?

Accoring to Accu Tec's sales catalog it is a different blade - what that means specifically isn't spelled out.
I personally feel the difference is perceptible but not at all drastic. I have pretty tough whiskers so if I skip a day or am chasing a BBS and want zero tugging I'll use a MedPrep. If all the AccuThrives got abducted by aliens I'd happily use AccuForge and get the same result.

As with all blades it's worth trying a sample to see.

 

[willk93]

@reformedshavr Thanks for that information! Hopefully those aliens can keep their hands off your AccuThrives

 

[Hairy Callahan]

Accu-whatever seems to be purposefully murky when describing their DE blades. We all know what we liked when the lineup was branded Personna. We had the Comfort Coated, the medical prep, etc. Now we've got Accu-something-or-other with no logical meaning or correlation to the old Personna SKUs. That's why I rat-holed an embarrassing amount of Personna med preps and Comfort Coated. It seemed we were getting buffaloed from the Accu people, so I wanted to be sure I was getting the good stuff. If they would just simply come out and cross reference the blades so we know what's what, it would be a major step in the right direction. But they seem to want to shake the Personna brand like Germany wants to shake the Nazis from their history.

 

[reformedshavr]

Accu-whatever seems to be purposefully murky when describing their DE blades. We all know what we liked when the lineup was branded Personna. We had the Comfort Coated, the medical prep, etc. Now we've got Accu-something-or-other with no logical meaning or correlation to the old Personna SKUs. That's why I rat-holed an embarrassing amount of Personna med preps and Comfort Coated. It seemed we were getting buffaloed from the Accu people, so I wanted to be sure I was getting the good stuff. If they would just simply come out and cross reference the blades so we know what's what, it would be a major step in the right direction. But they seem to want to shake the Personna brand like Germany wants to shake the Nazis from their history.

I did a deep dive on the Personna/AccuTec subject back in the winter -- both were indeed murky in their branding to various degrees. One thing became pretty clear in that AccuTec isn't at all, marketing to the wetshaving fanclub. They sell all kinds of blades in cases of 5000 to industrial and medical buyers - a box of 100 isn't a blip on the radar.
I got mine from a med-supply place (shave site prices are absurd) and bought enough to last.

 

[Hairy Callahan]

Believe me, if I could nail down what the Personna med prep blade is from AccuTec, I'd go ahead and order the 5000 piece minimum. But nobody can definitely state what that Accutec SKU number is. I don't want to end up ordering 5K of the wrong blade. That would be a Dumb and Dumber moment.... "You just drove one sixth of the way across the country IN THE WRONG DIRECTION".

 

[BigJ]

Of those options, I like AccuForge (AKA Personna), Nacet and the Wizamets.

 

[BigJ]

Believe me, if I could nail down what the Personna med prep blade is from AccuTec, I'd go ahead and order the 5000 piece minimum. But nobody can definitely state what that Accutec SKU number is. I don't want to end up ordering 5K of the wrong blade. That would be a Dumb and Dumber moment.... "You just drove one sixth of the way across the country IN THE WRONG DIRECTION".

+1! Trying to understand Personna (or Accu-whatever) is well beyond my limited abilities!!

 

[willk93]

@BigJ From what I understand based on what I have read, AccuForge is Personna Lab Blue and AccuThrive is the med preps. It's like they intentionally made their naming system ambiguous and as confusing as possible

 

[Luc]

My only advice is to test both blades in both razors. You might get different results. Feather is a safe bet in terms of sharpness (very sharp).