Shark super chrome
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I've found that the best Lord blade (for me) was the Rainbow blade.
Interesting tale: Tried one a few days ago, liked it. '56 Flare Tip.
Today I tried a new blade in a '57 Red Tip. Awful! Mid shave I put the blade in the milder Gillette. Lovely.
So, works fine for me in one razor, and not in a slightly more aggresive one.
Today I tried a new blade in a '57 Red Tip. Awful! Mid shave I put the blade in the milder Gillette. Lovely.
So, works fine for me in one razor, and not in a slightly more aggresive one.
Shark used to be really good but I think something happened in quality control and they aren't like they used to be.
I’m a big lord factory fan. I wanted to like the shark super chrome. Couldn’t make it work for me. 
I used one today for the first time. It was nice. It felt smoother and sharper than the Astra sp’s I’ve been using. I have some shark stainless, lord chrome and stainless still to try as well
So far out of the Lord factory, I've tried Big Ben, Crown, and Asco. I like Asco and Crown, Big Bens didn't work for me at all. Still have a few left in that tuck and I'll go back to them eventually, but I've got 100 Ascos, and other blades, so it's going to be a while. I'll give them a shot before I go back to Derby Premium again though.
I have about 150 Shark Super Chromes. Though admittedly I bought them in haste for a great price. Sharp but not too smooth on the first shave (think SuperMax Blue Diamond Platinum). On the second shave it starts to mellow down a bit. Will have to continue using it to see how it evolves over time. Seeing how the blade is on the aggressive side I dialed down the Merkur Futur to setting 2 on the second shave but I could feel it getting smoother.
I like the packaging. Looks cool. Makes me think of the 50's (long way before being born ).
I like the packaging. Looks cool. Makes me think of the 50's (long way before being born
).
I've been a Shark fan for quite some time now as I started with the Super Stainless and they had worked very well up until I tried the Super Chrome and that "IS" the go to blade now in both of my razors... I find that just about any blade I use, the 1st shave out of the tuck is always slightly rough. I just make note of said roughness and usually pay a little more attention to angle for that shave but shaves #2-5 are very smooth for me. I don't usually go past 5 shaves on a blade as I've had some go to 10 shaves and then I've had some give up the ghost on shave #6 so 5 is the magic number for any DE blade...
To directly answer your question, I haven't tried them yet. However . . .
I just finished 5 uses of a Shark SS and really liked it. As others have said, I would put it in the same neighborhood as the Astra SP's.
In my enthusiasm for the blade I thought I'd check the 'bay to see what they might have. Found a listing for $9.27 for 100 and jumped on it. Wasn't until I look at the purchase confirmation did I realize I'd bought the SC's. My face seems to favor coated blades over outright 'stainless', but it really took to the Shark SS. So I'm hoping the SC's are a very similar experience.
I just finished 5 uses of a Shark SS and really liked it. As others have said, I would put it in the same neighborhood as the Astra SP's.
In my enthusiasm for the blade I thought I'd check the 'bay to see what they might have. Found a listing for $9.27 for 100 and jumped on it. Wasn't until I look at the purchase confirmation did I realize I'd bought the SC's. My face seems to favor coated blades over outright 'stainless', but it really took to the Shark SS. So I'm hoping the SC's are a very similar experience.
I would say their not the exact same shave. I think the SC is smoother from the start than the SS. If you find that you don't care for the SC hit me up. i have some SS's if you want to trade some...
Muzichead, I absolutely will keep that in mind. Looks like I'll be trying the SC's in a couple days 
I thought they were ok. Nothing brilliant, but gave an adequate shave.
There are about 7 or 8 other blades I prefer out of the 25 or so types I've tried, so won't be using again.
There are about 7 or 8 other blades I prefer out of the 25 or so types I've tried, so won't be using again.
I like both the Shark SS and the Shark SC blades. When I started DE shaving, the sampler pack that my wife bought for me had 3 Shark SS blades; recently received a tuck of Shark SC blades. For me, the SC is better than the SS, and I do like both versions.
However, I'm in the camp where the 1st shave is decent but not as good as shaves 2 - 4. After the 4th shave, performance goes back to being like the 1st shave. I can get 4 - 6 shaves with them.
However, I'm in the camp where the 1st shave is decent but not as good as shaves 2 - 4. After the 4th shave, performance goes back to being like the 1st shave. I can get 4 - 6 shaves with them.
Shark ss is generally my go to blade, have never tried the sc. I really should.
I heard somewhere that the shark blades do not come out of the same factory in egypt as the rest of the lord blades. Some sort of take over a few years back - so don't discount shark if you don't like the rest of lords blades (or vice versa).
I heard somewhere that the shark blades do not come out of the same factory in egypt as the rest of the lord blades. Some sort of take over a few years back - so don't discount shark if you don't like the rest of lords blades (or vice versa).
They go good with a 40's style Super Speed.
I stopped at less than a thousand blades.
I still have about five hundred left.
After some calculations, I realized I'd have to stop growing my Winter beard.
Then I got into str8s, which has turned into something
not unlike a bad habit.
I got a puck each of Shark Chrome and Super Stainless in a recent blade sampler. I thought the Chrome better than the SS. I got 3 or 4 shaves from the Chrome and 2 from the SS. Sharp enough, but not long lasting. I can get 10 shaves from a Feather, 15 from a Gillette Silver Blue, and 30 from a Polsilver. Yes, the Sharks are cheaper initially, but not on a per shave basis.
I got some to try out!
I only use my blades to 5 shaves per blade and it has never mattered what brand of blade it was that I had used. Could I get more, certainly but why? Shave per blade doesn't mean much to me in the sense of Shark vs Feather vs Gillette... All I know is that the last time I bought a package of multi-blade cartridges they were almost $30 for 5 cartridges and that made me switch to safety razors and from a per shave basis I'm so far ahead of the game here its not even funny and I don't have to worry when I pick my razor up to shave whether today was going to be that shave that pulls and tugs and then I have to stop mid shave to change the blade and it just goes on from there!!
Where I'm going with all this is I paid $0.09 per blade for my Shark blades and I use them for 5 shaves. I paid last almost $6 per multi-blade cartridge that lasted the same amount of shaves so that is why I'm so far ahead... $5.92 per week I have saved and that is why I'm in this... People place too much emphasis on a per shave basis when it comes to DE blade vs DE blade and it means nothing!! Mere cents on the dollar!!
