Let's give this a shot. My first week I'll be using the Derby Premium.
Naughty naughty!Week 20 Begins: Blade is a Treet Trig Silver Edge.
This is a Stainless Blade. This will be my first time using this blade. It does come with the instructions stating "Do not wipe blade. Leave blade in razor."
I remove and rinse my blades and wipe the blades under the water with my fingers.
Most of the time I take the blade out as well. But I only rinse and give it a flick.
I think that doing 7 shaves really highlights that to fully evaluate a blade we need to use it for a while and not be so quick to toss it.
I would even say that one blade is not enough to evaluate it fully. You may need to run a few weeks with a few blades to make a determination.
I could not agree more.First, thanking you for your contribution to this thread!
Good point here. A blade is going to preform differently throughout its lifespan. I do think that a minimum of at least several days are needed to properly evaluate a blades performance.
Which is why I invite those who use the same specific blade to post to this thread on occasion. It goes to show consistency of the blade.
I have at least two of every blade that I will be using this year. For my couple of dozen blades in my regular rotation, I have at least a hundred or more.
If I have any blade that fails to deliver a complete week of daily shaves. I will repeat using a new blade a few weeks later.
This is the minimum that I feel is required for objectivity. Any individual blade can fail. It's bound to happen here and there.
In most cases, I can repeat it a third time, if necessary.
By repeating multiple weeks with the same blade type, it demonstrates the quality control of the blade.
If a modern blade can withstand a full week's worth of decent shaves, then I feel it has preformed its intended purpose.